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  • Education, Learning and the Transformation of Development

    Modifié par Amy Skinner, Matt Baillie Smith, Eleanor Brown, Tobias Troll ...
    Collections series Rethinking Development
    Whilst education has been widely recognised as a key tool for development, this has tended to be limited to the incremental changes that education can bring about within a given development paradigm, as opposed to its role in challenging dominant conceptions and practices of development and creating alternatives.Through a collection of insightful and provocative chapters, this book will examine ... En savoir plus

    $89.56 CAD

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  • Blood and Earth

    Modern Slavery, Ecocide, and the Secret to Saving the World

    par Kevin Bales ...
    For readers of such crusading works of nonfiction as Katherine Boo’s Beyond the Beautiful Forevers and Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains comes a powerful and captivating examination of two entwined global crises: environmental destruction and human trafficking—and an inspiring, bold plan for how we can solve them.A leading expert on modern-day slavery, Kevin Bales has traveled to some of ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Global Political Ecology

    Modifié par Richard Peet, Paul Robbins, Michael Watts ...
    The world is caught in the mesh of a series of environmental crises. So far attempts at resolving the deep basis of these have been superficial and disorganized. Global Political Ecology links the political economy of global capitalism with the political ecology of a series of environmental disasters and failed attempts at environmental policies.This critical volume draws together contributions ... En savoir plus

    $96.35 CAD

  • The Politics of Resource Extraction

    Indigenous Peoples, Multinational Corporations and the State

    Modifié par S. Sawyer, E. Gomez ...
    Collections 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. ... En savoir plus

    $64.49 CAD

  • The Peaceful People: The Penan and their Fight for the Forest

    par Paul Malone ...
    The Peaceful People is the story of the Penan, the jungle nomads of Sarawak, Malaysia, on Borneo island who for decades have fought for possession and preservation of their traditional forest lands. Drawing on extensive first-hand interviews, as well as the diaries and journals of explorers, botanists and colonial administrators, and the observations of missionaries, Paul Malone provides the most ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Adapting to Climate Uncertainty in African Agriculture

    Narratives and knowledge politics

    par Stephen Whitfield ...
    Collections 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, ... En savoir plus

    $58.35 CAD

  • State of the World 2010

    Transforming Cultures From Consumerism to Sustainability

    par The Worldwatch Institute ...
    Collections 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 ... En savoir plus

    $34.79 CAD

  • Harnessing the Power of Collective Learning

    Feedback, accountability and constituent voice in rural development

    Modifié par 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 ... En savoir plus

    $108.56 CAD

  • Industrialising Rural India

    Land, policy and resistance

    Modifié par Patrik Oskarsson, Kenneth Nielsen ...
    Collections series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
    Rapid industrialisation is promoted by many as the most feasible way of rejuvenating the Indian economy, and as a way of generating employment on a large scale. At the same time, the transfer of land from rural communities and indigenous groups for industrial parks, mining, or Special Economic Zones has emerged as perhaps the most explosive issue in India over the past decade. Industrialising ... En savoir plus

    $89.56 CAD

  • Global Warming and Social Innovation

    The Challenge of a Climate Neutral Society

    Modifié par Andre Faaij, Marcel Kok, David Jager ...
    Societies need to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 80 per cent in order to counter the risks of climate change. This study envisions a climate neutral society - one where the output of polluting gases is minimised by social innovations set up in households, by local authorities, through developments in information and communications technologies and dematerialization, and through the shift ... En savoir plus

    $43.42 CAD

  • Cities on a Finite Planet

    Towards transformative responses to climate change

    Modifié par Sheridan Bartlett, David Satterthwaite ...
    Cities on a Finite Planet: Transformative responses to climate change shows how cities can combine high quality living conditions, resilience to climate change, disaster risk reduction and contributions to mitigation/low carbon development. It also covers the current and potential contribution of cities to avoiding dangerous climate change and is the first book with an in-depth coverage of how ... En savoir plus

    $92.28 CAD

  • Moving People

    Sustainable Transport Development

    par Peter Cox ...
    The local and global environmental impacts of transport are more apparent than ever before. Moving People provides an attention-grabbing introduction to the problems of transport and the development of sustainable alternatives, focusing on the often misunderstood issue of personal mobility, as opposed to freight. Re-assessing the value and importance of non-motorized transport the author raises ... En savoir plus

    $45.99 CAD