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Forthcoming Sustainable Development Books

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  1. Statelessness and Citizenship

    Camps and the Creation of Political Space

    By Victoria Redclift

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

    In-depth field research with a stateless population in Bangladesh has revealed that, despite liberal theory’s reductive vision, the boundaries between statelessness and citizenship are fluid and contingent. The Urdu-speaking population in Bangladesh exemplify some of the key problems facing...

    To Be Published June 18th 2013 by Routledge

  2. Corporate Social Responsibility

    Readings and Cases in a Global Context, 2nd Edition

    Edited by Andrew Crane, Dirk Matten, Laura Spence

    As a relatively young subject matter, corporate social responsibility has unsurprisingly developed and evolved in numerous ways since the first edition of this textbook was published. Retaining the features which made the first edition a top selling text in the field, the new edition continues to...

    To Be Published June 20th 2013 by Routledge

  3. Governance for Pro-Poor Urban Development

    Lessons from Ghana

    By Franklin Obeng-Odoom

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

    The world development institutions commonly present 'urban governance' as an antidote for the so-called ‘urbanisation of poverty’ and ‘parasitic urbanism’ in Africa. This book is the first comprehensive, in-depth systematic analysis of the meaning, nature, and effects of 'urbangovernance' in theory...

    To Be Published July 3rd 2013 by Routledge

  4. The Justices and Injustices of Ecosystem Services

    Edited by Thomas Sikor

    Humankind benefits from a multitude of resources and processes that are supplied by ecosystems, and collectively these benefits are known as ecosystem services. Interest in this topic has grown exponentially over the last decade, as biologists and economists have tried to quantify these benefits to...

    To Be Published July 7th 2013 by Routledge

  5. Water and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

    Edited by Erika Weinthal, Jessica J. Troell, Mikiyasu Nakayama

    Series: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Natural Resource Management

    Water is a basic human need, and despite predictions of "water wars," shared waters have proven to be the natural resource with the greatest potential for interstate cooperation and local confidence building. Indeed, water management plays a singularly important role in rebuilding trust after...

    To Be Published July 14th 2013 by Routledge

  6. Measuring and Evaluating Sustainability

    Ethics in Sustainability Indexes

    By Sarah Fredericks

    Series: Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development

    The indexes used by local, national, and international governments to monitor progress toward sustainability do not adequately align with their ethical priorities and have a limited ability to monitor and promote sustainability. This book gives a theoretical and practical demonstration of how...

    To Be Published July 17th 2013 by Routledge

  7. The Appropriation of Ecological Space

    By Kenneth Hermele

    Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

    Although it is recognised that Thomas Robert Malthus was wrong when he posited a contradiction between population increase and agricultural growth, there are increasing signs that he could be proved right in the future. Perhaps Malthus was too late and too early in his prediction? He was too late...

    To Be Published July 17th 2013 by Routledge

  8. Transport, Climate Change and the City

    By Robin Hickman, David Banister

    Series: Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research

    Sustainable travel behaviours have long been sought after in cities around the world, particularly in industrialised countries, but also increasingly in the emerging cities of Asia, South America and Africa. Progress however appears difficult to make as the private car, still largely fuelled by...

    To Be Published July 30th 2013 by Routledge

  9. Environmental Justice in Developing Countries

    Perspectives from Africa and Asia-Pacific

    By Rhuks Ako

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies

    The evolving environmental justice paradigm is conceptualized differently based on political, economic and historical factors. In developed countries, emphasis is placed on the role of individuals in environmental decision-making and the protection of their access to the prerequisite environmental...

    To Be Published August 7th 2013 by Routledge

  10. Exploring Climate Change through Science and in Society

    An anthology of Mike Hulme's essays, interviews and speeches

    By Mike Hulme

    Mike Hulme has been studying climate change for over thirty years and is today one of the most distinctive and recognisable voices speaking internationally about climate change in the academy, in public and in the media. The argument that he has made powerfully over the last few years is that...

    To Be Published August 7th 2013 by Routledge