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The Science of sustainable development : local livelihoods and the global environment  Cover Image Book Book

The Science of sustainable development : local livelihoods and the global environment / Jeffrey Sayer, Bruce Campbell.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0521827280 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780521827287 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0521534569 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780521534567 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xix, 268 p. ; ill., maps ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Cambridge, U.K. ; Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-261) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The challenge : alleviating poverty and conserving the environment -- Dealing with complexity -- Getting into the system : multiple realities, social learning and adaptive management -- Issues of scale -- Models, knowledge and negotiation -- Institutions for managing natural resources in African savannas -- Forest margins in Indonesian Borneo -- Learning by doing on tropical American hillsides -- The spread of innovations -- Measuring the performance of natural resource systems -- Achieving research-based management.
Subject: Conservation of natural resources.
Natural resources > Management.
Sustainable development.
Rural development.
Environmental management.
Conservation des ressources naturelles.
Ressources naturelles > Gestion.
Développement durable.
Développement rural.
Environnement > Gestion.
Conservation of Natural Resources.
Developing Countries.
Rural Population.
Desenvolvimento sustentável.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.

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