Development Studies

In rural Southern Africa, the livelihoods of millions are intricately linked to the land, water, and ecosystems that are increasingly under threat ...

The book investigates urban development and governance in China and introduces China perspectives to the understanding of governing urban developme...

The book investigates urban development and governance in China and introduces China perspectives to the understanding of governing urban developme...

This book provides an account of how local government units in the Philippines engage marginalized and geographically isolated communities in takin...

This book addresses the multiple repercussions of South Africas democratic transition beginning in 1994 by examining a number of themes with local,...

Bringing together multidisciplinary perspectives on the future of UN peace operations, this book explores the interrelated dynamics of UN peace ope...

This second edition of Development Economics: Theory and Practice continues to provide students and practitioners with the perspectives and tools t...

Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Mitigation and Adaptation focuses on the link between climate change threats and sustainable developmen...

This volume is an overview of, and commentary on, aspects of contemporary India and its socio-economic policies. It focuses on Indias economy and s...

The India Migration Report 2017 examines forced migration caused by political conflicts, climate change, disasters (natural and man-made) and devel...

As the concept of community resilience moves from the margins of practice and theoretical research to more mainstream scholarship, critical issues ...

The increasing awareness of the human impact on the environment is having a profound effect on the concept and content of citizenship one of the f...

This book provides geographic perspectives and approaches for use in assessing the distribution of environmental health hazards and disease outcome...

For pathways to be truly sustainable and advance gender equality and the rights and capabilities of women and girls, those whose lives and well-bei...

Based on 25 years of community development practice, six of which have been lived in South Africa, Peter Westobys ground-breaking monograph moves a...

First published in 2000, this volume draws from the result of the fieldwork conducted in Yogyakarta Special Region in 1991 and 1992, with the aim o...

This title was first published in 2003. How was public policy and economic development in Nigeria affected under the period of military control bet...

An understanding of law and its efficacy in Latin America demands concepts distinct from the hegemonic notions of rule of law which have dominated ...

This book provides insight into the development of effective climate policy instrumentation in two divergent and mutually exclusive directions.Exam...

Construction Economics provides students with the principles underlying the relationship between economic theory and the construction industry. Its...

This book analyses energy transitions and the opportunities and challenges for building sustainable energy systems to improve human capabilities wh...

The BRICS countries are heralded for their double digit economic growth rates and while this has indeed been impressive, particularly in India and ...

This book sets out to address some of the issues that a smart city needs to overcome to make use of both the data currently available to them and h...

This book overviews the issue of population ageing in five countries in South Asia and projects the emerging scenarios. With a new field survey, it...