Outputs (9)

Managing risk and vulnerability in Asia: A (re)study from Thailand, 1982-83 and 2008 (2009)
Journal Article
Rigg, J., & Salamanca, A. (2009). Managing risk and vulnerability in Asia: A (re)study from Thailand, 1982-83 and 2008. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 50(3), 255-270. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8373.2009.01399.x

In the 1980s, rural settlements in the Northeast of Thailand were farming focused, and strategies of living were structured around the need to secure subsistence in the face of a capricious environment and a weak developmental state. More than half o... Read More about Managing risk and vulnerability in Asia: A (re)study from Thailand, 1982-83 and 2008.

From farm to factory: village change in a rice-growing region (2009)
Book Chapter
Rigg, J., Veeravongs, S., Rohitarachoon, P., & Veeravongs, L. (2009). From farm to factory: village change in a rice-growing region. In J. Agergaard, N. Fold, & K. Gough (Eds.), Rural-urban dynamics : livelihoods, mobility and markets in African and Asian frontiers (134-150). Routledge

Handicraft and manufacturing frontier: transforming livelihoods, re-shaping settlements (2009)
Book Chapter
Gough, K., & Rigg, J. (2009). Handicraft and manufacturing frontier: transforming livelihoods, re-shaping settlements. In J. Agergaard, N. Fold, & K. Gough (Eds.), Rural-urban dynamics : livelihoods, mobility and markets in African and Asian frontiers (151-157). Routledge

A revolution in the Thai handicraft industry? Handicrafts, integration and rural development in northern Thailand (2009)
Book Chapter
Rigg, J., Veeravongs, S., Rohitarachoon, P., & Veeravongs, L. (2009). A revolution in the Thai handicraft industry? Handicrafts, integration and rural development in northern Thailand. In J. Agergaard, N. Fold, & K. Gough (Eds.), Rural-urban dynamics: livelihoods, mobility and markets in African and Asian frontiers (116-132). Routledge

The World Development Report 2009 'reshapes economic geography': geographical reflections (2009)
Journal Article
Rigg, J., Bebbington, A., Gough, K., Bryceson, D., Agergaard, J., Fold, N., & Tacoli, C. (2009). The World Development Report 2009 'reshapes economic geography': geographical reflections. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 34(2), 128-136. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2009.00340.x

Critical Commentary. The World Development Report 2009 (2009)
Journal Article
Bryceson, D., Gough, K., Rigg, J., & Agergaard, J. (2009). Critical Commentary. The World Development Report 2009. Urban Studies, 46(4), 723-738. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098009102371

Grand narrative or modest comparison? Reflecting on the 'lessons' of East Asian development and growth (2009)
Journal Article
Rigg, J. (2009). Grand narrative or modest comparison? Reflecting on the 'lessons' of East Asian development and growth. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 30(1), 29-34. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9493.2008.00353.x

A particular place? Laos and its incorporation into the development mainstream (2009)
Journal Article
Rigg, J. (2009). A particular place? Laos and its incorporation into the development mainstream. Environment and Planning A, 41(3), 703-721. https://doi.org/10.1068/a40260

Laos is a poor country in the world’s most economically vibrant region. I provide a historically embedded interpretation of Laos’ contemporary economic geography through three lenses: dualism, spatiality, and scale. I propose that, while the patterns... Read More about A particular place? Laos and its incorporation into the development mainstream.

Spatial integration and human transformations in the Greater Mekong subregion (2009)
Book Chapter
Rigg, J., & Wittayapak, C. (2009). Spatial integration and human transformations in the Greater Mekong subregion. In Y. Huang, & A. Bocchi (Eds.), Reshaping economic geography in East Asia (79-99). The World Bank