FRONTIERS, BORDERLANDS AND SCALES IN SOUTHEASTERN ASIA

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dc.contributor.advisorShelley, Fred
dc.contributor.authorNIKOLTCHEV, BORISLAV
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBurns, Thomas
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGliedt, Travis
dc.contributor.committeeMemberShafer, Mark
dc.contributor.committeeMemberJones, Reece
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-21T17:03:56Z
dc.date.available2017-11-21T17:03:56Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.manuscript2017
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation is designed to address problems exemplified by Willem van Schendel with a vast and visually recognized mountainous area in southeastern Asia that is not considered a region. He suggested theoretical work on flows and scale. The first chapter is introductory and describes the research’s scope, approach, and the methodology. The second and third chapters discuss and analyze a frontier zone in Shan Stat in eastern Myanmar, specifically the relationships between rural area, the regional center of Kengtung, and two sizable border towns of Mong La and Tachileik. Chapter 2 hypothesizes border-frontier interaction, and Chapter 3 analyzes the scale in geographical research. Chapter 4 explores two Zomia-like places in the Philippines with consideration of globalization and the core-periphery division. The findings in Chapter 2 support a hypothesis that in some cases, and with certain scope of research, borders could be seen as small and stand-alone places next to border crossings. Chapter 3 further elaborates the interconnection between different kinds of scale in the geographical research with involvement of globalization. and discusses the borders as possible facilitator of transformation of the nearby areas. The easily accessed by sea islands in the Philippines do not have land borderlines and hence little incentive of focused development for geopolitical reasons of the island interiors. This dissertation contributes to the border studies, scale theorization, and also to globalization.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11244/52418
dc.subjectGeography.en_US
dc.subjectHistory, Asia, Australia and Oceania.en_US
dc.subjectPhysical Geography.en_US
dc.subjectSociology, General.en_US
dc.thesis.degreePh.D.en_US
dc.titleFRONTIERS, BORDERLANDS AND SCALES IN SOUTHEASTERN ASIAen_US
ou.groupCollege of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences::Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainabilityen_US
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