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Poverty and development : problems and prospects / ed. by Michal Apollo, Pahlaj Moolio.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bristol, UK; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Channel View Publications, [2021]Description: 247 pagesContent type:
ISBN:
  • 9781845418489
  • 1845418484
  • 9781845418496
  • 1845418492
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 339.46 APO 23
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface: An Unequal World -- Part 1: Poverty and Development: A Global Perspective -- 1. Social Distribution of and Access to Ecosystem Services: Approaches for the Alleviation of Socioenvironmental Inequalities -- 2. The Climate Change- Migration Nexus Seen Through the Lens of the European Union: Analysis of Legal and Policy Frames -- 3. Dangers of Uncontrolled Urbanisation for Society: Selected Aspects -- 4. Nutrition Insecurity in a Developed World: Challenges for Health Promotion and Further Directions for Sustainable Development -- 5. The Internalisation of Tourism Externalities: Methods and Instruments -- 6. Slow Tourism: A Community-based Approach for Sustainable Development -- 7. Agritourism and Ecotourism as an Innovative Direction for Sustainable Rural Development -- 8. Causal Nexus between a Sustainable Economy and Agricultural Credit: Global Evidence -- Part 2: Poverty and Development: A Local Perspective -- 9. Measuring Sustainable Development: A Quantitative Evaluation of Sustainable Development in Vietnam -- 10. Evaluation of Consumers' Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices in Sustainable Consumption: A Romanian Case Study -- 11. Environmental Sustainability Concerns: The Case of the Sundarbans of Bangladesh -- 12. Urbanisation, Access to Affordable Housing and Sustainable Development among Low-Income Earners in Nigeria: Insights from the Bariga Local Council Development Area, Lagos State -- 13. The Condition of Women in Nigerian Families and National Development: The Imperative for Cultural Re-evaluation and Legal Rebalance -- 14. Cuban Tourist Enclaves: A Critical Approach -- 15. The Impact of Environmental Factors on Profit Efficiency in Rice Production in Northern Vietnam -- Conclusion: Development - Prosperity or Disparity? -- Index
Summary: This book brings together interdisciplinary perspectives to broaden understandings of poverty. It contains empirical and conceptual chapters on a range of topics highlighting the relationship between poverty and sustainability. It will be a helpful resource for students and researchers of sustainable and regional development, and tourism.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 339.46 APO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 225241

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface: An Unequal World -- Part 1: Poverty and Development: A Global Perspective -- 1. Social Distribution of and Access to Ecosystem Services: Approaches for the Alleviation of Socioenvironmental Inequalities -- 2. The Climate Change- Migration Nexus Seen Through the Lens of the European Union: Analysis of Legal and Policy Frames -- 3. Dangers of Uncontrolled Urbanisation for Society: Selected Aspects -- 4. Nutrition Insecurity in a Developed World: Challenges for Health Promotion and Further Directions for Sustainable Development -- 5. The Internalisation of Tourism Externalities: Methods and Instruments -- 6. Slow Tourism: A Community-based Approach for Sustainable Development -- 7. Agritourism and Ecotourism as an Innovative Direction for Sustainable Rural Development -- 8. Causal Nexus between a Sustainable Economy and Agricultural Credit: Global Evidence -- Part 2: Poverty and Development: A Local Perspective -- 9. Measuring Sustainable Development: A Quantitative Evaluation of Sustainable Development in Vietnam -- 10. Evaluation of Consumers' Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices in Sustainable Consumption: A Romanian Case Study -- 11. Environmental Sustainability Concerns: The Case of the Sundarbans of Bangladesh -- 12. Urbanisation, Access to Affordable Housing and Sustainable Development among Low-Income Earners in Nigeria: Insights from the Bariga Local Council Development Area, Lagos State -- 13. The Condition of Women in Nigerian Families and National Development: The Imperative for Cultural Re-evaluation and Legal Rebalance -- 14. Cuban Tourist Enclaves: A Critical Approach -- 15. The Impact of Environmental Factors on Profit Efficiency in Rice Production in Northern Vietnam -- Conclusion: Development - Prosperity or Disparity? -- Index

This book brings together interdisciplinary perspectives to broaden understandings of poverty. It contains empirical and conceptual chapters on a range of topics highlighting the relationship between poverty and sustainability. It will be a helpful resource for students and researchers of sustainable and regional development, and tourism.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Nov 2021).

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