Development Studies

First published in 1999, this volume responds to the recent application of Local Economic Development around the world and examines its impact in S...

Around the world there are a myriad of NGOs using human rights education (HRE) as a tool of community empowerment with the firm belief that it will...

Globalization affects urban communities in many ways. One of its manifestations is increased intercity competition, which compels cities to increas...

This book provides invaluable guidance to all those with an interest in placemaking and the built environment, from those with no experience to tho...

This book looks at information technology and communication as agents of economic, social, and political development in Third World countries, stre...

India Migration Report 2018 looks at Indian migrants in Europe and their lived experiences. It looks at how over the last few decades, the European...

In Asia, there are a growing number of gigantic megacities, accompanied by a series of speculative and extravagant megaprojects. Amid the fast-pace...

This title was first published in 2001. This text is an exercise in learning from the voices of the communities living in Indian villages near urba...

This volume examines the processes and impacts of exclusion on the Adivasis (tribal or indigenous people) in India and what repercussions these hav...

The newly updated third edition provides a clear and user-friendly introduction to the complex debates around how development has been understood a...

The fields of entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development are inextricably linked, with people, organisations and the environment or thei...

Access to new sources of energy and their efficient conversion to provide useful work have been key drivers of economic growth since the industrial...

The Dictionary of Sustainability provides clear and accurate definitions of the extensive vocabulary that has developed in this emerging and interd...

Increasingly humanitarian NGOs operate in the context of armed conflicts where the security risks are higher than in contexts of natural disaster. ...

Over the last decade there has been renewed interest in food security and the state of the global food system. Population growth, climate change an...

Today, one of the top priorities of an organizations modern corporate strategy is to portray itself as socially responsible and environmentally sus...

This title was first published in 2001. Grand aims refers to the overarching tenets and doctrines that prevailed in US and South African foreign po...

Principles of Agricultural Economics, now in its fourth edition, continues to showcase the power of economic principles to explain and predict issu...

This title was first published in 2000: The continent of Africa is undergoing great change. While on the one hand there is talk of a re-awakening o...

Achieving a sustainable society is the biggest issue of our time. It is not an issue confined to a particular subject area or to certain jobs. It i...

This title was first published in 2000: Woodfuels in developing countries, particularly Africa, remain a basic need for urban households, who depen...

This title was first published in 2000: This volume analyzes key issues of the process of integrating Central and Eastern European countries with t...

In light of the growing number of African summits and a new awareness of international interdependence during the COVID-19 pandemic, this book prov...

This book analyses young peoples societal participation as a central dimension of their well-being and as vitally important to secure the sustainab...