Development studies

This book concerns the urgency of thinking and acting in response to climate change through art and education.

'A compelling contribution to our evolving understanding of the links between trade, aid and security , and what the international community needs to do to ensure peace and development in the world.

While much has been written on post-apartheid social movements in South Africa, most discussion centers on ideal forms of movements, disregarding the reality and agency of the activists themselves.

This book reviews the background and evolving features of Sino-African relations, exploring various stages over the past 50 years.

This book analyzes the origins of the crisis in Zimbabwe and why it has had such a profound impact on both the land issue and democratic politics in the Southern African region.

First published in 1997, this volume enters the debate on urban transport, dealing with a range of issues from questions of ownership and network planning to such matters as investment, usage and technological change.

Food and wine events have gained popularity internationally.

The often bloody struggles of Central America have dominated news reports for a long time.

Sustainable Urbanism in China explores the notion of "e;Sustainable Urbanism"e; by considering the role sustainable neighborhood planning plays in the larger picture of sustainable urbanism and suggests innovations and best practices that are either developed or adopted by China.

This edited volume critically engages with ecofeminist scholarship.

This book provides a thorough introduction to and examination of agricultural value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This book begins from the central premise that progressive social change requires collective struggle underpinned by a clear strategy, and that processes of neoliberal globalisation have altered the cartography upon which social struggle takes place.

This book introduces readers to the rich and fascinating history of West Africa, stretching all the way back to the stone age, and right up to the modern day.

This book provides a unique study of the role of universities, as organisation systems, in the pursuit of the Europe 2020 strategy.

For all societies, the common denominator of gender is female subordination.

'An indispensible inquiry into our moral health and humanity.

Since the mid-1990s, "e;agricultural industrialisation"e; (AI) has been advocated in China to promote rural development by integrating agriculture with the post-harvest sectors such as agro-processing and marketing.

This book analyses the role of evidence in taking wellbeing from an issue that has government attention to one that leads to significant policy change.

Infrastructural Lives is the first book to describe the everyday experience and politics of urban infrastructures.

This book defines regional climate leadership in East Asia and the Pacific as a novel addition to the climate leadership theory.

Named after Lapindo Brantas, a gas exploration company that was drilling at the eruption site, the Lapindo mudflow initially burst in 2006 and continues to flow today, becoming the most expensive disaster in Indonesia's history.

This book examines sport as an inclusive and developmental environment, exploring the conditions by which community sport initiatives can promote personal development, health and social cohesion, particularly for at-risk youth.

Early Records of British India (1972) is an important collection of source material deriving from official documents which now form part of the India Office Records.

Animal products are vital components of the diets and livelihoods of people across sub-Saharan Africa.

Originally published in 1985.

Cultures of violence are characteristic of many countries in sub-Saharan Africa and attempts to move towards cultures of peace have often proved difficult and ineffectual.

The concept of community, in all its diverse definitions and manifestations, provides a unique approach to learn more about how groups of individuals and organizations are addressing the challenges posed by climate change.

Dans la géopolitique du XXI^ème, les BRICS (Brésil, Russie, Inde, Chine et Afrique du Sud) se présentent, comme une alternative pour la construction d’un monde multipolaire.

This book provides the most comprehensive examination of community reinvestment and fair lending problems and policies currently available.

Published in 1998, this book reviews two of the World Bank's agricultural development projects in southeast Nigeria, and concludes that the objectives of these projects - which include reducing rural poverty and developing indigenous capacity for rural development - have not been fully realized.

This volume uncovers the relations between globalization and dirty dealings in urban settings, focusing on some capital cities and on the relations between underground and overground dynamics all over the globe.

This book explores the field of Sport for Development and Peace (SDP), putting Global South voices and perspectives at the centre of the analysis.

Gated Luxury Condominiums in India: A Socio-Spatial Arena for New Cosmopolitans critically examines gated luxury condominiums in contemporary India, exploring their role in shaping elite power and identity within the framework of neoliberalism.

This book looks at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants globally who bear disproportionate burdens of health disparities.

This Handbook inverts the lens on development, asking what Indigenous communities across the globe hope and build for themselves.

Food security is high on the political agenda.

British Honduras (1951) examines this most neglected of the British colonies, from the early days of settlement by the logwood-cutters and buccaneers up to the post-war period.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been widely derided as a failed state, unable to meet the basic needs of its citizens.

The chapters in this volume are peer reviewed editions of the papers presented at the 7th meeting of the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy which was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 15-17, 2010.

Broadcasting is now an important part of the international aid effort, and as such communication for development has ambitious aims: to save lives, improve livelihoods and end corruption.

In Black and Green, Kiran Asher provides a powerful framework for reconceptualizing the relationship between neoliberal development and social movements.

This book contains the full research papers presented at  the 20th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science, held in 2017 at Wageningen University &  Research  in Wageningen, the Netherlands.

Brazilian women are fighting back against machismo and racism, and against exploitation in factory and farm, in a myriad of grassroots organisations.

This book investigates the relationship between heritage and development from the global visions articulated by UNESCO and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to local activism, livelihood innovations and political strategies employed in diverse countries of the Global South.

Le secteur philanthropique africain est en plein essor, avec l’émergence de plusieurs nouveaux acteurs disposant de ressources financières plus ou moins importantes.

This book develops a new methodological framework for measuring the efficiency of regional integration and the integration profile of member states.

As productivity expands to cater for population increase and shifting diets, many individuals remain hungry, whilst others suffer obesity, and significant amounts of food are wasted.

With the rapid increase in the global population and changing climatic impacts on agriculture, this book demonstrates how genome editing will be an indispensable technique to overcome ongoing and prospective agricultural challenges.