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Managing risk and vulnerability in Asia: A (re)study from Thailand, 1982-83 and 2008

Rigg, J.D.; Salamanca, A.

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Authors

J.D. Rigg

A. Salamanca



Abstract

In the 1980s, rural settlements in the Northeast of Thailand were farming focused, and strategies of living were structured around the need to secure subsistence in the face of a capricious environment and a weak developmental state. More than half of households in the region lived below the poverty line, and the immediate prospects for 'development' were not bright. Drawing on a 25-year longitudinal study of two villages in Mahasarakham, the paper describes and reflects on how risk and vulnerability have been re-shaped during a quarter of a century of profound economic and social change. From largely environmental and local, the pattern of risk and opportunity have become increasingly economic and non-local as external events wash across the shores of rural settlements like Ban Non Tae and Ban Tha Song Korn.

Citation

Rigg, J., & Salamanca, A. (2009). Managing risk and vulnerability in Asia: A (re)study from Thailand, 1982-83 and 2008. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 50(3), 255-270. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8373.2009.01399.x

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Dec 1, 2009
Deposit Date Jan 15, 2010
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Asia Pacific Viewpoint
Print ISSN 1360-7456
Electronic ISSN 1467-8373
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 50
Issue 3
Pages 255-270
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8373.2009.01399.x
Keywords Risk, Thailand, Vulnerability.

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