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Sustainable Development in the Asian Century: An Inquiry of Its Understanding in Phuket, Thailand
- Source :
- Sustainable Development. 24:109-123
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2015.
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Abstract
- Sustainable development in the context of international policy is influenced by western values, with few critical evaluations of its application in Asian contexts. This paper presents the interpretation of sustainable development by businesses, civil society, government at various levels and a selection of graduate students in Phuket, Thailand. In all, 78 hours of observations in public meetings, 70 hours of interviews and 10 hours of sectorally arranged workshops were conducted over a period of two years. Data were transcribed and analysed using established qualitative methods. The paper reports how Thai value systems relate to sustainable development concepts and proposes that a culturally appropriate model is needed for understanding the path to a sustainable future in Phuket. Understanding cultural and social values is the key to sustainability. This will require appropriate network-building that creates change towards a culturally sustainable society. We propose that similar cultural adjustment will be necessary for sustainable development to become effective as an organizing concept in Asia.
- Subjects :
- Sustainable development
Civil society
Government
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
business.industry
Social change
Context (language use)
010501 environmental sciences
Development
Public relations
01 natural sciences
Development economics
Sustainability
Economics
business
Asian Century
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Qualitative research
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09680802
- Volume :
- 24
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sustainable Development
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........e81a48df21c96e6caf99755d48924983