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Collapse of Easter Island
Nagarajan, Palanisamy - In: Journal of Developing Societies 22 (2006) 3, pp. 287-301
The collapse of Easter Island is one of the world's major archeological and anthropological mysteries. Small islands are closed systems, and they represent a microcosm of the planet Earth, which is also a closed system on a planetary scale. Observing and comprehending interconnected economic,...
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Challenges of a Sustainable Housing Finance System in India
Mahadeva, M. - In: Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research 3 (2009) 1, pp. 41-61
The Indian housing finance market (HFM) has failed to promote housing development across the country. In its desire to stabilise itself mainly in the major urban areas, the HFM has largely neglected issues of the housing sector in rural and less–developed regions. Further, the financial...
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India’s North East and Hydropower Development
Mahanta, Chandan - In: South Asian Survey 17 (2010) 1, pp. 131-146
policy with emphasis on long-term environmental and social security and sustainability is imperative. …
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Governance of Water
Iyer, Ramaswamy R. - In: South Asian Survey 17 (2010) 1, pp. 147-157
, conflicts, social justice and equity, conservation, sustainability and so on; and almost all of them involve legal questions … and sustainability and so on. …
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Violence Against Women in Delhi: A Sustainability Problematic
Narayanan, Yamini - In: Journal of South Asian Development 7 (2012) 1, pp. 1-22
of development in Delhi have raised this issue explicitly as a sustainability problem while referring to the high rate of … gender violence in the city’s public spaces. Sustainability is one of the most problematic political notions and scholars … framework of equity, one of the central tenets of sustainability, and social justice. Therefore in this article, employing the …
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From Peasants to ‘Project Beneficiaries’: The Case of the Brazilian Amazon PPG7 Demonstration Projects
Barbanti, Olympio - In: Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy 2 (2013) 1, pp. 71-92
From 1992 to 2012, the Brazilian government, together with international development agencies representing the G7, implemented the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforests (PPG7). This intended to promote sustainable development in the Amazon forest area, with a key component being...
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Values-Based Supply Chains
Hardesty, Shermain; Feenstra, Gail; Visher, David; … - In: Economic Development Quarterly 28 (2014) 1, pp. 17-27
Values-based supply chains (VBSCs) have emerged as a structure to enhance the viability of mid-scale farms while preserving jobs and rural economies. They involve partnerships between producers, processors, distributors, retailers, and food service operators who share environmental, economic,...
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Business Improvement Districts in New York City’s Low-Income and High-Income Neighborhoods
Gross, Jill Simone - In: Economic Development Quarterly 19 (2005) 2, pp. 174-189
Business improvement districts (BIDs) have become popular commercial revitalization tools. To date, the literature has focused on the experiences of large BIDs in the wealthiest parts of the city. The author offers qualitative and quantitative data on 41 of New York City’s BIDs in an...
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Dilemmas of development and the environment in a globalizing world: theory, policy and praxis
Simon, David - In: Progress in Development Studies 3 (2003) 1, pp. 5-41
scale, sustainability and identity lie at the heart of debates over the supposedly homogenizing effects of pervasive …
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Meeting need and achieving sustainability in water project interventions
Huby, Meg; Stevenson, Stuart - In: Progress in Development Studies 3 (2003) 3, pp. 196-209
This paper reviews common reasons postulated for the failure of many externally funded projects to improve the water supplies of people in poor rural areas of developing countries. Analysis of survey data from Tanzania shows that villages most in need of water supply improvements are unlikely to...
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