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An early critical foray into participation in Thailand (2010)
Book Chapter
Rigg, J. (2010). An early critical foray into participation in Thailand. In N. Tapp, & P. Hirsch (Eds.), Tracks and traces : Thailand and the work of Andrew Turton (89-102). Amsterdam University Press

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

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.

Land, farming, livelihoods, and poverty: Rethinking the links in the rural South (2006)
Journal Article
Rigg, J. (2006). Land, farming, livelihoods, and poverty: Rethinking the links in the rural South. World Development, 34(1), 180-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.07.015

Lives and livelihoods in the Rural South are becoming increasingly divorced from farming and, therefore, from the land. Patterns and associations of wealth and poverty have become more diffuse and diverse as non-farm opportunities have expanded and h... Read More about Land, farming, livelihoods, and poverty: Rethinking the links in the rural South.

The Indian Ocean tsunami: socio-economic impacts in Thailand (2005)
Journal Article
Rigg, J., Law, L., Tan-Mullins, M., & Grundy-Warr, C. (2005). The Indian Ocean tsunami: socio-economic impacts in Thailand. The Geographical Journal, 171(4), 374-379. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4959.2005.00175_3.x

On the morning of 26 December 2004 large areas of coastal southern Thailand were transformed when a tsunami, generated by a powerful submarine earthquake in the Indian Ocean, swept ashore. Officially, there were 5395 confirmed deaths in Thailand with... Read More about The Indian Ocean tsunami: socio-economic impacts in Thailand.

Living with Transition in Laos: Market integration in Southeast Asia (2005)
Book
Rigg, J. (2005). Living with Transition in Laos: Market integration in Southeast Asia. Routledge

The following text is taken from the publisher's website: "Laos - the Lao People's Democratic Republic - is one of the least understood and studied countries of Asia. Its development trajectory is also one of the most interesting, as it moves from st... Read More about Living with Transition in Laos: Market integration in Southeast Asia.