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Reducing poverty and sustaining the environment: The politics of local engagement

Author
Bass S., Reid H., Satterthwaite D, Steele P. (eds)
Date
2005
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-074645)
Publisher | Place of publication
Earthscan | London, UK
ISBN
1-84407-116-2
Pages
256 p.
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Field of application
International
Country/Territory
Pakistan, Colombia, China, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, Tanzania, Un. Rep. of, India
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Poverty Developing countries Sustainable development Community management
Geographical area
Caribbean, Africa
Abstract

Contents: 1. Creating space for civil society in an impoverished environment in Pakistan 2. The Bioplan: An alternative for shared environmental management to decrease poverty in Manizales, Colombia 3. Environment-poverty linkages: Managing natural resources in China 4. The evolving roles of environmental management institutions in East Africa: From conservation to poverty reduction 5. Stories on environment and conflict from Northern Nigeria 6. The Sea is our garden: Coastal resource management and local governance in the Caribbean 7. ' Working for water ' in a democratic South Africa 8. People, perspectives and reality: A case study from Usangu, Tanzania 9. Community-designed, built and managed toilet blocks in Indian Cities 10. ' Concertación ' (Reaching agreement) and planning for sustainable development in Ilo, Peru

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