Research Catalog

Title

Resource management and contested territories in East Asia / Ralf Emmers.

Author

Emmers, Ralf, 1974-

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

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Details

Description

ix, 96 p. : maps; 23 cm.

Summary

Ralf Emmers discusses the significance of natural resources as a source of inter-state cooperation and competition in East Asia, assessing whether the joint exploration and development of resources can act as a means to reduce tensions in contested territories. Does the joint management of natural resources in the absence of a negotiated maritime delimitation constitute a feasible strategy to de-escalate maritime sovereignty disputes in East Asia? Can cooperative resource exploitation be separated from nationalist considerations and power politics calculations? Alternatively, should the prospect for joint exploration in disputed waters be expected to raise rather than defuse territorial conflicts, especially if abundant resources are eventually discovered? If this were true, should exploration schemes be postponed until sovereignty disputes have been resolved? Emmers addresses these questions by examining the overlapping sovereignty claims in the Sea of Japan and the East and South China Seas.

Series Statement

Palgrave pivot

Uniform Title

Palgrave pivot

Subject

• International economic relations
• Natural resources > Co-management > East Asia
• Natural resources > International cooperation
• Boundaries
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business
• Central / national / federal government policies
• Central government policies
• Environmental policy & protocols
• International relations
• Natural resources > Co-management
• Natural resources > International cooperation
• NATURE > Natural Resources
• Political structure & processes
• Politics and Government
• East Asia
• Foreign economic relations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Natural resources and international law -- The Sea of Japan -- The East China Sea -- The South China Sea -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Maps of the Sea of Japan and the East and South China Seas.

ISBN

• 9781137310132 (hbk.)
• 1137310138 (hbk.)

OCLC

• 840818205
• SCSB-12289774

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library