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Based on data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and World Economic Forum (WEF), this book sheds light on important insights,... Læs mere
The book pursues one main aim: to examine whether indeed the existing legal framework in Uganda ensures the smooth devolution process that is needed for decentralised governance to succeed.
Despite decades of efforts to integrate conservation and development, India is torn between two very different worldviews of peoples’ place in the country’s natural environment. This book takes a critical look at nature conservation and poverty alleviation in India.
This book challenges the image of Taiwan’s marginalization and seeks to understand Taiwan in terms of the impacts it makes globally, regionally and... Læs mere
This book studies the well-being of the eastern Himalayan forest-dwellers in terms of their capabilities and functioning. It examines the educational and health opportunities afforded to farmers living and working in the Protected Areas of North Bengal, India.
The Community Development Reader is the first comprehensive reader in the past thirty years that brings together practice, theory and critique concerning communities as... Læs mere
Through a combination of literature reviews and original research, this volume explores key experiences of community forestry in Nepal over the last four decades as a model for improving forest management and supporting local livelihoods.
This title was first published in 2001. Isolated communities, dependent upon fishing, farming and forestry, which are scattered around the North Atlantic coast, have shared a disastrous decline during the last decade.
Based on twenty detailed successful case studies from across India, this book outlines future rural water supply approaches for all lower-income countries as they start to follow India on the economic growth (and subsequent service levels) transition.
The book challenges the current status quo in environmental policy which posits that more science and better communication will deliver greater citizen participation in, and awareness of, environmental issues.
This book explores the changing landscapes of commercialisation of medical care in China. First work of its kind, it discusses how the rise... Læs mere
With a view to advancing our understanding of the "frame competition" around climate change, and to presenting the perspectives of journalists regarding... Læs mere