Reducing poverty and sustaining the environment:- The politics of local engagement
by Bass Stephen
Published by : Earthscan (London) Physical details: 318p. ISBN:1-84407-116-2.
Subject(s):
Environmental justice
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Environmental managemen
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Local government
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Poverty
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Dynamics of political change on poor people's environment, political changes in Africa, Asia and Latin America and Caribbean, changing political context, mapping power relationships- political influences at four levels, closing the gap between poor and those who seek to support them, poverty, implications of expanded poverty definitions for environment and politics, how political change can support pro-poor environmental outcomes
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Creating space for civil society in an impoverished environment in Pakistan : AKRSP's approach- social organization tackles poverty and natural resources degradation , strengthening civil society through interactions, maturing institutions get to grips with environmental issues and influence policy, revisiting some assumptions about poverty and environment, influencing national policy on rural development - importance of leadership
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Bioplan- decreasing poverty in Manizales, Colombia, through shared environmental management : Urban and rural poverty in Colombia and Manizales
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Environmental- poverty linkages - managing natural resources in China
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Evolving roles of environmental management institutions in east Africa- from conservation to poverty reduction : Regional environmental governance processes
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Stories on the environmental and conflict from northern Nigeria : hadejia - nguru wetlands
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Costal resource management and local governance in Caribbean : Small island and its internal politics, promoting sustainable costal livelihood , local governance and institutional arrangements for coastal conservation and management
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Working for water in a democratic south Africa
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People, perspectives and reality- Usangu myths and other stories Tanzania
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Community-designed build and managed toilet blocks in Indian cities : Community toilet program in Pune, Mumbai
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Concertacion ( reaching agreement) and planning for sustainable development in Ilo , Peru :
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Political underpinning of poverty and environmental degradation, impacts of politics on poverty and environment, political chnages have achived pro-poor enviornmental outcomes , how donors must change the way they do business
Year: 2005