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1. Resilient Participation

   Saving the Human Project?

   By Simon Bell, Stephen Morse

   Stakeholder or public participation has become something of a modern mantra employed in all sorts of contexts to give people a voice. There are many variants on this 'participation' but traditionally they all share a desire to maximise involvement and provide desired 'outputs' of a required quality...

   Published March 20th 2012 by Routledge
2. Sustainability Indicators

   Measuring the Immeasurable?, 2nd Edition

   By Simon Bell, Stephen Morse

   The groundbreaking first edition of Sustainability Indicators reviewed the development and value of sustainability indicators and discussed the advantage of taking a holistic and qualitative approach rather than focusing on strictly quantitative measures. In the new edition the authors bring the...

   Published April 24th 2008 by Routledge
3. Indices and Indicators in Development

   An Unhealthy Obsession with Numbers

   By Stephen Morse

   The use of numbers to condense complex systems into easily digested 'bites' of information is very much in fashion. At one level they are intended to enhance transparency, accountability and local democracy, while at another they provide a means of enhancing performance. However, all indicators...

   Published September 30th 2004 by Routledge
4. Measuring Sustainability

   Learning From Doing

   By Simon Bell, Stephen Morse

   ' Measuring the sustainability of development is crucial to achieving it, and is one of the most actively studied issues in the area. To date, most studies of measurements or indicators have been largely theoretical. However, this book, a follow-on to Bell and Morse's highly influential...

   Published February 28th 2003 by Routledge
5. Science Agriculture and Research

   A Compromised Participation

   By William Buhler, Stephen Morse, Eddie Arthur, Susannah Bolton, Judy Mann

   Research is never free of pressures and constraints and to understand its results properly these have to be assessed and analyzed. In agriculture, research into biotechnology and GMOs, as well as pesticides and herbicides, is big business - agribusiness. This book looks at the crucial roles of...

   Published March 31st 2002 by Routledge
6. People And Environment

   Development For The Future

   Edited by Michael Stocking University of East Anglia; Stephen Morse University of East Anglia.

   A text for undergraduate students which concentrates on central themes and issues concerning environment and development, including discussion of policy issues and implications....

   Published November 26th 1995 by Routledge