Bücher der Reihe Earthscan Reader Series

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.