The essays in this collection challenge conventional ideas about consumption and consumerism: they consider if the inundation of Western consumer goods have cre

Food consumption patterns and practices are rapidly changing in Asia and the Pacific, and nowhere are these changes more striking than in urban areas. This book

This book explores people’s everyday experience of the media in Asian countries in confrontation with huge social change and transition and the need to unders

Economic development in Asia is associated with expanding urbanism, overconsumption, and a steep growth in living standards. At the same time, rapid urbanisatio

In the emerging narrative of sustainable development in Asia, the essential challenge is to reduce the use of natural resources and environmental degradation al