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Author : Samantha Jones,Grace Carswell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015060134411
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : John Kirkby,Phil O'Keefe,Lloyd Timberlake
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000897258
Such a huge number of books, journals and papers have been devoted to defining, assessing and implementing 'sustainable development' that students and other readers face information overload. Earthscan alone has published hundreds of essays and books on the subject. Now, though, the most authoritative writings have been carefully assessed and collected together in the Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Development. The contributions included span five years of the debate, and cover all the principle themes: the history of the concept; the problems in defining it; the issues surrounding it; and national international policies and schemes to implement it. For ease of use, the essays have been split into key subject areas - such as agriculture, population and the commons - and they include practical case studies and examples, together with analyses from a number of different viewpoints from both the North and South. These seminal essays will provide readers with a unique overview of the subject, as well as the long-awaited basic course material for students of environmental studies, economics, geography, politics, planning and the social sciences.
Author : Cecilia Tacoli
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317762676
With accelerating urbanization and growing inter-dependence of rural and urban dwellers on the markets and resources they each offer, rural urban linkages have become a very important focus in recent years for research and policy relating to local and national economic development, poverty reduction and governance. The emergence of new livelihoods based on diversified income sources and mobility reflects profound social, cultural and economic transformations, and new forms of resource allocation and use. This volume collects the key contributions in the field, covering the conceptual background, the key issues and the current debates, locating different approaches in their wider intellectual and historical contexts. It also includes important recent empirical work from all the relevant geographical regions that that will be the basis for future thinking. Fifteen papers are clearly organized around the principal themes and accompanied by a valuable editorial introduction clearly setting out the issues, the arguments and the evidence. Suggestions for further reading and additional information sources are also included. Published with IIED.
Author : Paul George Demeny,Paul Demeny,Geoffrey McNicoll
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015046886662
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : David Satterthwaite
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317762614
The last five years have brought an enormous growth in the literature on how urban development can meet human needs and ensure ecological sustainability. This collection brings together the most outstanding contributions from leading experts on the issues surrounding sustainable cities and urban development. The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Cities is fully international in scope and coverage. It will be the basic introduction to the subject for a wide range of students in urban geography, planning and environmental studies, and is essential reading for professionals involved with the successful running and development of cities.
Author : Stephanya Lynn JonasLabee
Publisher : Delve Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 1774072025
Climate Change And Challenges In Rural Livelihoods provide the readers with the various effects of climate change and the challenges that it poses to the livelihoods of the people in the rural areas. It also makes the readers familiar with the impact of climate change on the food security of the rural people and draws their attention to some cases in Asia. This book also discusses about the impact of climate change on the poverty, the relation of climate change with the small-scale agriculture, the effect climate change has on the farmers and agricultural workers, the role of climate change in preservation of biodiversity and its impact on livelihoods and the role of climate change on the economic development.
Author : Vandana Desai,Robert B. Potter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780340889145
The Companion to Development Studies is an essential one-stop reference for anyone with an interest in development studies. Over 100 international experts have been brought together to present a comprehensive overview of the key theoretical and practical issues dominating contemporary development studies. Building on the success of the first edition, the second edition of the Companion has been thoroughly revised and updated and includes new chapters on a range of topics, including ageing, culture and development, corruption and development and global terrorism. Each chapter summarises current debates and provides guidance for further reading and research. The Companion to Development Studies is indispensable for students of development studies at all levels, from undergraduate to postgraduate and beyond, in departments of development studies, geography, politics, international relations, sociology, social anthropology and economics.
Author : Jeffrey Sayer
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781844071531
* "Whether you are a seasoned conservationist or forestry professional, an aspiring student or simply a concerned citizen, this book is for you." --David Kaimowitz, Director General, CIFOR * Most comprehensive reader in forestry yet published: covers all sectors within this broad subject area and edited by Jeffrey Sayer, the world’s leading authority on forestry and development * Maps out the complex forestry field; introduces and explains key hard-to-find literature Arrangements for the governance and management of forests have been changing rapidly in recent decades. The post-Rio period has been one of unprecedented reexamination of what the world’s forest resources consist of, who they should belong to, who should benefit from their conservation and management, and how all of this should be organized. This collection of outstanding papers on forests, development and livelihoods (until now widely dispersed throughout the literature) brings together the most recent thinking on these issues, and will give students and practitioners of forestry and natural resource management a rapid overview of what is changing, how, and why. The papers provide a balanced view of subjects that have been controversial or which the media and influential decisionmakers have misunderstood or misrepresented.
Author : Sithembiso Lindelihle Myeni,Andrew Okem
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429774782
This book unpacks the political economy of government subsidised housing programmes in South Africa. Exploring government policy towards subsidised housing in South Africa, this edited collection analyses various programmes, their shortcomings and potential options to address these weaknesses in the context of a country suffering from an exponential demand for housing in the face of insufficient supply. The Political Economy of Government Subsidised Housing in South Africa looks at the complex and contested nature of the issue in post-apartheid South Africa, stimulating debate and knowledge sharing on housing programmes, proffering solutions to the issue. The book explores the issue from both practical and intellectual standpoints, exploring the relationship between historical institutional legacies and contemporary power structures, and their role in provision of housing for the growing population of South Africa. This book will be of great interest to students of urban and regional planning, political economy, development studies, and African studies.
Author : Adam Pain,Kjell Hansen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317682035
Rural Development is a textbook that critically examines economic, social and cultural aspects of rural development efforts both in the global north and in the global south. By consistently using examples from the north and the south the book highlights similarities of processes as well as differences in contexts. The authors’ knowledge of Afghanistan and Sweden respectively creates a core for the discussions which are complemented with a wide range of other empirical examples. Rural Development is divided into nine chapters, each with a thematic focus, ranging from concepts and theories through rural livelihoods and natural resources to discussions on policy and processes of change. The book sees rural development as a multi-level, multi-actor and multi-faceted subject area that needs multidisciplinary perspectives both to support it and to analyse it. Throughout the book examples of rural development interventions are discussed using analytical concepts such as power, discourse, consequences and context to grasp rural development as practices that are more than what is presented in policy documents. The book is written in a way that makes it accessible for undergraduates while at the same time caters for the kind of deeper reading used by master students and Ph.D.’s. Every chapter is linked to discussion questions as well as suggested further readings and useful websites.
Author : Vandana Desai,Robert B Potter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781444169843
The Companion to Development Studies is an essential one-stop reference for anyone with an interest in development studies. Over 100 international experts have been brought together to present a comprehensive overview of the key theoretical and practical issues dominating contemporary development studies. Building on the success of the first edition, the second edition of the Companion has been thoroughly revised and updated and includes new chapters on a range of topics, including ageing, culture and development, corruption and development and global terrorism. Each chapter summarises current debates and provides guidance for further reading and research. The Companion to Development Studies is indispensable for students of development studies at all levels, from undergraduate to postgraduate and beyond, in departments of development studies, geography, politics, international relations, sociology, social anthropology and economics.
Author : Ronnie Vernooy
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Education
ISBN : 9788175966017
The book draws on the personal experiences of the authors and the findings of the action research that guided the process.
Author : Diana Carney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Rural development
ISBN : OCLC:1336436440
Author : Anne E. Russon,Janette Wallis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107018129
This book considers primate tourism as a primate conservation tool, weighing its effects and developing informed guidelines for ongoing and future tourism ventures.
Author : Sally Sontheimer
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Ecology
ISBN : 1853831115
Increasingly, over the last 20 years, women in poor developing countries have had to cope with growing ecological stress. Food, fodder, wood and water, previously in adequate supply have become scarce, and women have also been deprived of traditional access to cultivable land. Those who left the countryside for the cities now face terrible pollution, miserable housing and poor sanitation and water supplies. This reader tells the rarely told story of women living and coping in these dreadful conditions. It is a book of hope because it shows them to be not passive victims but courageous fighters and organizers in the fact of natural disaster, uncaring bureaucracy, agencies and governments whose priorities lie elsewhere, and traditional structures inimical to their needs. The women and their oganizations described here have produced demonstrably effective approaches for more sustainable uses of their resources and environments, challenging conventional accounts of their roles.
