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Health and Development
The links between disease, health and development are notoriously complex and the resultant policy outcomes are hotly debated. In the past it has often been assumed that...
Hardback | ISBN: 978-0-415-28081-5
To be published January 30th 2009 by Routledge.
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Theories and Practices of Development
Throughout the twentieth century, governments sought to achieve 'development' not only in their own countries, but also in other regions of the world; particularly in...
Hardback | ISBN: 978-0-415-30052-0
Published March 3rd 2005 by Routledge.
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Children, Youth and Development
Children constitute a large part of the population of developing countries. Throughout the developing world, experiences of childhood are extremely diverse, both between places and...
Hardback | ISBN: 978-0-415-28768-5
Published February 17th 2005 by Routledge.
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Rural-Urban Interaction in the Developing World
Sustaining the rural and urban populations of the developing world has been identified as a key global challenge for the twenty-first century. Rural-Urban Interaction in...
Hardback | ISBN: 978-0-415-25870-8
Published December 16th 2004 by Routledge.
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Environmental Management and Development
The environment and its management has been, and continues to be a very topical issue. Existing environment and development texts place emphasis is on listing...
Hardback | ISBN: 978-0-415-28083-9
Published December 9th 2004 by Routledge.
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Environmental Hazards
Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster
The fourth edition of Environmental Hazards continues to blend physical and social sciences to provide a thoroughly balanced, contemporary introduction to hazards analysis and mitigation...Hardback | ISBN: 978-0-415-31803-7
Published May 27th 2004 by Routledge.
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The Process of Economic Development
This is a textbook with a story to tell. Discussing development from the colonial era to the present in Latin America, Asia and Africa, authors...
Hardback | ISBN: 978-0-415-25415-1
Published January 22nd 2004 by Routledge.
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Introduction to Development Economics
Charged with analyzing and criticizing the way economies develop and grow, development economists play a vital role in attempting to reduce inequality across the world....
Hardback | ISBN: 978-0-415-28075-4
Published December 11th 2003 by Routledge.
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At Risk
Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters
The term 'natural disaster' is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase 'natural disaster' suggests an...
Hardback | ISBN: 978-0-415-25215-7
Published November 13th 2003 by Routledge.
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Gender and Development
Since the Classic Women and Development in the Third World was published over a decade ago, a new awareness of the importance of gender roles...
Hardback | ISBN: 978-0-415-26689-5
Published October 30th 2003 by Routledge.
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Rethinking Development Geographies
Development as a concept is notoriously imprecise, vague and presumptuous. Struggles over the meaning of this fiercely contested term have had profound implications on the...Hardback | ISBN: 978-0-415-25078-8
Published August 7th 2003 by Routledge.
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Natural Disaster and Development in a Globalizing World
The number of humanitarian disasters triggered by a natural hazard has doubled every decade since the 1960s. At the same time, the global economic growth...
Hardback | ISBN: 978-0-415-27957-4
Published February 6th 2003 by Routledge.
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Southeast Asia
The Human Landscape of Modernization and Development
The growth economies of Southeast Asia are presented by the World Bank and others as exemplars of development - 'miracle' economies to be emulated. How...
Hardback | ISBN: 978-0-415-25639-1
Published October 24th 2002 by Routledge.
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Green Development
Environment and Sustainability in the Third World
This revised and updated new edition retains the clear and powerful argument which characterized the original. It gives a valuable analysis of the theory and...
Hardback | ISBN: 978-0-415-14765-1
Published August 23rd 2001 by Routledge.
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Third World Cities
This imformative book is a thoroughly revised and updated edition of the classic introduction to urbanization in developing areas. Using case studies of cities drawn from...
Hardback | ISBN: 978-0-415-19881-3
Published April 27th 2000 by Routledge.
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