This essay is about the management of natural and environmental resources in cross-border areas. It explores a group of geographical, political, legal, economic and cultural factors that arise when political units (such as sovereign countries, dependent states and other administrative units) seek to utilize natural and environmental resources efficiently and equitably while minimizing the resultant damages (for example, prevention of resource degradation and preservation of the physical environment). This study considers various types of cross-border areas - at both international and sub-national levels. The main objectives of this book are:
- To clarify how natural and human systems interact in cross-border areas under conditions of uncertain, imperfect information and, in some circumstances, irreversibility;
- To identify and, where possible, quantify the various impacts of 'border' on the environmental activities in cross-border areas;
- To evaluate the costs and benefits of cross-border cooperation in the exploitation and utilization of natural and environmental resources; and
- To recommend measures in improving national and international legal and regulatory mechanisms for resource exploitation and environmental protection in cross-border areas.
* Examines various types of cross-border areas at both international and sub-national levels throughout the world as well as their geographical, political, economic and cultural influences on the cross-border resource management
* Uses the latest international and area data, resulting in new findings for cross-border environmental activities
* Contains a large number of case studies throughout the world including four in-depth case studies of cross-border resource management
This essay is about the management of natural and environmental resources in cross-border areas. It explores a group of geographical, political, legal, economic and cultural factors that arise when political units (such as sovereign countries, dependent states and other administrative units) seek to utilize natural and environmental resources efficiently and equitably while minimizing the resultant damages (for example, prevention of resource degradation and preservation of the physical environment).
* Examines various types of cross-border areas at both international and sub-national levels throughout the world as well as their geographical, political, economic and cultural influences on the cross-border resource management
* Uses the latest international and area data, resulting in new findings for cross-border environmental activities
* Contains a large number of case studies throughout the world including four in-depth case studies of cross-border resource management
| Introduction to the Book Series |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Preface |
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| Part 1: Theory |
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2. Resource management and cross-border areas |
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3. Can cross-border resources be optimally managed? |
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4. Cross-border resource management: Methodological puzzles |
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5. Institutions for cross-border resource management |
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87 | (20) |
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6. Cross-border resource management in disputed areas |
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107 | (26) |
| Part 2: Practice |
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7. The triangular resource management of the Tumen River area |
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133 | (22) |
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8. The transnational water pollution in the Lower Mekong Basin |
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155 | (20) |
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9. The US–Mexico border environment cooperation |
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175 | (22) |
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10. China's interprovincial border disputes at Lake Weishan |
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197 | (30) |
| Bibliography |
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227 | (12) |
| Appendix A |
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239 | (10) |
| Appendix B |
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249 | (12) |
| Appendix C |
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261 | (8) |
| Appendix D |
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269 | (4) |
| Index |
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Rongxing Guo is Professor (Homepage: www.researchgate.net/profile/Rongxing_Guo; ORCID: 0000-0002-5368-793X), Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China. He has led research projects for the OECD and the World Bank, and undertaken consultation for the Chinese government. An expert who is among the very few scholars to publish in six major disciplines of economics, geography, political science, management science, archaeology, and anthropology, Rongxing Guo has more than 30 years of experience teaching and researching in China, as well as in Australia, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Germany and the US. During the past 20 years or so, he has published more than 30 monographs and many valuable articles. His most recent research works are Explaining the Human and Cultural Puzzles: A New Development Theory” whose full text is available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162519302513 -- and Managing the Unruly Waters: An Imperative for Safety and Resilience along the Yellow River” (draft). Rongxing Guo has more than 20 years' experience in teaching and research in regional economics with an emphasis on cross-border issues. He has also worked extensively in Chinese economic issues related to energy and environmental economics. He is Professor and Head of the Regional Economics Committee of the Regional Science Association of China (RSAC) at Peking University. He has an Amazon author's page.
