Security, Development and Sustainability in Asia

The following sections are included:

• About the Editor
• About the Contributors
• Contents

The following sections are included:

• Introduction: From National Security to Human Security
• About This Book

The global health pandemic and the climate crises have demonstrated that national governments and international organizations have not been sufficiently effective governance mechanisms for solving the biggest challenges of our time. With a focus on the Asian region, this chapter examines how cities and the international networks they have formed with one another are developing and implementing innovative and effective policy solutions to many of the public health and environmental challenges ravaging the planet.

The chapter begins with a brief overview of the literature on city diplomacy, a discussion of why it is so important and effective in the Asian region, and an overview of some of the most important and influential city networks. The bulk of the chapter introduces two case studies — one on the environment and one on health — to illustrate in a more detailed way the mechanisms through which city collaborations are leading to important positive change in communities in Asia and around the world. The concluding section offers some thoughts on what these findings suggest for global governance moving forward.

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Southeast Asia: Fast Economic Development and Slow Sustainability
• Understanding the Notion of Planetary Health
• The Overlooked Synergies between Human Health and Environmental Affairs
• The Health–Environment Nexus
• Using the Planetary Health Approach on Implementing the 2030 Agenda, the SDGs, and Other Global Agendas
• The Way Forward: Planetary Health Diplomacy
• Conclusion
• Disclaimer
• Further Reading

The following sections are included:

• Introduction: South Korea’s Successful Management of the COVID-19 Crisis
• Exporting K-Quarantine
• Sharing the Korean Development Experience
• A Commercial Strategy
• Is the K-Model Exportable?
• Further Reading

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Subnational Performance in Perspective: Review of the Literature
• Hypotheses and Case Selection
• Examining Odisha’s COVID-19 Management Strategies
• Politics Matters: Putting Odisha’s Response in Comparative Perspective
• Conclusions
• Further Reading

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Human Security and the Digital Age
• Digital Laws in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand
• Security Risks and Threat Challenges to Digital Life
• Digital Rights and Freedom of Expression
• Conclusion
• Further Reading

The following sections are included:

• Introduction: Pollution Challenges
• Efforts to Address Pollution
• Key Environmental Policy Trends
• Drivers of Environmental Policy
• Remaining Issues
• Ways Forward
• Implications for Sustainable Development
• Acknowledgments
• Further Reading

The following sections are included:

• Background
• Renewable Energy Sector in Indonesia
• Literature Review
• Methods and Data
• Results
• Conclusion
• Further Reading

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• OBOR: The Beginning
• Sources of Policy Changes
• Green BRI or “Green-Washing”?
• Conclusion
• Further Reading

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Existing Theories that Explain the Improvement in Environmental Accountability and Quality
• Methods
• Japan and China: Two Most Different Cases
• Different Cases, Similar Trajectories
• Conclusion
• Further Reading

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Gendered Space and Urban Informality
• Gendered Divisions of Labor
• Informality and Business Strategies
• Informality, Security, and Sexual Harassment
• Conclusion
• Further Reading

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Potential Gendered Effects of the Transformative Processes
• Economic Empowerment
• Social Empowerment
• Conclusion
• Further Reading

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Trends in Women’s Well-Being Globally and in India
• Globalization, Economic Structure, and FLFP in India
• Concluding Thoughts, Policy Recommendations, and Future Research
• Acknowledgements
• Further Reading

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• The Ganges and the Brahmaputra: Ample Water, Ample Poverty
• The Two Cases
• Knowledge Gaps
• Conclusion: A Call for a Holistic Approach to River Governance
• Further Reading

The following section is included:

• Index