These essays - written by scholars in many fields - examine the production, transmission and implementation of ideas about development within historical, political and intellectual contexts, emphasizing the changing meanings of development over the past 50 years.
A survey and comparative analysis, this aims to provide a deeper knowledge and understanding of the planning of rural land use at an international level, discussing issues including major land use conflicts, conservation, rural political climate and central-local state relations.
A survey and comparative analysis, this aims to provide a deeper knowledge and understanding of the planning of rural land use at an international level, discussing issues including major land use conflicts, conservation, rural political climate and central-local state relations.
Images of in integrated coutryside. Rural resources. The rural resource base: overview. Natural Resources. Landscape resources. Social resources the human dimension. Resource conflicts. Recreation and preservation. The buil environment. Farming and forestry. Acces. Management th…
"Women's participation in small- and microenterprise activities in less developed countries (LDCs) has seldom been dealt with either in analytical discussions or in empirical illustrations. This book aims to increase the visibility of such women microentrepreneurs by bringing th…
"Women's participation in small- and microenterprise activities in less developed countries (LDCs) has seldom been dealt with either in analytical discussions or in empirical illustrations. This book aims to increase the visibility of such women microentrepreneurs by bringing th…
Rural Geography is an introduction to contemporary rural societies and economies in the developed world. It examines the social and economic processes at work in the contemporary countryside - including the more traditional: like agriculture; land use; and population; as well as…
How effective is western aid-agency intervention in Africa? What can African women do to manage the AIDS crisis? Can western feminist theory be applied to the rural African context? These vital issues, and many others, are considered in this topical book by eminent scholars and …
"Applying a feminist and environmentalist approach to her investigation of how the changing global economy affects rural women, Carolyn Sachs focuses on land ownership and use, cropping systems, and women's work with animals in highly industrialized as well as developing countri…
"Reversed Realities uncovers the deeply entrenched, hence barely visible, biases which underpin mainstream development theory and account for the marginal status given to women's needs in current development policy. Naila Kabeer traces the emergence of 'women' as a specific cate…
At the International Geographical Union's 20th Congress, held in Glasgow in 2004, the Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems' sessions included a range of papers relating to sustainable agriculture and sustainable rural communities. This book brings together some of t…
