Coexistence or competition for resources? Transboundary transformations of natural resource use in China’s neighborhood

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9344147
AutoresHenryk Alff (0000-0003-2577-0928, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, autor de correspondencia), Martin Spies (0000-0002-4009-0544, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development)
Año2023
Volumen64
Número7-8
Páginas797-810
Fecha de publicación2023-09-20
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEurasian Geography and Economics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1538-7216 • E-ISSN: 1938-2863
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15387216.2023.2258150
OpenAlexW4386932405
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas42

Over the past three decades, rural places along China's land borders have faced interconnected processes of sociopolitical, economic, and ecological change.These changes, along with an increase in transboundary investment by actors from China in infrastructure on the one hand, and in agriculture and resource extraction on the other, are locally met with a combination of suspicion, fear, and desire for future prosperity.This special issue scrutinizes these dynamics in extractive sectors, particularly agriculture, the plantation industry, and mining, in the context of transboundary processes that can be conceptualized as "neighboring".With an array of qualitative and ethnographic methods and case studies from borderlands in North, Central, South and Southeast Asia that are rarely thought of together, the six articles of this special issue provide a unique perspective on "China's rise" in Asia that goes beyond schematical geopolitical and macro-economic accounts of the 'Belt and Road Initiative.'This introduction to the special issue discusses the key insights and arguments it brings forward and calls for (a) more comparative research on transboundary natural resource use in China's neighborhood and (b) more holistic and multi-scalar research perspectives to make sense of the complex dynamics on the ground

Agriculture · China · Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Geopolitics · Natural resource · Political ecology · Political science · Politics · Prosperity · Resource (disambiguation · China's Global Influence and Migration · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact