Third World Science Environment Perspectives

Author : Joel Darmstadter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317335696

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Global Development and the Environment by Joel Darmstadter Pdf

In preparation for the United Nation’s Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, this study aimed to detail enduring environmental issues that might or might not have been considered at the conference. Originally published earlier that year, Global Development and the Environment questions the compatibility of goals for environmental protection, natural resource consequences and economic growth in relation to sustainability with essays on important topics such as biodiversity, agriculture and population issues. This title will be of interest to students of Environmental Studies and Economics.

Author : O.P. Dwivedi,Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1995-02-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCSD:31822018840405

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Environmental Policies in the Third World by O.P. Dwivedi,Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi Pdf

Analyzes environmental problems and policies in developing countries around the world and discusses new prospects for international cooperation and funding. Considers hard political choices, who is to blame for environmental decay, who should pay to overcome problems, and how policies should be administered. Experts from different countries offer their perspectives about the role of multilateral agencies, the North-South dimensions of environmental problems since 1972, internal and external factors that have affected Third World development, new measures and opportunities since the Rio Summit conference, and case studies of representative countries—India, China, Indonesia, Africa, Nigeria, Chile, and Mexico. A bibliography enhances this authoritative study for the use of political scientists, economists, and public administrators, for teachers, students, and professionals.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : CHI:48312370

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Third World Science & Environment Perspectives by Anonim Pdf

Author : DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1995-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780788120589

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Perspectives on the Role of Science & Technology in Sustainable Development by DIANE Publishing Company Pdf

Examines an array of sustainable development definitions & discusses their common elements. Describes current agriculture, energy, & industry technologies. Also discusses the progress that is being made in education, communication, & information technologies that could support sustainable development. Numerous photos & tables.

Author : the late David W. Drakakis-Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134639069

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Third World Cities by the late David W. Drakakis-Smith Pdf

This imformative book is a thoroughly revised and updated edition of the classic introduction to urbanization in developing areas. Using case studies of cities drawn from around the world, including Bangkok, Delhi, Manila, Mexico City, Singapore and cities in Zimbabwe, this key text confronts three main questions: Is there still a Third World, does it have a common urban form, and what is the relationship between urbanization and sustainability? The text analyzes: the dimension of urban growth in the third world historical perspectives on urban growth urban population growth employment and incomes in the city basic needs and human rights environmental problems in third world cities planning and management of cities. Containing a wealth of student-friendly features including boxed case-studies, discussion questions and guides for further reading, this text provides an invaluable introduction to the issues and processes of the city in the Third World. Containing a greater depth of content and referencing, and with new chapters and subjects covered, this new second edition utilizes its larger format to make extensive use of illustrations, diagrams, global case studies, and further reading. Overall, these changes have contributed to this book's continuance as an extremely accessible student text.

Author : Gordon Wilson,Pamela Furniss,Richard Kimbowa
Publisher : Open University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199560646

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Environment, Development, and Sustainability by Gordon Wilson,Pamela Furniss,Richard Kimbowa Pdf

Case studies from technologists, engineers, natural and social scientists, and practitioners present multiple perspectives on sustainable development. Examples from both developing and developed countries, show how environment, development and sustainability intertwine to form an issue of truly global concern.

Author : Jacques Gaillard,V. V. Krishna,Roland Waast
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Science
ISBN : UCSD:31822023820699

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Scientific Communities in the Developing World by Jacques Gaillard,V. V. Krishna,Roland Waast Pdf

Author : J. Gvishiani
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483152561

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Science, Technology and Global Problems by J. Gvishiani Pdf

Science, Technology and Global Problems documents the proceedings of the International Symposium on Trends and Perspectives in Development of Science and Technology and their Impact on the Solution of Contemporary Global Problems held in Tallinn, USSR on January 8-12, 1979. This compilation discusses the character of global problems in the year 2000, prospects of development of leading branches of science and technology, and its capacity to solve global problems. The topics include global problems in the year 2000 and the role of science in their solution; science and technology as factors for future global development; road to scientific-technological culture; and responsibility of scientists in the period of crisis. The energy situation in the world (problems and prospects); mathematics and progress in science and technology; role of information and communication in the solution of global problems; and global public health problems and ways of resolving them are also deliberated in this text. This book is a useful source for students and researchers conducting work on the development of science and technology in solving global problems.

Author : Avijit Gupta,A. Gupta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134745111

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Ecology and Development in the Third World by Avijit Gupta,A. Gupta Pdf

This comprehensive second edition provides an up-to-date introduction to the nature of ecological degradation in a world of dramatic environmental change.

Author : F. Berkhout
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781843765653

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Negotiating Environmental Change by F. Berkhout Pdf

The ESRC/GEC programme has made a major contribution in terms of environmental social science research. The chapters in this book provide incisive, detailed and reflective critiques of the development of knowledge over the last ten years and provide powerful and important messages about the challenges presented by the complex relationship between environmental and social change. The book should be essential reading for all researchers and also for all policymakers who are grappling with questions about how to respond to environment/society controversies. Judith Petts, Birmingham University, UK and Member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution Global environmental change will be with us forever. But how it happens in the future, and with what effect on the planet and its peoples depends to a large extent on how the international agreements, national politics and local actions play out. This collection provides the most comprehensive assessment yet of these critical interconnections, and reveals how social scientists are making an invaluable contribution to the creation of more science and just livelihoods in a future world. Tim O Riordan, University of East Anglia, UK An aphrodisiac to the tepid response of positivist social science. People are not merely actors, perpetrators and victims, in an environmental drama. The critical social theorists in this book constructively show us how people are improvising the stage and the script as we update our understanding of nature, what constitutes a good life, and our individual and collective options. Richard B. Norgaard, University of California, Berkeley, US Negotiating Environmental Change is a child of the ESRCs Global Environmental Change Programme, by far the biggest piece of work by social scientists in the United Kingdom during the 1990s. At the beginning of the twenty-first century the balance sheet needs to be drawn up: what do our policies, insights and values owe to the collaborative efforts of social scientists? This book suggests that ideas and approaches that were conceived at a time when the Ozone Hole , Global Warming and Biodiversity Losses were beginning to resonate in academic and policy circles have now entered the British and European psyche. The challenge of forward thinking in the twenty-first century, in which the environment is central to most of the issues that concern social science, is to demonstrate that the environment is not a separate territory . Environmental thinking and practice affects us in various guises: governance and democracy, business and management, risk and everyday consumption: the substance of this book. Negotiating Environmental Change makes clear the contribution that new thinking is making to problems that were not looked upon as environmental a decade ago, but which we now see as being at the forefront of global research and policy agendas. Michael Redclift, King s College London, UK Major advances have been made recently in environmental social science but the context and importance of this research has also changed. Social and natural science studies of the environment have begun to interact more closely with each other and many analysts now agree that an understanding of environmental problems often depends on an understanding of the attitudes and behaviour of people and organisations. Moreover, policy and public debates have also shown that many assumptions that underpin arguments about sustainable development need to be reconsidered and re-framed. This book by leading researchers presents a critical review of debates in environmental social science over the past decade. Three broad areas are covered in ten chapters: the problems of scientific uncertainty and its role in shaping environmental policy and decisions; the development of institutional frameworks for governing natural resources; and the link between economic and technological change and the environment. The book begins with an overview essay exam

Author : Jeremy Vetter
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780813548753

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Knowing Global Environments by Jeremy Vetter Pdf

Knowing Global Environments brings together nine leading scholars whose work spans a variety of environmental and field sciences, including archaeology, agriculture, botany, climatology, ecology, evolutionary biology, oceanography, ornithology, and tidology. Collectively their essays explore the history of the field sciences, through the lens of place, practice, and the production of scientific knowledge, with a wide-ranging perspective extending outwards from the local to regional, national, imperial, and global scales. The book also shows what the history of the field sciences can contribute to environmental history-especially how knowledge in the field sciences has intersected with changing environments-and addresses key present-day problems related to sustainability, such as global climate, biodiversity, oceans, and more. Contributors to Knowing Global Environments reveal how the field sciences have interacted with practical economic activities, such as forestry, agriculture, and tourism, as well as how the public has been involved in the field sciences, as field assistants, students, and local collaborators.

Author : Yvonne Guerrier
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015034514326

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Values and the Environment by Yvonne Guerrier Pdf

This multidisciplinary study examines the ways in which we value the environment. It explores conceptual issues, policy dilemmas that arise when different sets of values conflict, and how values have changed over the years due to further education and a growing awareness of environmental problems.

Author : Martin Purvis,Alan Grainger
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136566028

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Exploring Sustainable Development by Martin Purvis,Alan Grainger Pdf

Sustainable development is capturing the attention of planners, politicians and business leaders. Within the academic sphere its study is increasingly breaching disciplinary boundaries to become a focus of attention for natural and social scientists alike. But in studying such a key concept, it is vital that there is a clear definition of what it means, how it is applied on the ground, and the influence it exerts upon people's perceptions of change in the physical environment, economic activity and society. Exploring Sustainable Development is a major new text which provides a multifaceted introduction to key areas of study in this field, examining sustainability at the full range of spatial scales from the local to the global. Building on existing theory it demonstrates the unique contributions that thinking geographically about space, place and human-environment relationships can bring to the analysis of sustainable development. This book explores different interpretations of sustainable development in both theory and practice, in developed and developing countries, and in rural and urban areas. It pays particular attention to the local, national and international politics of implementation, the future of climate and energy, the role of business, and different conceptions of agricultural sustainability. This wide-ranging text is ideal for undergraduates and postgraduates in geography, environmental science, development studies, and related social and political sciences.

Author : Philip Wexler,Jan van der Kolk,Asish Mohapatra,Ravi Agarwal
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 846 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781420084696

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Chemicals, Environment, Health by Philip Wexler,Jan van der Kolk,Asish Mohapatra,Ravi Agarwal Pdf

The past 40 years have seen a phenomenal growth in globally oriented public and private initiatives related to chemical and environmental issues. The groundbreaking 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm was the event responsible for initiating framework for global environmental policies, including those addressing chemical safety. It gave rise to the first World Environment Day and the creation of the United Nations Environment Programme, leading the way to the acknowledgement that sustainable development is the most logical and viable pathway to preserve and enhance our environment for future generations. Chemicals, Environment, Health: A Global Management Perspective presents an overview of the noteworthy conferences, organizations, and international treaties that focus on chemicals management and policy. It takes into account special challenges faced by developing countries regarding chemicals safety. From the Stockholm Conference to follow-ups in Rio and Johannesburg, it provides concise coverage of a vast swath of information. It highlights pivotal agreements such as the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions, the more expansive Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management, as well as key regional agreements such as the European Union’s REACH legislation. The book includes invited essays in areas such as emergencies and financing instruments, and offers a clear look at future challenges and opportunities. Written by a team of authors from all continents, with backgrounds in international organizations, national governments, academia, industry, and NGOs, the book reflects a wide experience from a multitude of perspectives. A valuable guidebook to global chemicals management cooperation, this book reviews and analyzes multi-lateral efforts established to address the potential risks of chemicals on the world stage.

Author : David Canter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317408376

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Social Science Perspectives on Climate Change by David Canter Pdf

Although it is generally accepted that the climate is changing for the worse and that human activities are a major contributing factor in that change, there is still only marginal response to the challenge posed by climate change. The reasons behind this limited response are becoming clearer through the recognition that climate change is not just a set of physical science facts, but it is also part of a series of complex social processes. Consequently, this book is important in providing social science perspectives on a range of attempts to adjust human activity to reduce its environmental impact. These attempts vary from the changing of the dress code in Japanese offices to the creation of zero-carbon, gated communities in Bangalore, India. Taken together, the contributions to this book provide timely insights into the complexities of saving the planet through human endeavour. This book was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Social Science.