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- Training for urban development
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Academic urban development training programs tend to either train in town planning, where the focus is on the production of plans, or in urban studies, where the focus is on the development of urban areas; there is a need, the author argues, for training ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:56
- Institutional innovations for urban infrastructural development: the Indian scenario
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As part of a human rights education campaign, the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) fixed 700,000 posters throughout Bangladesh. This met with opposition from religious organisations. This paper investigates the nature and cause of the backlas ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:07
- The Struggle for Water in Peru: Comedy and Tragedy in the Andean Commons
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Author: Trawick, Paul B. Publisher: Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2 ...
Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:49
- Towards Green Villages: A Strategy for Environmentally-Sound and Participatory rural Development
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Author: Agarwal, Anil and Sunita Narain Issue: ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-07 09:15
- Children's responses to risk in agricultural work in Andhra Pradesh, India
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This paper discusses protection of children from hazards in agricultural work. International and national policies aim to protect children by eliminating all child labour. Previous literature on hazardous child labour tends to focus on single industries ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-06-13 16:03
- Constructing alternatives to globalisation: strengthening tradition through innovation
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Full-text sample article FREE from Taylor & Francis With the inability of international economic integration to create opportunities for important segments of society, many Mexicans are searching for ways to forge their own alternatives. These ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:46
- `Engendering' environmental projects: the case of eco-timber production in the Solomon Islands
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Worldwide concern for the environment has spawned a new field of interest and expertise within the development assistance industry. Environmental projects have become the new `darling' of the foreign aid community with donors and practitioners vying for s ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:59
- Facilitating the wider use of agroforestry for development in southern Africa
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Southern Africa experiences severe degradation of the natural resource base caused by population growth and poverty. Agroforestry technologies are now available that have a large potential to improve the livelihoods of many households. The outcomes of tec ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:07
- The Environment for Children: Understanding and Acting on the Environmental Hazards that Threaten Children and their Parents
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Author: Satterthwaite, David et al. Issue: Vo ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-07 13:22
- Livelihoods-based impact assessment in the rice–wheat farming system of South Asia
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This article reports on an ex-ante impact study in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia. The study, guided by a livelihoods approach, developed a spatial-mapping methodology based on secondary data for 18 variables which served as indicators of the fi ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2010-11-09 12:26
