"How can we build local communities that are prosperous, inclusive and sustainable? Joe Guinan and Martin O'Neill argue that traditional economic strategies typically waste billions. In this book, they argue how this Community Wealth Building can transform our economies from the bottom up by...

"Today, tourism is an important component of development, in terms of economics, knowledge and welfare. The 9th International Conference on Sustainable Tourism aimed to find ways to protect the natural and cultural landscape through the development of solutions which minimise the adverse effects...

As part the Local Level Institutions study of local life in villages in rural Indonesia information was gathered on sampled household's participation in social activities. We classified the reported activities into four distinct types of social activity: sociability, networks, social...

As never before, international aid is in the hands of ordinary people. Concerned citizens in wealthy countries are starting philanthropy groups, joining giving circles, and traveling internationally to lend support. Yet, they are torn between the feelings that 'something' must be done about...

"This volume shines a light on Sustainable Community Movement Organisations (SCMOs), an emergent wave of non-hierarchical, community-based socio-economic movements, with alternative forms of consumption and production very much at their core. Extending beyond traditional ideas of cooperatives...