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  • THE CAUSES OF TROPICAL DEFORESTATION
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    THE CAUSES OF TROPICAL DEFORESTATION
    KATRINA BROWN
    The Causes of Tropical Deforestation (1994) is an analysis of the problem of deforestation, using statistical technique – a form of ‘environ-metrics’ – to discover the true causes of an issue whose basis is hotly debated, and attributed to causes as varied as poverty, external debt, multinational logging companies, government corruption, the IMF, population growth, and non-sust...

    $860.00

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  • APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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    APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
    RICHARD M. AUTY / KATRINA BROWN
    A definition of sustainable development is that of the Brundtland Commission - "...development which meets the needs of the current generation without jeopardizing the needs of future generations". This volume seeks to analyze the economic basis for this definition, and to look at the critiques of the economic approach - which have their basis in growing disquiet over the role ...

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  • RESILIENCE, DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL CHANGE
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    RESILIENCE, DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL CHANGE
    KATRINA BROWN
    Resilience is currently infusing policy debates and public discourses, widely promoted as a normative goal in fields as diverse as the economy, national security, personal development and well-being. Resilience thinking provides a framework for understanding dynamics of complex, inter-connected social, ecological and economic systems. The book critically analyzes the multiple m...

    $1,320.00

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  • SUSTAINABLE ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
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    SUSTAINABLE ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    KATRINA BROWN / SIRI ERIKSEN
    This book sets out how to ensure that adaptation efforts are socially and environmentally sustainable, contributing to poverty reduction as well as confronting the processes driving vulnerability. Over $100bn a year is pledged to help finance adaptation projects via the The Climate Adaptation Fund. These projects and their funding played a central role in the latest climate tal...

    $1,040.00

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  • MAKING WAVES
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    MAKING WAVES
    KATRINA BROWN / EMMA LOUISE TOMPKINS
    Coastal zones are critical multiple-use resources, under pressure from constant demands from different sources - conservation, economic growth and social welfare. This book identifies the dilemmas of managing conservation and development in coastal areas. It offers important information on the management, conservation and social implications of coastal resources. The authors pr...

    $1,540.00

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