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Sustainable Cities:
Local solutions in the global south

As the combined problems of urbanization, environmental degradation, and poverty become increasingly urgent, understanding the links between sustainability and poverty reduction is imperative. A sustainable urban future for all requires raising the...

INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF EASTERN AFRICA
From Concept to Practice

This book documents a decade of research, methodological innovation, and lessons learned in an eco-regional research-for-development program operating in the eastern African highlands, the African Highlands Initiative (AHI). It does this through...

ECOHEALTH RESEARCH IN PRACTICE
Innovative Applications of an Ecosystem Approach to Health

This book, besides being informative, is inspirational. The introductory chapters, the description of the research projects, and the closing chapters that analyze the scope and challenges of ecohealth all together present evidence that this is a...

BIOTECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION SYSTEMS
The Role of Public Policy

This book explores how policies targeting public research institutions, such as universities, contribute to the appropriation of biotechnology through national innovation systems. Around the world, biotechnology has become a driving force for...

TOBACCO CONTROL IN AFRICA
People, Politics and Policies

Tobacco use in Sub-Saharan Africa is growing rapidly as a result of strong economic growth and the aggressive marketing tactics of tobacco multinationals. Although the policy interventions are well understood, the political economy of tobacco...

THE CUSTODIANS OF BIODIVERSITY
Sharing Access to and Benefits of Genetic Resources

Globally, local and indigenous approaches to conserving biodiversity, crop improvement, and managing precious natural resources are under threat. Many communities have to deal with “biopiracy,” for example. As well, existing laws are usually...

WOMEN AND LAND
Securing Rights for Better Lives

Edición español: Leer e-libro / Descargar PDF Land is an important source of security against poverty across the developing world, but, in many places, unequal rights to land put women at a disadvantage, perpetuates poverty, and entrenches gender...

HARVESTING FEMINIST KNOWLEDGE FOR PUBLIC POLICY
Rebuilding Progress

This volume brings together 14 essays by feminist thinkers from different parts of the world, reflecting on problems of current patterns of development and arguing for political, economic, and social changes to promote equality and sustainability. ...

ACCESS CONTESTED
Security, Identity, and Resistance in Asian Cyberspace

A daily battle for rights and freedoms in cyberspace is being waged in Asia. At the epicenter of this contest is China – home to the world’s largest Internet population and what is perhaps the world’s most advanced Internet censorship and...

STRENGTHENING RESILIENCE IN POST-DISASTER SITUATIONS
Stories, Experience, and Lessons from South Asia

To mitigate, develop, and improve the lives of those vulnerable to intense natural disasters, climate change, and food insecurity, many agencies are funding and implementing diverse activities from reconstruction to rehabilitation. In particular...

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