Development Geography

The countries covered in this text, representing different stages of development in environmental policy, and different state and institutional traditions, provide an opportunity to understand how different types of countries confront similar problems of environmental management...

This title was first published in 2001: Questioning the benefits of Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs), this volume critically assesses their impact from a wider perspective than a purely economic one. An original and comprehensive contribution to the study of development...

This title was first published in 2000:  An ethnographically-based study which examines rainforest practices and conflicting land uses from the indigenous standpoint. Agroforestry, logging, conservation and eco-tourism are viewed in historical context, from pre-colonial production systems through co..

Why does land management so often fail to prevent soil erosion, deforestation, salination and flooding? How serious are these problems, and for whom? This book, first published in 1987, sets out to answer these questions, which are still some of the most crucial issues in development today, using an..

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Latin American development in the twenty-first century. It provides detailed and accessible information and analysis of the key development challenges facing the region, the diverse ways in which its peoples are responding to such challenges and way..

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Latin American development in the twenty-first century. It provides detailed and accessible information and analysis of the key development challenges facing the region, the diverse ways in which its peoples are responding to such challenges and way..

Contrasting empirical studies of ten European countries, this volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic, social, political and cultural restructuring processes taking place in rural Europe and of the various national, regional and local development programmes devised to respond to the..

Living With Urban Environmental Health Risks..

This is a unique, interdisciplinary study of potential solutions to the problem of diminished water supplies in the Eastern Mediterranean. The work demonstrates the need for integrated legal, social and scientific management systems, which are appropriate to each country's stage of development. The..

This is a unique, interdisciplinary study of potential solutions to the problem of diminished water supplies in the Eastern Mediterranean. The work demonstrates the need for integrated legal, social and scientific management systems, which are appropriate to each country's stage of development. The..

Mapping the Rural Problem in the Baltic Countryside..

Over the past decade, several initiatives have been launched to address the major health problems affecting the world's poorest countries, including global efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria. More recently, a millennial challenge has been laid down to root out and confront the links between ..