Environment & the Developing World

This book explores the governance and socio-economic implications of Chinese dams’ development in low and middle income countries in Asia and Africa, asking how these big infrastructure projects can promote sustainable development in the recipient countries. The book will appeal to researchers in de..

This book fills an important gap in the literature from developing country authors about mitigation actions in their own countries. Five case studies analyse mitigation actions in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and South Africa – and compare what is similar and what is different._x005F_x005F_x000D_ I..

This book fills an important gap in the literature from developing country authors about mitigation actions in their own countries. Five case studies analyse mitigation actions in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and South Africa – and compare what is similar and what is different._x000D_ It was publis..

This volume finds its origin in an innovative research programme with the acronym CoCooN, steered by The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO/WOTRO) and involving universities and civil society partners in many countries. It presents the conceptual approaches adhered to by each of s..

This book takes a deeper look at the multifaceted aspects of poverty in Asia, identifying the many factors that drive growth, using in-depth research on Asian countries and economies where growth has been more inclusive of the poor...

This book takes a deeper look at the multifaceted aspects of poverty in Asia, identifying the many factors that drive growth, using in-depth research on Asian countries and economies where growth has been more inclusive of the poor...

This pioneering analysis from Latin America conclusively shows that not only IWRM has been unsuccessful in the past, but also is highly unlikely to succeed in the future. Thus, a new paradigm for water management is urgently needed...

This pioneering analysis from Latin America conclusively shows that not only IWRM has been unsuccessful in the past, but also is highly unlikely to succeed in the future. Thus, a new paradigm for water management is urgently needed...

This book brings into a structure and vision a surplus of recent individual themes of world water and river basin management. Using more than 600 newly published and web sources it is essential and innovative reading for students and researchers of Geography, Civil Engineering and Environmental Scie..

This book is the first volume to review the full range of challenges--new and evolving--to food security. Books on food security tend to cover particular countries or types of crises but none to date have provided a general overview of both theory and practice in relation to today’s evolving and eme..

This book is the first volume to review the full range of challenges--new and evolving--to food security. Books on food security tend to cover particular countries or types of crises but none to date have provided a general overview of both theory and practice in relation to today’s evolving and eme..

This book demonstrates the weaknesses of both the existing academic literature on energy access and the dominant contemporary policy framings of the problem. Through detailed historical analysis it clearly demonstrates the value of a new theoretical perspective that it advocates, based on Socio-Tech..