Author : Peter D. Little
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 34,19 MB
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0429712537
This book presents case studies highlighting social, economic, political, and biological dimensions of environmental degradation in the Third World. It uses local data to examine, test, and refine larger explanatory models and theories. .
Author : Dean T. Jamison
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 1449 pages
File Size : 29,15 MB
Release : 2006-04-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0821361805
Based on careful analysis of burden of disease and the costs ofinterventions, this second edition of 'Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, 2nd edition' highlights achievable priorities; measures progresstoward providing efficient, equitable care; promotes cost-effectiveinterventions to targeted populations; and encourages integrated effortsto optimize health. Nearly 500 experts - scientists, epidemiologists, health economists,academicians, and public health practitioners - from around the worldcontributed to the data sources and methodologies, and identifiedchallenges and priorities, resulting in this integrated, comprehensivereference volume on the state of health in developing countries.
Author : Piers Blaikie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 45,6 MB
Release : 2005-08-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 1134887078
Examines the significance of the human factor which is as much of a cause of disasters as the natural environment. Practical and policy conclusions are drawn with a view to disaster reduction and the promotion of safer environments.
Author : Klaus W. Deininger
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,55 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
This volume synthesizes insights from the vast literature on land policy, taking due account of actual experiences in policy implementation, and suggests ways to design land policies that promote growth as well as poverty reduction.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 14,90 MB
Release : 1993-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309048389
This valuable book summarizes recent research by experts from both the natural and social sciences on the effects of population growth on land use. It is a useful introduction to a field in which little quantitative research has been conducted and in which there is a great deal of public controversy. The book includes case studies of African, Asian, and Latin American countries that demonstrate the varied effects of population growth on land use. Several general chapters address the following timely questions: What is meant by land use change? Why are ecological research and population studies so different? What are the implications for sustainable growth in agricultural production? Although much work remains to be done in quantifying the causal connections between demographic and land use changes, this book provides important insights into those connections, and it should stimulate more work in this area.
Author : Partha Dasgupta
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,13 MB
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199240692
This book presents a set of authoritative studies of the role of environmental resources in the development process, written by some of the most expert professionals in a wide range of associated fields. Contributors address the problems connected with the management of local common property resources, such as soil, water, forests and their products, animals and fisheries, and supply both explanations of existing situations and policies for the future. This volume will be the definitive codification of our understanding of geographically localized environmental problems.
Author : Baleshwar Thakur
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 50,15 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Natural resources
ISBN : 9788180696190
Author : Sinead Bailey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 21,6 MB
Release : 2005-08-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 1134798032
An effective response to contemporary environmental problems demands an approach that integrates political, economic and ecological issues. Third World Political Ecology provides an introduction to an exciting new research field that aims to develop an integrated understanding of the political economy of environmental change in the Third World. The authors review the historical development of the field, explain what is distinctive about Third World political ecology, and suggest areas for future development. Clarifying the essentially politicised condition of environmental change today, the authors explore the role of various actors - states, multilateral institutions, businesses, environmental non-governmental organisations, poverty-stricken farmers, shifting cultivators and other 'grassroots' actors - in the development of the Third World's politicised environment. Third World Political Ecology is the first major attempt to explain the development and characteristics of environmental problems that plague parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Drawing on examples from throughout the Third World, the book will be of interest to all those who wish to understand the political and economic bases of the Third World's current predicament.
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 39,5 MB
Release : 1986
Category :
ISBN : 142899341X
Author : Idriss Jazairy
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 43,65 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0814737544
Despite almost four decades and billions of dollars in development activities, we are barely in a position to track the changing dynamics of poverty or to define with conviction the processes that entrap the poor in their misery. Accounting for about 90% of global poverty, rural poverty, through transmigration, is also a main contributor to urban poverty. It is in the rural areas of the world where poverty is most severe in human terms, where the hunger, hopelessness, hardship, and despair commonly associated with entrenched poverty are most pronounced, where basic health services, sanitation, educational opportunities, and other common amenities are most lacking. The alleviation of rural poverty is therefore tantamount to the alleviation of global poverty in its entirety. The State of World Rural Poverty offers the first comprehensive look at the economic conditions and prospects of the world's rural poor.
