Author : Ruth Suseela Meinzen-Dick
Publisher : International Food Policy Research Insitute
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 31,10 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
This volume brings together international experts in economics, sociology and natural resource management to examine the links among property rights, collective action and technological change for a variety of technologies across a range of community contexts in the developing world., Readership: undergraduate; postgraduate; research, professional
Author : Allan Dahl Andersen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 24,14 MB
Release : 2020-06-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1000709655
This book develops and articulates a new perspective on the relationship between natural resources and development by foregrounding issues of innovation, knowledge, and industrial dynamics. Despite growing academic attention to the relationship between economic development and natural resources in social sciences, the issue has received rather limited attention in the field of Innovation Studies. This is problematic given the centrality of innovation and technological change for growth and development. Against that background, this book makes three contributions. Firstly, it summarizes and synthesizes existing insights about learning and innovation in Natural Resource Based Industries. Secondly, it develops new insights based on original research work. Thirdly, it distils and explains the remaining research challenges in the field. Containing important insights for researchers, businesses, and policymakers, this book will be useful to all those with an interest in navigating a natural resource based development pathway. This book was originally published as a special issue of Innovation and Development.
Author : Toddi A. Steelman
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 45,21 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1589016270
Over the past three decades, governments at the local, state, and federal levels have undertaken a wide range of bold innovations, often in partnership with nongovernmental organizations and communities, to try to address their environmental and natural resource management tasks. Many of these efforts have failed. Innovations, by definition, are transitory. How, then, can we establish new practices that endure? Toddi A. Steelman argues that the key to successful and long-lasting innovation must be a realistic understanding of the challenges that face it. She examines three case studies--land management in Colorado, watershed management in West Virginia, and timber management in New Mexico--and reveals specific patterns of implementation success and failure. Steelman challenges conventional wisdom about the role of individual entrepreneurs in innovative practice. She highlights the institutional obstacles that impede innovation and its longer term implementation, while offering practical insight in how enduring change might be achieved.
Author : Walter Leal Filho
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 28,51 MB
Release : 2021-08-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030766241
This book includes contributions from scientists and representatives from government and non-governmental organisations working in the field of land management and use and on management of fires. The book is truly interdisciplinary and has both a research and application-oriented dimension. The list of topics includes sustainability and water management; sustainability and biodiversity conservation; the future sustainability of nature-based industries such as agriculture, mining, tourism, fisheries and forestry; sustainability, people and livelihoods; sustainability and landscapes planning; sustainability and land use planning; handling and managing forest fires. The papers are innovative and cross-cutting, and many have practice-based experiences. Also, this book, prepared by the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP) and the World Sustainable Development Research and Transfer Centre (WSD-RTC), reiterates the need to promote a sustainable use of land resources today.
Author : Robert C. Brears
Publisher : Springer
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 38,22 MB
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3319718886
This book provides insight into how governments are using a variety of innovative fiscal and non-fiscal instruments to develop circular economies with significant economic and environmental benefits. It emphasises the urgent need for these circular economies and to move away from our current, linear model that has led to environmental degradation, volatility of resource prices and supply risks from uneven distribution of natural resources. Natural Resource Management and the Circular Economy illustrates how governments have promoted the development of an economy that can provide substantial net material savings; mitigate price volatility and supply risks; and improve ecosystem health and long-term resilience of the economy. Through a series of case studies, it details the various innovative policy instruments which can be utilised, including regulations; market-based instruments; incentives; research and innovation support; information exchanges; and support for voluntary approaches. The book also proposes a series of best practices for different countries, both developed and developing, who are implementing their circular economy.
Author : Jeremias Mowo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,23 MB
Release : 2024-10-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781032921631
Following a decade of research by the African Highlands Initiative, this book documents and summarizes the experiences of farmers, research and development workers, policy and decision makers who have interacted within an innovation system aiming to operationalize an approach to Integrated Natural Resource Management. Crucially it demonstrates i
Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1680 pages
File Size : 18,17 MB
Release : 2016-09-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 152250804X
The perseveration of our natural environment has become a critical objective of environmental scientists, business owners, and citizens alike. Because we depend on natural resources to survive, uncovering methods for preserving and maintaining these resources has become a focal point to ensure a high quality of life for future generations. Natural Resources Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications emphasizes the importance of land, soil, water, foliage, and wildlife conservation efforts and management. Focusing on sustainability solutions and methods for preserving the natural environment, this critical multi-volume research work is a comprehensive resource for environmental conservationists, policymakers, researchers, and graduate-level students interested in identifying key research in the field of natural resource preservation and management.
Author : Meinzen-Dick, Ruth
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 35,95 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0801871433
International agricultural research is expanding beyond the development of annual crop technologies for individual farms to the development of longer-tern natural resource management techniques for entire landscapes. But technologies of practices with a long lag time between investment and returns are unlikely to be adopted by farmers unless they have secure rights to the underlying resources (property rights). Similarly, technologies that span multiple farms are unlikely to be adopted unless neighbors and groups work together (collective action). But little is know about the way property rights and collective action in developing countries mediate the adoption of technologies by farmers and groups. To address this information gap, this volume brings together international experts in economics, sociology, and natural resource management to examine the links among property rights, collective action, and technological change for a variety of technologies across a rage of community contexts in the developing world.
Author : M. B. Douthwaite
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,67 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781856499729
Why do some technologies spread while others do not? What are the consequences of top-down diffusion strategies? What are the disadvantages of instant patents? In answering these questions, this book forms a 'how to do it' guide to innovation management.
Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 25,47 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Conflict management
ISBN : 0889368996
Cultivating Peace: Conflict and collaboration in natural resource management
