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This fourth edition has been comprehensively rewritten and updated
to provide a concise, well illustrated and accessible introduction
to the characteristics, challenges and opportunities of sustainable
development with particular reference to developing countries. The
contested nature of sustainable development is explored through a
detailed consideration of changing ideas and practices within
environmentalism and development thinking. The text identifies the
different actors involved (from institutions of global governance
through to community based organisations), the policies and
mechanisms through which sustainable development is being sought
and considers the outcomes for particular groups and environments
in both rural and urban contexts. This edition places stronger
emphasis on the global challenges of sustainable development with
an understanding of inter-linked crises in climate, energy,
economy, poverty and social injustice. It explores how these issues
are leading to deep questioning of what sustainable development is,
what it should be, and how sustainable development policies and
mechanisms are being reconsidered. The book gives new consideration
to the challenge of achieving lower carbon growth, climate
adaptation, and the implications on sustainable development of
rapidly expanding economies, including China and India. It contains
greater discussion of how civil society movements influence
outcomes of international climate policy, as well as technological
developments in energy and agriculture. The text also contains a
substantially expanded discussion of how poverty remains central to
sustainable development challenges, as revealed through the
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and Millennium Development Goals.
This invaluable text retains the core message that sustainable
development has become central to debates about environment and
development. Containing a substantial number of new boxed case
studies, learning outcomes, chapter summaries, discussion
questions, further reading and websites, this text provides an
essential introduction for students.
Now in its fourth edition, Geographies of Development: An
Introduction to Development Studies remains a core, balanced and
comprehensive introductory textbook for students of Development
Studies, Development Geography and related fields. This clear and
concise text encourages critical engagement by integrating theory
alongside practice and related key topics throughout. It
demonstrates informatively that ideas concerning development have
been many and varied and highly contested - varying from time to
time and from place to place. Clearly written and accessible for
students, who have no prior knowledge of development, the book
provides the basics in terms of a geographical approach to
development what situation is, where, when and why. Over 200 maps,
charts, tables, textboxes and pictures break up the text and offer
alternative ways of showing the information. The text is further
enhanced by a range of pedagogical features: chapter outlines, case
studies, key thinkers, critical reflections, key points and
summaries, discussion topics and further reading. Geographies of
Development continues to be an invaluable introductory text not
only for geography students, but also anyone in area studies,
international studies and development studies.
This fourth edition has been comprehensively rewritten and updated
to provide a concise, well illustrated and accessible introduction
to the characteristics, challenges and opportunities of sustainable
development with particular reference to developing countries. The
contested nature of sustainable development is explored through a
detailed consideration of changing ideas and practices within
environmentalism and development thinking. The text identifies the
different actors involved (from institutions of global governance
through to community based organisations), the policies and
mechanisms through which sustainable development is being sought
and considers the outcomes for particular groups and environments
in both rural and urban contexts. This edition places stronger
emphasis on the global challenges of sustainable development with
an understanding of inter-linked crises in climate, energy,
economy, poverty and social injustice. It explores how these issues
are leading to deep questioning of what sustainable development is,
what it should be, and how sustainable development policies and
mechanisms are being reconsidered. The book gives new consideration
to the challenge of achieving lower carbon growth, climate
adaptation, and the implications on sustainable development of
rapidly expanding economies, including China and India. It contains
greater discussion of how civil society movements influence
outcomes of international climate policy, as well as technological
developments in energy and agriculture. The text also contains a
substantially expanded discussion of how poverty remains central to
sustainable development challenges, as revealed through the
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and Millennium Development Goals.
This invaluable text retains the core message that sustainable
development has become central to debates about environment and
development. Containing a substantial number of new boxed case
studies, learning outcomes, chapter summaries, discussion
questions, further reading and websites, this text provides an
essential introduction for students.
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Now in its fourth edition, Geographies of Development: An
Introduction to Development Studies remains a core, balanced and
comprehensive introductory textbook for students of Development
Studies, Development Geography and related fields. This clear and
concise text encourages critical engagement by integrating theory
alongside practice and related key topics throughout. It
demonstrates informatively that ideas concerning development have
been many and varied and highly contested - varying from time to
time and from place to place. Clearly written and accessible for
students, who have no prior knowledge of development, the book
provides the basics in terms of a geographical approach to
development what situation is, where, when and why. Over 200 maps,
charts, tables, textboxes and pictures break up the text and offer
alternative ways of showing the information. The text is further
enhanced by a range of pedagogical features: chapter outlines, case
studies, key thinkers, critical reflections, key points and
summaries, discussion topics and further reading. Geographies of
Development continues to be an invaluable introductory text not
only for geography students, but also anyone in area studies,
international studies and development studies.
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