Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

Edited by Marcelle C. Dawson, Christopher Rosin, Nave Wald

A common perception of global resource scarcity holds that it is inevitably a catalyst for conflict among nations; yet, paradoxically, incidents of such scarcity underlie some of the most important examples of international cooperation. This volume examines the wider potential for the experience of…

Hardback – 2017-11-02 
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Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

Edited by Laura M. Pereira, Caitlin McElroy, Alexandra Littaye, Alexandra M. Girard

Societies around the world are facing an increasingly uncertain future as social and ecological changes create pressure on resource governance, and this uncertainty calls for new models that illuminate the intersections of civil society, public sector, and private sector resource management. This…

Hardback – 2017-10-27 
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Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

By Amanda Kennedy

Conflict over the extraction of coal and gas resources has rapidly escalated in communities throughout the world. Using an environmental justice lens, this multi-disciplinary book explores cases of land use conflict through the lived experiences of communities grappling with such disputes. Drawing…

Hardback – 2017-08-21 
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Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

By Natalie Bown, Tim S. Gray, Selina M. Stead

In this book, the authors examine the governance of marine protected areas (MPA), and in particular they compare two different forms of governance – co-management (CM) and adaptive co-management (ACM). CM is characterized by the decentralization of the decision-making process, incorporating the…

Paperback – 2017-05-25
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Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

By Henk Mutsaers, Danny Coyne, Stefan Hauser, Jeroen Huising, Alpha Kamara, Generose Nziguheba, Pieter Pypers, Godfrey Taulya, Piet van Asten, Bernard Vanlauwe

Judicious soil fertility management is crucial for sustainable crop production and food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This book describes the various concepts and approaches underlying soil and soil fertility management research in SSA over the last fifty years. It provides…

Hardback – 2017-03-22
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Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

Edited by Mike Young, Christine Esau

The aim of this book is to catalyse global interest in the pursuit of transformational changes in natural resource and environmental management. It is shown that transformational policy reforms involve fundamental shifts in strategy with far-reaching consequences for the structure of industries,…

Paperback – 2016-09-12
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Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

Edited by Maxwell Mudhara, William Critchley, Sabina Di Prima, Saa Dittoh, Mohamed F. Sessay

It is increasingly recognized that land can be managed most sustainably through involving local communities. This book highlights the potential of a new methodology of uncovering and stimulating community initiatives in sustainable land management in Africa.  Analyses of four contrasting…

Hardback – 2016-08-11
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Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

Edited by Felix Dodds, Jamie Bartram

Global trends of population growth, rising living standards and the rapidly increasing urbanized world are increasing the demand on water, food and energy. Added to this is the growing threat of climate change which will have huge impacts on water and food availability. It is increasingly…

Paperback – 2016-04-13
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Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

Edited by Feras Ziadat, Wondimu Bayu

The research presented in this book demonstrates how an integrated ‘systems’ approach to farming in the watershed context increases the effectiveness of a production system and improves people’s livelihoods. It takes an integrated approach, using one watershed in Ethiopia as a ‘laboratory…

Hardback – 2015-08-11
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Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

By Philip Andrews-Speed, Raimund Bleischwitz, Tim Boersma, Corey Johnson, Geoffrey Kemp, Stacy D. VanDeveer

In addition to environmental change, the structure and trends of global politics and the economy are also changing as more countries join the ranks of the world’s largest economies with their resource-intensive patterns. The nexus approach, conceptualized as attention to resource connections and…

Paperback – 2014-11-25
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Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

Edited by Grenville Barnes, Brian Child

Natural resource governance is critical for linking poverty reduction and sustainable natural resource use. This book brings together authors from various disciplines with extensive field experience to promote an integrative understanding of cross-scale and adaptive governance in Africa and Latin…

Hardback – 2014-05-02
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Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

Edited by M. Dinesh Kumar, Nitin Bassi, A. Narayanamoorthy, M.V.K. Sivamohan

It is becoming increasingly recognized that for the optimal sustainable development and use of natural resources, an integrated approach to water management, agriculture, food security and energy is required. This "nexus" is now the focus of major attention by researchers, policy-makers and…

Hardback – 2014-02-18
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Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

Edited by Malika Abdelali-Martini, Aden Aw-Hassan

The aim of this book is to highlight the role that gender research can play in understanding natural resource management and rural development issues in the Middle East and North Africa region and how hands-on training and mentoring can be used as a capacity enhancement approach…

Hardback – 2013-12-13
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Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

Edited by Hemant R. Ojha, Andy Hall, Rasheed Sulaiman V

The purpose of this book is to showcase a range of approaches that consider learning and collaboration as central processes in agriculture and natural resources governance and management. These include four related and overlapping adaptive collaborative approaches – Adaptive Collaborative…

Paperback – 2012-07-10
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Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

By Frances Cleaver

Why, despite an emphasis on 'getting institutions right', do development initiatives so infrequently deliver as planned? Why do many institutions designed for natural resource management (e.g. Water User Associations, Irrigation Committees, Forest Management Councils) not work as planners intended?…

Paperback – 2012-06-21
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Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

Edited by Laura Anne German, Jeremias Mowo, Tilahun Amede, Kenneth Masuki

This book documents a decade of research, methodological innovation, and lessons learned in an eco-regional research-for-development program operating in the eastern African highlands, the African Highlands Initiative (AHI). It does this through reflections of the protagonists themselves—AHI site…

Hardback – 2011-12-14
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Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management