1. Introduction and overview / Jerry Velasquez, Makoko Yashiro, Susan Yoshimura and Izumi Ono -- 2. Local to global connections : community involvement and sustainability / Diane Warburton and Susan Yoshimura -- 3. Being innovative, against the odds / Charles Landry -- 4. Mainstreaming innovative approaches to sustainable urban environmental management in Asia / Nathaniel von Einsiedel -- 5. From hunting to sustainable use : a Pashtun tribal group's innovations, northern Balochistan, Pakistan / Luc Bellon -- 6. Highland encounters : building new partnerships for conservation and sustainable development in the Yangtze River headwaters, the heart of the Tibetan plateau, China / J. Marc Foggin -- 7. Sustainable tourism planning and management in Klong Khwang, Thailand / Walter Jamieson and Pawinee Sunalai -- 8. Mangrove conservation through ecotourism development by the Bobongko people in the Togean Islands, Indonesia / Sundjaya -- 9. Innovative community-led sustainable forest resource conservation and management in Baybay, Leyte, the Philippines / Victor B. Asio and Marlito Jose M. Bande -- 10. Waste management activities in Nagoya City, Japan : local government and community partnerships / Teruhiko Yoshimura and Rika Kato -- 11. People, partnership and profits in managing solid waste in Guimara, the Philippines / Andrew C. Farncombe, Francis E. Gentoral and Evan Anthony Arias -- 12. Integrated catchment management in the Hawkesbury-Nepean basin, Australia / Amit Chanan -- 13. Water management in Rajasthan, India : making a difference / Darryl Romesh D'Monte -- 14. Conclusion: Critical elements for achieving community innovation / Makiko Yashiro.

xvii, 341 p. : ill., charts, graphs, maps, tables

Includes bibliographical references and index.
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