Book notes
The chapters in this volume were originally background papers for the World Economic and Social Survey 2011. Editors Vos and Alarcón believe that technology for a green economy is more of a matter of application than availability.
After reading The Spectacular Favela by Erika Robb Larkins, you will feel that you have lived in Rocinha, the Rio de Janeiro favela where Larkins herself lived for a total of 31 months between 2008 and 2014.
This book stems from Beate Ginzel’s PhD thesis on networks as modes of cooperation and action, along with their role and potential to bridge the gap between top-down strategies of the state and bottom-up initiatives of local communities.
Although the legal framework for gender equality exists in Vietnam, gender mainstreaming in climate change planning and action have not yet been fully realized and addressed by local actors.
UNICEF calls this the first report to compile comprehensive global data about displaced and migrant children. Its findings starkly show the disproportionate effects of conflict and migration on children.
This document reports on the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme in rural Bangladesh between 2006 and 2015.
This book is claimed to be “the first global survey of urban lighting” (page xxi). As a survey, it sweeps across time (from the advent of lighting technology to the present day), space (with snapshots of over 20 cities), and theme (including art, service provision, and ideology).
This Spanish-language text brings together a large body of literature on climate change adaptation and mitigation at the municipal level in Mexico.
Indonesian cities are increasingly invested in efforts to build urban resilience, and finding means of resisting, absorbing and recovering from climate change hazards.
Climate change is not only affecting geophysical systems through events such as floods, droughts, and sea level rise, but also human systems, including livelihoods, health, economies and cultures. In Indonesia, climate change greatly affects many aspects of the economy, society and environment.