The World Summit on Sustainable Development took place in Johannesburg, South Africa in September 2002. In this book, the authors look at the agenda established since the original Rio conference in 1992 and cover the events of the intervening years: global warming and the unfolding arguments over climate change, energy, water and sanitation, patents and many other issues. They examine what progress-- if any--has been made. Offering a critical analysis of the links between neo-liberal economics and transnational organisations, the authors expose the poverty of so-called international protocols...
The World Summit on Sustainable Development took place in Johannesburg, South Africa in September 2002. In this book, the authors look at the agenda e...
Features the contributions that cover the following principle themes: the history of sustainable development; the problems in defining the concept; the issues surrounding it; and, national international policies and schemes to implement it.
Features the contributions that cover the following principle themes: the history of sustainable development; the problems in defining the concept; th...
This volume contains detailed environmental profiles of the 10 countries of Southern Africa. It discusses their history and current political situation, geography and terrain, natural resources, land use, wildlife, population, economy, industry, urban development, water resources, pests and diseases, fuel and energy, principal environmental problems, existing development schemes and strategies for environmental sustainability.
This volume contains detailed environmental profiles of the 10 countries of Southern Africa. It discusses their history and current political situatio...
This second edition provides essential analysis of the use of different forms of energy and their environmental and social impacts. It examines conventional, nuclear and renewable sources and technologies, using relevant case studies and providing a vital link between technology and related policy issues.
This second edition provides essential analysis of the use of different forms of energy and their environmental and social impacts. It examines conven...
Offers useful analysis of the use of different forms of energy and their environmental and social impacts. This volume examines conventional, nuclear and renewable sources and technologies, using relevant case studies and providing a vital link between technology and related policy issues.
Offers useful analysis of the use of different forms of energy and their environmental and social impacts. This volume examines conventional, nuclear ...
In this compelling and controversial study, Neil Middleton and Phil O'Keefe examine the links between disasters, aid, development and relief - in the context of globalisation, the 'free market' ideology of the industrialised nations, the rapacity of financial short termism and the rise of new forms of colonialism - and argue that the profoundly political dimensions of humanitarian aid and disaster relief are being ignored. To illustrate this, the authors draw on case studies from Somalia, Kenya, Sudan, Mozambique, Rwanda, Afghanistan and Azerbaijan.
In this compelling and controversial study, Neil Middleton and Phil O'Keefe examine the links between disasters, aid, development and relief - in the ...
Over 60 million people live in the SADCC countries. The vast majority, city-dwellers as well as farmers, rely on wood fuel for domestic use. Supplies are diminishing as consumption grows. This book examines those causes throughout the nine SADCC countries, and considers the policies that can be developed there.
Over 60 million people live in the SADCC countries. The vast majority, city-dwellers as well as farmers, rely on wood fuel for domestic use. Supplies ...
Climate change is the single largest threat to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and sustainable development. Addressing climate risk is a challenge for all. This book calls for greater collaboration between climate communities and disaster development communities. In discussing this, the book will evaluate the approaches used by each community to reduce the adverse effects of climate change. One area that offers some promise for bringing together these communities is through the concept of resilience. This term is increasingly used in each community to describe a...
Climate change is the single largest threat to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and sustainable development. Addressing cl...
