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Sustainable Action surveys all the fields involved in sustainability to provide action principles which speak to actors of different kinds, not just those professionally mandated with such changes.
First published in 1997. 1997 marked the fifth anniversary of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. The Way Forward outlines the successes and... Læs mere
This Handbook explores the activities of the UN development system (UNDS), the largest operational pillar of the organization and arguably the arena in which its ideational endeavors have made the biggest contribution to thinking and standards.
Intergenerational Contact Zones is the first book to explore the foundations and applications of... Læs mere
This book looks back over the last forty years of change and development in Ecuador, showing how macro level changes have impacted families and workplaces on the local level.
This book will draw on case studies of three coastal cities situated within very different governance regimes: Rotterdam, Boston and Singapore. It examines how infrastructure managers and other stakeholders are grappling with complex and uncertain climate risks.
The book addresses the complex events and unexpected outcomes of military intervention by the United States and its allies in Iraq in... Læs mere
This book examines the politics and economics of infrastructure development in Nigeria from Independence in 1960 to 2015 and the role of good governance in promoting the socioeconomic well-being of citizens.
Originally published in 1985. This in-depth analysis of federal energy policy and politics in the oil and gas sector critically evaluates the National Energy Program, one of the most controversial and wide-ranging policy initiatives in Canadian history - an import case study.
This book is an edited volume which contains empirical studies on determinants of poverty and its reduction in Africa.... Læs mere