Table of Contents -- List of Tables, Figures, and Photos -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Maximising Opportunities for the Tibetans of Qinghai Province, China -- 3. Southeast Asia 'Ethnic Minorities' in an Account by the Florentine Merchant Francesco Carletti: A 17th Century Manuscript -- 4. Fuzzy Sets in Regional Development Analysis: A case study of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region,Western China -- 5. Patterns of the Use and the Choice of Health Care Facilities among the Han and Minority Populations in China -- 6. Accessibility of Health Care for Pastoralists in the Tibetan Plateau Region: A Case Study from Southern Qinghai Province, China -- 7. Dealing with Urban Ethnic Differences: A Comparative Analysis of Chinese and Canadian Strategies -- 8. Urbanisation Processes among Ethnic Groups in Western China -- 9. Conflict and Displacement: A Leading Social Problem in Sri Lanka A Study of Two Communities in Anuradhapura District -- 10. Sardar Sarovar Dam: A Case Study of Oustees in Gujarat, India -- 11. Local Government and Multicultural Coexistence Practices in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area: Integrating a Growing Foreigner Minority Population -- 12. Challenges of ecotourism in northern Laos: The case of Luang Nam Tha province -- 13. Ethnic Tourism Development: Preliminary Data for the Dong Village of Zhaoxing, China -- 14. Between Performance and Intimacy: Back Spaces and Private Moments in the Tourist Village of Luoshui, China -- Biography of Contributors -- Bibliography.