Colonial development policies as tools of ecological imperialism in Southeast Asia

Ambe J. Njoh

Planning Perspectives, 2025, vol. 40, issue 4, 975-994

Abstract: The study employed an epistemological framework of ecological imperialism to highlight the environmental implications of colonial development policies in Southeast Asia. The analysis focused on the environmental justice, equity, and fairness implications of colonial development initiatives in five domains: the built environment, land, agriculture, forestry, and mining. It reveals that the initiatives were tantamount to ecological imperialism in each domain. The study is not only of historical importance as it contains lessons on the environmental implications of economic development initiatives for the region’s contemporary planners and policymakers.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/02665433.2024.2420874

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