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  • Climate Change and Adaptation

    Edición de James Adejuwon, Vicente Barros, Ian Burton, Jyoti Kulkarni, Rodel Lasco, Neil Leary ...
    Series series Earthscan Climate
    �This book provides valuable lessons that will improve public policy and the quality of decisions that will affect generations to come.�Richard Moss, Senior Director Climate and Energy, United Nations Foundation�An excellent addition to the body of knowledge on adaptation to climate change from the developing world, which has been largely missing until now.�Saleemul Huq, Director, Climate Change ... Leer más

    $91.99 USD

  • Climate Change and Vulnerability

    Edición de Cecilia Conde, Jyoti Kulkarni, Neil Leary, Anthony Nyong, Juan Pulhin ...
    Series series Earthscan Climate
    �Sound and solid case studies on vulnerability and adaptation have been woefully lacking in the international discourse on climate change. This set of books begins to bridge the gap.�Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme�Important reading for students and practitioners alike.�Martin Parry, Co-Chair, Working Group II (Impacts, ... Leer más

    $103.99 USD

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  • The Politics of Resource Extraction

    Indigenous Peoples, Multinational Corporations and the State

    Edición de 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. ... Leer más

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  • Gender Equality and Sustainable Development

    Edición de 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 ... Leer más

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  • State of the World 2010

    Transforming Cultures From Consumerism to Sustainability

    de 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 ... Leer más

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  • Adapting to Climate Uncertainty in African Agriculture

    Narratives and knowledge politics

    de Stephen Whitfield ...
    Series series Pathways to Sustainability
    Future climatic and agro-ecological changes in Africa are uncertain and associated with high degrees of spatial and temporal variability and this change is differently simulated within divergent climate-crop models and in controlled crop breeding stations. Furthermore, uncertainty emerges in local contexts, not just in response to climatic systems, but to social, economic, and political systems, ... Leer más

    $45.99 USD

  • Harnessing the Power of Collective Learning

    Feedback, accountability and constituent voice in rural development

    Edición de 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 ... Leer más

    $84.99 USD

  • Public Health Humanitarian Responses to Natural Disasters

    de Emily Chan ...
    Series series Routledge Humanitarian Studies
    The pressure of climate change, environmental degradation, and urbanisation, as well as the widening of socio- economic disparities have rendered the global population increasingly vulnerable to the impact of natural disasters. With a primary focus on medical and public health humanitarian response to disasters, Public Health Humanitarian Responses to Natural Disasters provides a timely critical ... Leer más

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  • The Chinese State, Oil and Energy Security

    de Monique Taylor ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Monique Taylor analyses the policy rationale and institutional underpinnings of China's state-led or neomercantilist oil strategy, and its development, set against the wider context of economic transformation as the country transitions from a centrally planned to market economy. ... Leer más

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  • The Politics of Unsustainability

    Eco-Politics in the Post-Ecologist Era

    Edición de Ingolfur Bluhdorn, Ian Welsh ...
    Series series Environmental Politics
    Two decades after its launch by the UN Brundtland Commission, the paradigm of sustainability seems to have reached its limits. Whilst the concept figures more prominently in public debate and policy making than ever before, the ecological footprint of advanced liberal consumer societies continues to grow, and the forceful economic development of countries such as China and India reinforces ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • Development Aid and Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries

    de Carola Betzold, Florian Weiler ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines development aid for climate change adaptation. Increasing amounts of aid are used to help developing countries adapt to climate change. The authors seek to discover how this aid is distributed and what constitutes the patterns of adaptation-aid giving. Does it help vulnerable countries, as donors promise, or does it help donors achieve economic and political gains? Set against ... Leer más

    $80.99 USD

  • Southern Perspectives on the Post-2015 International Development Agenda

    Edición de Debapriya Bhattacharya, Andrea Ordóñez Llanos ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
    At the turn of the millennium, the unanimous adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the United Nations General Assembly marked a new chapter in international development. However, voices from the Global South were noticeably absent in shaping the agenda. Fifteen years later, the global context has changed so much that it would have been inconceivable not to have taken voices from ... Leer más

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