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  • Rural Transformations

    Globalization and Its Implications for Rural People, Land, and Economies

    Edición de Holly Barcus, Roy Jones, Serge Schmitz ...
    Series series Perspectives on Rural Policy and Planning
    This book focuses on the transformation of rural places, peoples, and land endemic to the contemporary manifestations of globalization.Migration, global economic restructuring, and climate change are rapidly transforming rural places across the globe. Yet, global attention characteristically focuses on urban social and economic issues, neglecting the continued roles of rural people and places. ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

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  • Whose Water Is It, Anyway?

    Taking Water Protection into Public Hands

    de Maude Barlow ...
    “Maude Barlow is one of our planet’s greatest water defenders.” — Naomi Klein, bestselling author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine“This book is a blueprint for communities around the world to take back that responsibility and maintain water as a human right.” — David Suzuki“This is a must-read.” — Jane FondaA call to action from former Senior Advisor on Water to the U.N., h... ... Leer más

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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  • Can a City Be Sustainable? (State of the World)

    de The Worldwatch Institute ...
    Series series State of the World
    Cities are the world’s future. Today, more than half of the global population—3.7 billion people—are urban dwellers, and that number is expected to double by 2050. There is no question that cities are growing; the only debate is over how they will grow. Will we invest in the physical and social infrastructure necessary for livable, equitable, and sustainable cities? In the latest edition of State ... Leer más

    $33.89 USD

  • Green Social Work

    From Environmental Crises to Environmental Justice

    de Lena Dominelli ...
    Social work is the profession that claims to intervene to enhance people's well-being. However, social workers have played a low-key role in environmental issues that increasingly impact on people's well-being, both locally and globally.This compelling new contribution confronts this topic head-on, examining environmental issues from a social work perspective. Lena Dominelli draws attention to the ... Leer más

    $24.00 USD

  • From Poverty to Power

    de Duncan Green ...
    This new edition of From Poverty to Power has been fully revised and now includes a new chapter with an in-depth analysis of the human impact of the global financial and food crises. From Poverty to Power argues that a radical redistribution of power, opportunities, and assets rather than traditional models of charitable or government aid is required to break the cycle of poverty and inequality. ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Clothing Poverty

    The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes

    de Andrew Brooks ...
    Have you ever stopped and wondered where your jeans came from? Who made them and where? Ever wondered where they end up after you donate them for recycling?Following a pair of jeans, Clothing Poverty takes the reader on a vivid around-the-world tour to reveal how clothes are manufactured and retailed, bringing to light how fast fashion and recycling are interconnected. Andrew Brooks shows how ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Forty Years of Community-Based Forestry: A Review of Its Extent and Effectiveness

    de FAOoftheUN ...
    Since the 1970s and 1980s, community-based forestry has grown in popularity, based on the concept that local communities, when granted sufficient property rights over local forest commons, can organize autonomously and develop local institutions to regulate the use of natural resources and manage them sustainably. Over time, various forms of community-based forestry have evolved in different ... Leer más

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  • Running Out of Time: The Reduction of Women's Work Burden in Agricultural Production

    de FAOoftheUN ...
    Based on a broad literature review, this publication discusses rural women's time poverty in agriculture, elaborates on its possible causes and implications and provides insight into the various types of constraints that affect the adoption of solutions for reducing work burden. This paper raises questions about the adequacy of women's access to technologies, services and infrastructure and about ... Leer más

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  • Our Extractive Age

    Expressions of Violence and Resistance

    Edición de Judith Shapiro, John-Andrew McNeish ...
    Series series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
    Our Extractive Age: Expressions of Violence and Resistance emphasizes how the spectrum of violence associated with natural resource extraction permeates contemporary collective life.Chronicling the increasing rates of brutal suppression of local environmental and labor activists in rural and urban sites of extraction, this volume also foregrounds related violence in areas we might not expect, such ... Leer más

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  • Cities in a Globalizing World

    Global Report on Human Settlements

    de Un-Habitat ...
    'The world has entered the urban millennium. Nearly half the world's people are now city dwellers, and the rapid increase in urban population is expected to continue, mainly in developing countries. This historic transition is being further propelled by the powerful forces of globalization. The central challenge for the international community is clear: to make both urbanization and globalization ... Leer más

    $103.99 USD

  • Evidence for Hope

    The Search for Sustainable Development

    de Nigel Cross ...
    Since the Stockholm Environment Conference in 1972 and the Rio Summit in 1992, there has been unprecedented public concern for the future of the planet and a growing awareness that development needs to be sustainable. This text charts the growth of these ideas by beginning with a visionary piece written by Barbara Ward in the 1970s, and ends with a chapter looking ahead another 30 years into the ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • 2018 The State of the World’s Forests: Forest Pathways to Sustainable Development

    de FAOoftheUN ...
    This edition of The State of the World's Forests is aimed at enhancing our understanding of how forests and their sustainable management contribute to achieving several of the SDGs. Time is running out for the world's forests: we need to work across sectors, bring stakeholders together, and take urgent action.The State of the World's Forests 2018 identifies actions that can be taken to increase ... Leer más

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