Sustainable Development

Does participation in development projects truly facilitate social transformation gearing towards sustainable development? How do we know if the transformation is fair and just for the participants? This book explores these questions by drawing on ideas from social theory, anthropology, political ec..

There has been a growing concern about the social and environmental risks which have come along with the progress achieved through a variety of mutually intertwined modernization processes. This book addresses how to understand the dynamics and governance of long term transformative change towards s..

The UN Millennium Project was commissioned by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to develop a practical plan of action to meet the Millennium Development Goals. This title presents the recommendations of the UN Millennium Project Task Force 5 Working Group on HIV/AIDS...

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

From climate change to world poverty, we are currently facing a vast array of complex challenges which are part of an inter-related web of social and natural systems. Human ecology provides an approach to these problems, a way to understand them holistically and to manage them more effectively. This..

A truly comprehensive introduction to the topic, Understanding Sustainable Development is designed to give students on a wide range of courses an appreciation of the key concepts and theories of sustainable development. The third edition includes detailed coverage of the Sustainable Development Goal..

This landmark volume is the first to explicitly address the macro and micro dimensions of social sustainability and outline the theoretical and practical possibilities. It is an essential contribution to sustainable development and will be indispensable to the practice, teaching and academic researc..

This landmark volume is the first to explicitly address the macro and micro dimensions of social sustainability and outline the theoretical and practical possibilities. It is an essential contribution to sustainable development and will be indispensable to the practice, teaching and academic researc..

Since the mid-1970s, a series of international declarations that link environment and sustainable development to all aspects of higher learning have been endorsed and signed by universities around the world. Although university involvement in sustainable-development research and outreach has increas..

Since the mid-1970s, a series of international declarations that link environment and sustainable development to all aspects of higher learning have been endorsed and signed by universities around the world. Although university involvement in sustainable-development research and outreach has increas..

This book discusses various transport sustainability issues from developing countries’ perspective and explores key issues, problems and potential solutions for unsustainable transport. It will be of great interest to scholars interested in topics including Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Environm..

This book presents an integrated analytical perspective on centralized and decentralized waste and sanitation configurations and tools for improvement in the technology, policy and management of sanitation and solid waste sectors in East Africa...