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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “kevin bardosh”
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  • Locating Zika

    Social Change and Governance in an Age of Mosquito Pandemics

    Edited by Kevin Bardosh ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Health and Medical Anthropology
    The emergence of Zika virus in 2015 challenged conventional ideas of mosquito-borne diseases, tested the resilience of health systems and embedded itself within local sociocultural worlds, with major implications for environmental, sexual, reproductive and paediatric health. This book explores this complex viral epidemic and situates it within its broader social, epidemiological and historical ... Read more

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  • One Health

    Science, politics and zoonotic disease in Africa

    Edited by Kevin Bardosh ...
    Series series Pathways to Sustainability
    Zoonotic diseases – pathogens transmitted from animals to people – offer particularly challenging problems for global health institutions and actors, given the complex social-ecological dynamics at play. New forms of risk caused by unprecedented global connectivity and rapid social and environmental change demand new approaches. ‘One Health’ highlights the need for collaboration across sectors and ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

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  • Global Political Ecology

    Edited by Richard Peet, Paul Robbins, Michael Watts ...
    The world is caught in the mesh of a series of environmental crises. So far attempts at resolving the deep basis of these have been superficial and disorganized. Global Political Ecology links the political economy of global capitalism with the political ecology of a series of environmental disasters and failed attempts at environmental policies.This critical volume draws together contributions ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • The Politics of Resource Extraction

    Indigenous Peoples, Multinational Corporations and the State

    Edited by S. Sawyer, E. Gomez ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    International institutions (United Nations, World Bank) and multinational companies have voiced concern over the adverse impact of resource extraction activities on the livelihood of indigenous communities. This volume examines mega resource extraction projects in Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Chad, Cameroon, India, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines. ... Read more

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  • The Peaceful People: The Penan and their Fight for the Forest

    by Paul Malone ...
    The Peaceful People is the story of the Penan, the jungle nomads of Sarawak, Malaysia, on Borneo island who for decades have fought for possession and preservation of their traditional forest lands. Drawing on extensive first-hand interviews, as well as the diaries and journals of explorers, botanists and colonial administrators, and the observations of missionaries, Paul Malone provides the most ... Read more

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  • Gender Equality and Sustainable Development

    Edited by Melissa Leach ...
    Series series Pathways to Sustainability
    For pathways to be truly sustainable and advance gender equality and the rights and capabilities of women and girls, those whose lives and well-being are at stake must be involved in leading the way.Gender Equality and Sustainable Development calls for policies, investments and initiatives in sustainable development that recognize women’s knowledge, agency and decision-making as fundamental. Four ... Read more

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  • Harnessing the Power of Collective Learning

    Feedback, accountability and constituent voice in rural development

    Edited by Roy Steiner, Duncan Hanks ...
    What were new ideas 30 years ago, such as the concepts of participatory development and systems thinking, are now accepted norms in international development circles. The majority of professionals engaged in rural development accept the proposition that the people who participate in development should play an active role in defining, implementing, and evaluating projects intended to improve their ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD

  • State of the World 2010

    Transforming Cultures From Consumerism to Sustainability

    by The Worldwatch Institute ...
    Series series State of the World
    Like a tsunami, consumerism has engulfed human cultures and Earth’s ecosystems. Left unaddressed, we risk global disaster. But if we channel this wave, intentionally transforming our cultures to center on sustainability, we will not only prevent catastrophe, but may usher in an era of sustainability—one that allows all people to thrive while protecting, even restoring, Earth. In State of the World ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Global Warming and Social Innovation

    The Challenge of a Climate Neutral Society

    Edited by Andre Faaij, Marcel Kok, David Jager ...
    Societies need to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 80 per cent in order to counter the risks of climate change. This study envisions a climate neutral society - one where the output of polluting gases is minimised by social innovations set up in households, by local authorities, through developments in information and communications technologies and dematerialization, and through the shift ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Cities on a Finite Planet

    Towards transformative responses to climate change

    Edited by Sheridan Bartlett, David Satterthwaite ...
    Cities on a Finite Planet: Transformative responses to climate change shows how cities can combine high quality living conditions, resilience to climate change, disaster risk reduction and contributions to mitigation/low carbon development. It also covers the current and potential contribution of cities to avoiding dangerous climate change and is the first book with an in-depth coverage of how ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Moving People

    Sustainable Transport Development

    by Peter Cox ...
    The local and global environmental impacts of transport are more apparent than ever before. Moving People provides an attention-grabbing introduction to the problems of transport and the development of sustainable alternatives, focusing on the often misunderstood issue of personal mobility, as opposed to freight. Re-assessing the value and importance of non-motorized transport the author raises ... Read more

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  • Humanitarianism and Challenges of Cooperation

    Edited by Volker Heins, Kai Koddenbrock, Christine Unrau ...
    Series series Routledge Global Cooperation Series
    Humanitarianism as a moral concept and an organized practice has become a major factor in world society. It channels an enormous amount of resources and serves as an argument for different kinds of interference into the "internal affairs" of countries and regions. At the same time, and for these very reasons, it is an ideal testing ground for successful and unsuccessful cooperation across borders ... Read more

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