With growing evidence of unsustainable use of the world's resources, such as hydrocarbon reserves, and related environmental pollution, as in alarming climate change predictions, sustainable development is arguably the prominent issue of the 21st century. This volume gives a wide ranging introduction focusing on the arid Gulf region, where the challenges of sustainable development are starkly evident. The Gulf relies on non-renewable oil and gas exports to supply the world's insatiable CO2 emitting energy demands, and has built unsustainable conurbations with water supplies...
With growing evidence of unsustainable use of the world's resources, such as hydrocarbon reserves, and related environmental pollution, as in alarm...
Incorporating indigenous knowledge (IK) is crucial to effective development. This global research-level book on IK and natural resources management addresses cutting edge issues relating to soil management and land degradation, weed and pest control, crop breeding and yields, agro-biodiversity conservation, food production and marketing, climate change adaptation, forest use and agroforestry. It also includes discussion of methodological issues such as IK's integration into agricultural science and technology, technology innovation and adoption, systematic approaches to local management,...
Incorporating indigenous knowledge (IK) is crucial to effective development. This global research-level book on IK and natural resources management ad...
An acclaimed ethnography of the material culture of the Wola Papua New Guinea, of broad implications to anthropology, museology & archaeology, with numerous illustrations, showing the making of the everyday artefacts by those who will use them in an economy with egalitarian access to resources. The companion volume to Built in Niugini.
An acclaimed ethnography of the material culture of the Wola Papua New Guinea, of broad implications to anthropology, museology & archaeology, with nu...
