Book notes
The impacts of climate change in India are predicted to increase migration from rural villages and hazard-pr
In recent years there has been a number of climate change vulnerability assessments (CCVAs) conducted in cit
Transport-related problems in Karachi, Pakistan have increased considerably in recent decades.
Responsible Living is concerned with how individuals can guide the transition toward sustainable development. Education is seen as essential to this. Therefore this book’s chapters cover broad topics, in a wide range of countries, related to education for sustainability.
In this updated version, David Hulme uses methods and concepts from economics, politics, sociology and geography to further elaborate on major debates on the political economy surrounding global poverty eradication and sustainable development agendas.
As a brief overview, Child Street Life is most useful for readers new to the topic, or those particularly interested in Peru.
This edited volume shares a collectively told story, written in recent years, of the social function of property and ownership. It aims to support struggles for rights to land, to the city and to housing in light of a global tenure insecurity crisis.
Ra Pronh escaped the Cambodian genocide in 1979, lived in refugee camps in Thailand and the Philippines for six years, and moved to the New York neighbourhood of the Bronx with a refugee resettlement programme.
Based on extended case study research in Latin America, this edited volume examines the interactions between local and international politics in contests over natural resources required for the production and consumption of energy.
Mobility, Modernity and the Slum spans multiple fields: cultural sociology, urban studies, development, and more. These varied perspectives meet to discuss “Slumdog Millionaire”, the award-winning 2008 film that follows a “slumdog” contestant of an Indian game show.