Sustaining Natural Resources in a Changing Environment

Linda Hantrais editor Ashley Thomas Lenihan editor Ruth Kattumuri editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:11th Dec '18

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Sustaining Natural Resources in a Changing Environment cover

Climate change and environmental degradation have intensified the pressures on crucial resources such as food and water security and air quality. In this collection, academic researchers and practitioners who have lived and worked in countries as geographically and culturally diverse as Brazil, China, India, Ghana, Palestine, Uganda and Venezuela draw on their wide-ranging international and inter-sectoral experience to offer valuable comparative insights into the relationship between research and evidence-based policy for sustaining natural resources. Their contributions provide a novel mix of disciplinary perspectives ranging across geography, ecology, social policy, the political economy, philosophy, international development, engineering technology, architecture and urban planning. They examine the institutions involved in generating and mediating evidence about the sustainability of natural resources in a changing environment, and the different methodologies employed in collecting and assessing evidence, informing policy and contributing to governance. The authors demonstrate not only that social science evidence on governance and policy implementation to sustain natural resources must complement natural science inputs, but also that local communities must be an integral part of any programme development.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Social Science.

ISBN: 9781138361706

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 403g

132 pages