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With globalization, international trade is fast becoming a fact of life. Chief among concerns over this are questions of the impact on the world's ecosystems and the development choices faced by countries bound by new rules of economic liberalization. This text synthesizes lessons learned so far.

This reader provides a collection of key articles published on gender and forests over the last thirty years.

This reader provides a collection of key articles published on gender and forests over the last thirty years.

This reader provides information on population and development issues for those seeking the middle ground between technical and non-specialist material. It contains contributions to all the various aspects of the debate from the 1960s to the 1990s from a wide variety of authors.

An anthology that offers a comprehensive introduction to the field of risk theory. It covers the origins of the 'concept of risk' and its often misunderstood cousin 'uncertainty', addressing risk perception, risk communication, the idea of trust and post trust as well as risk in policy and regulation with a look at the Precautionary Principle.

Sustainable consumption is a controversial concept: politically, socially and intellectually. Consumption drives our economies and defines our lives; making it sustainable is an enormous and essential challenge. This book provides a synthesis of key contributions to the literature on consumption and sustainability.

Arrangements for the governance and management of forests have been changing rapidly. This collection of papers on forests, development and livelihoods brings together the thinking on these issues, and gives students and practitioners of forestry and natural resource management a rapid overview of what is changing, how and why.

Offers a commentary on the different strands of the current conservation-poverty debate through a selection of key readings from both the conservation and development literature including policy documents, journal articles and reports.

Climate change is now upon us. While mitigation is essential to reduce the future severity of climate change, it will take time and some effects will inevitably continue for centuries. This reader gathers some of the most significant writings on adaptation to climate change. It is suitable for students, policymakers, researchers, and NGOs.

Biodiversity loss and persistent poverty in developing countries have been recognised as major international problems. This title explores areas such as the lack of attention to biodiversity concerns in international development policy, and the roles and responsibilities of conservation NGOs towards local communities.

An anthology that offers a comprehensive introduction to the field of risk theory. It covers the origins of the 'concept of risk' and its often misunderstood cousin 'uncertainty', addressing risk perception, risk communication, the idea of trust and post trust as well as risk in policy and regulation with a look at the Precautionary Principle.

Rural-urban linkages have become an important focus for research and policy relating to local and national economic development, poverty relief and governance. This volume collects the key contributions in the field, covering the conceptual background, and locating different approaches in their intellectual and historical contexts.

Transport is a critical problem throughout the world, and it is set to get worse. Whether it is traffic congestion, crashes, noise, air pollution, landscape destruction, or greenhouse gas emissions, the damage and the costs from our forms of transport are dangerously high and getting worse. This title shows how to improve transport globally.

Features chapters that cover 'business opportunities', 'environmental and social accounting', 'critical perspectives' and 'trade and sustainable development'. This title is suitable for those with an interest in the role that business can play in moving society towards a sustainable future.

This reader provides information on population and development issues for those seeking the middle ground between technical and non-specialist material. It contains contributions to all the various aspects of the debate from the 1960s to the 1990s from a wide variety of authors.

Our agricultural and food systems are not meeting everyone's needs, and despite great progress in increasing productivity, hundreds of millions of people remain hungry and malnourished. This book describes a different form of agriculture: one founded more on ecological principles and which is also more harmonious with people and their cultures.

Offers analyses of critical developments in environmental values. This title assesses some of the most pressing questions, focusing on the relationship between human values, world views and preferences, and the natural world.

The relationship between humans and the environment has taken centre stage in the quest for development that supports both ecological integrity and sustainable livelihoods. This Reader covers the ways in which the environment and environmental change have been conceptualized or (mis)understood. It is suitable for students and academics.

Rural-urban linkages have become an important focus for research and policy relating to local and national economic development, poverty relief and governance. This volume collects the key contributions in the field, covering the conceptual background, and locating different approaches in their intellectual and historical contexts.

Climate change is now upon us. While mitigation is essential to reduce the future severity of climate change, it will take time and some effects will inevitably continue for centuries. This reader gathers some of the most significant writings on adaptation to climate change. It is suitable for students, policymakers, researchers, and NGOs.

Over the years, NGOs have become a force for transformation in global politics and economics. Focusing on development organizations working on issues of poverty and injustice, but relevant to NGOs in various sectors, this title includes the writings on how NGOs can position and organize themselves to achieve maximum impact and effectiveness.

Sustainable consumption is a controversial concept: politically, socially and intellectually. This book provides a coherent synthesis of key contributions to the literature on consumption and sustainability, comprising a collection of selected papers and extracts from books, journals and institutional publications.

A reader bringing together the most important contributions to environmental economics discussing issues from transport and pollution to the wholesale degradation of much of the Third World, climate change and loss of the ozone layer.

Our agricultural and food systems are not meeting everyone's needs, and despite great progress in increasing productivity, hundreds of millions of people remain hungry and malnourished. This book describes a different form of agriculture: one founded more on ecological principles and which is also more harmonious with people and their cultures.

A collection that brings together some of the outstanding contributions from leading experts on the issues surrounding sustainable cities and urban development. It is suitable for students in urban geography, planning and environmental studies, and for professionals involved with the successful running and development of cities.

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.

Contains 16 important contributions on how to improve transport globally, based on science, people-centred analysis, and an awareness of equity and human rights. This title demonstrates what steps can be taken to improve transport provision and use, in both the developed and the developing world, while reducing environmental and health impacts.