Development Studies Catalogue

Tropical Peatlands

By Jack Rieley, Susan Page

Tropical peatlands are found mostly in South East Asia, but also in Africa and in Central and South America. These and peat-swamp forests store large amounts of carbon and their destruction, particularly through the development of plantations for oil palm and other forms of agriculture, releases...

To Be Published April 14th 2014 by Routledge

Governance for Justice and Environmental Sustainability

Lessons across Natural Resource Sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa

Edited by Merle Sowman, Rachel Paula Wynberg

As a result of increasing pressures from globalisation, consumption levels, the expanding gap between rich and poor and contestation for property rights and use, the world’s natural resources are under threat. Over-exploitation, mismanagement and degradation have had a severe impact, most...

To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge

Wetland Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa

Edited by Adrian Wood, Alan Dixon, Matthew McCartney

In this book the authors argue for a paradigm shift in the way African wetlands are considered. Current policies and wetland management are too frequently underpinned by a perspective that views agriculture simply as a threat and disregards its important contribution to livelihoods. In rural areas...

To Be Published May 29th 2013 by Routledge

Wetland Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa

Edited by Adrian Wood, Alan Dixon, Matthew McCartney

In this book the authors argue for a paradigm shift in the way African wetlands are considered. Current policies and wetland management are too frequently underpinned by a perspective that views agriculture simply as a threat and disregards its important contribution to livelihoods. In rural areas...

To Be Published May 29th 2013 by Routledge

Contemporary Water Governance in the Global South

Scarcity, Marketization and Participation

Edited by Leila M. Harris, Jacqueline A. Goldin, Christopher Sneddon

Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

The litany of alarming observations about water use and misuse is now familiar—over a billion people without access to safe drinking water; almost every major river dammed and diverted; increasing conflicts over the delivery of water in urban areas; continuing threats to water quality from...

To Be Published May 19th 2013 by Routledge

Contemporary Water Governance in the Global South

Scarcity, Marketization and Participation

Edited by Leila M. Harris, Jacqueline A. Goldin, Christopher Sneddon

Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

The litany of alarming observations about water use and misuse is now familiar—over a billion people without access to safe drinking water; almost every major river dammed and diverted; increasing conflicts over the delivery of water in urban areas; continuing threats to water quality from...

Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge

Development, Power, and the Environment

Neoliberal Paradox in the Age of Vulnerability

By Md Saidul Islam

Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

Unmasking the neoliberal paradox, this book provides a robust conceptual and theoretical synthesis of development, power and the environment. With seven case studies on global challenges such as under-development, food regime, climate change, dam building, identity politics, and security...

Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge

Green Grabbing: A New Appropriation of Nature

Edited by James Fairhead, Melissa Leach, Ian Scoones

Series: Critical Agrarian Studies

Across the world, ecosystems are for sale. ‘Green grabbing’ – the appropriation of land and resources for environmental ends – is an emerging process of deep and growing significance. A vigorous debate on ‘land grabbing’ already highlights instances where ‘green’ credentials are called...

Published May 2nd 2013 by Routledge

Environmental Regulation and Public Disclosure

The Case of PROPER in Indonesia

By Shakeb Afsah, Allen Blackman, Jorge H. Garcia, Thomas Sterner

Series: Environment for Development

This book is a remarkable case study of an environmental policy initiative for a national environmental regulatory system in the information age. In 1995 the Indonesian Ministry of Environment took the bold step to launch an environmental disclosure initiative called the Program for Pollution...

Published March 26th 2013 by RFF Press

Agriculture and a Changing Environment in Northeastern India

Edited by Sumi Krishna

Series: Transition in Northeastern India

India’s northeastern region, forged by a unique geological history and peopled by several waves of migration, is extraordinarily complex. Farming systems in the hills and the riverine plains are embedded in a heterogeneous environment, comprising forests, wetlands and fields, shaped over centuries...

Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge India

International Watercourses Law in the Nile River Basin

Three States at a Crossroads

By Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik

The Nile River and its basin extend over a distinctive geophysical cord connecting eleven sovereign states from Egypt to Tanzania, which are home to an estimated population of 422.2 million people. The Nile is an essential source of water for domestic, industrial and agricultural uses throughout...

Published February 3rd 2013 by Routledge

Nuclear Power, Economic Development Discourse and the Environment

The Case of India

By Manu Mathai

Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies

Nuclear power is often characterized as a "green technology." Technologies are rarely, if ever, socially isolated artefacts. Instead, they materially represent an embodiment of values and priorities. Nuclear power is no different. It is a product of a particular political economy and the question...

Published January 3rd 2013 by Routledge

Governing International Watercourses

River Basin Organizations and the Sustainable Governance of Internationally Shared Rivers and Lakes

By Susanne Schmeier

Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

This book focuses on River Basin Organizations as the key institutions for managing internationally shared water resources. This includes a comparative analysis of all River Basin Organizations worldwide and three in-depth case studies from three different continents. The detailed case studies are...

Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge

The Nile River Basin

Water, Agriculture, Governance and Livelihoods

Edited by Seleshi Bekele Awulachew, Vladimir Smakhtin, David Molden, Don Peden

The Nile provides freshwater not only for domestic and industrial use, but also for irrigated agriculture, hydropower dams and the vast fisheries resource of the lakes of Central Africa. The Nile River Basin covers the whole Nile Basin and is based on the results of three major research projects...

Published November 11th 2012 by Routledge

Water Management, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Economies

Edited by M. Dinesh Kumar, M.V.K. Sivamohan, Nitin Bassi

Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

This book addresses strategies for food security and sustainable agriculture in developing economies. The book focuses primarily on India, a fast developing economy, whose natural resource base comprising land and water supporting agricultural production is not only under enormous stress, but also...

Published September 25th 2012 by Routledge

The Social Life of Climate Change Models

Anticipating Nature

Edited by Kirsten Hastrup, Martin Skrydstrup

Series: Routledge Studies in Anthropology

Drawing on a combination of perspectives from diverse fields, this volume offers an anthropological study of climate change and the ways in which people attempt to predict its local implications, showing how the processes of knowledge making among lay people and experts are not only...

Published September 16th 2012 by Routledge

Transfrontier Conservation Areas

People Living on the Edge

Edited by Jens A. Andersson, Michel de Garine-Wichatitsky, David H.M. Cumming, Vupenyu Dzingirai, Ken E. Giller

The introduction of transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs) in southern Africa was based on an enchanting promise: simultaneously contributing to global biodiversity conservation initiatives, regional peace and integration, and the sustainable socio-economic development of rural communities....

Published August 23rd 2012 by Routledge

Evidence-based Conservation

Lessons from the Lower Mekong

Edited by Terry C.H. Sunderland, Jeffrey Sayer, Minh-Ha Hoang

Series: The Earthscan Forest Library

There is a considerable gap between the science of conservation biology and the design and execution of biodiversity conservation projects in the field. Science is often failing to inform the practice of conservation, which remains largely experience-based. The main reason is the poor accessibility...

Published August 15th 2012 by Routledge

Gender, Development and Environmental Governance

Theorizing Connections

By Seema Arora-Jonsson

Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society

A major challenge in studies of environmental governance is dealing with the diversity of the people involved at multiple levels – villagers, development agents, policy-makers, private resource users and others – and taking seriously their aspirations, conflicts and collaborations. This book...

Published August 7th 2012 by Routledge

Human Security and Climate Change in Southeast Asia

Managing Risk and Resilience

Edited by Lorraine Elliott, Mely Caballero-Anthony

Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

This book makes an important and timely contribution to debates about the relationship between climate change and security in Southeast Asia. It does so through a human security lens, drawing on local and regional expertise to discuss the threats that climate change poses to human security in...

Published August 5th 2012 by Routledge

Forests and Development

Local, National and Global Issues

By Philippe Delacote

Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

This book is a fully up to date study of the major issues facing forest conservation and the forestry industry, which considers developments at local, national and global levels. Environmental and development topics relating to each level are discussed – for instance, the use of forest products in...

Published June 13th 2012 by Routledge

Integrated Natural Resource Management in the Highlands of Eastern Africa

From Concept to Practice

Edited by Laura Anne German, Jeremias Mowo, Tilahun Amede, Kenneth Masuki

Series: Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

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 reflections of the protagonists themselves—AHI site...

Published December 13th 2011 by Routledge

Rebuilding Local Communities in the Wake of Disaster

Social Recovery in Sri Lanka and India

By Martin Mulligan, Yaso Nadarajah

This book examines the sociological consequences of disaster relief and recovery, and uncovers its impact on the communities that were affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. It is the most extensive and intensive study of post-disaster community rebuilding yet reported in the literature on...

Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge India

Climate Change and the Crisis of Capitalism

A Chance to Reclaim, Self, Society and Nature

Edited by Mark Pelling, David Manuel-Navarrete, Michael Redclift

Series: Routledge Studies in Human Geography

Are established economic, social and political practices capable of dealing with the combined crises of climate change and the global economic system? Will falling back on the wisdoms that contributed to the crisis help us to find ways forward or simply reconfigure risk in another guise? This...

Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge

Forests and People

Property, Governance, and Human Rights

Edited by Thomas Sikor, Johannes Stahl

A human rights-based agenda has received significant attention in writings on general development policy, but less so in forestry. Forests and People presents a comprehensive analysis of the rights-based agenda in forestry, connecting it with existing work on tenure reform, governance rights and...

Published August 7th 2011 by Routledge

Dynamics of Disaster

Lessons on Risk, Response and Recovery

Edited by Rachel A. Dowty Beech, Barbara Allen

Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series

Disasters are the result of complex interactions between social and natural forces, acting at multiple scales from the individual and community to the organisational, national and international level. Effective disaster planning, response and recovery require an understanding of these interacting...

Published April 27th 2011 by Routledge

Ecological Modernisation and Environmental Compliance

The Garments Industry in Bangladesh

By Shahpar Selim

Economic development that is environmentally, socially and ethically sound is at the forefront of contemporary debates all over the world. This is especially relevant to international trade where goods manufactured in least developed countries (LDCs) are being exported to developed countries (DCs)...

Published April 25th 2011 by Routledge India

Foreign Aid for Indian NGOs

Problem or Solution?

By Pushpa Sundar

This book explores what difference development aid has made to the size, complexity, style of functioning, values and future direction of the NGO sector in India. It does this, first, by giving a comprehensive documentation of the experience of Indian NGOs with foreign aid since Independence....

Published February 22nd 2010 by Routledge India