Routledge Library Editions: Development will re-issue works which address economic, political and social aspects of development. Published over more than four decades these books trace the emergence of development as one of the most important contemporary issues and one of the key areas of study for modern social science. The books cover the most important themes within development and include studies of Latin America, Africa and Asia. Authors include Sir Alexander Cairncross, W. Arthur Lewis, Lord Peter Bauer and Cristobal Kay.
An extensive collection of previously hard to access or out of print books, this set presents an unrivalled opportunity to build up a wealth of material in the field of development studies, with a particular focus upon economic and political concerns. The volumes in the collection offer both a global overview of the history of development in the twentieth century, and a huge variety of case studies on the development of individual nations.
Author(s): Bernhard Glaeser, L. A. Lewis, L. Berry, Michael Redcliff
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 882
City: London
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Volume 1
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Title
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Original Copyright
Contents
Preface
Notes
List of tables
List of contributors
Environmental policy in China: a model for Third World countries?
Environment and development
Chinese philosophies and strategies for development
Environmental policy and planning in China
The possibilities and constraints of policy implementation: learning from China?
Conclusion
References
PART I Chinese philosophies and strategies for development
1 On the reactions of Chinese culture against the Western challenge: the other side of modernization
East Asian culture and Western influence
Materialism, dialectic, and Chinese philosophy
The development of materialism and dialectic in Chinese history and philosophy
The Chinese response to the Western challenge
Notes
References
2 The Chinese path to development
Introduction
The distribution-growth oscillation hypothesis
A view of post-revolutionary Chinese history
Why this distribution-growth oscillation?
Ten implications
How does political ethos relate to political reality?
Epilogue 1986
Notes
References
3 An essay on reproduction: the example of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region
Reproduction destroyed through development: some examples from the People's Republic of China
Attempted formulation of the reproduction paradigm
Final conclusions
Acknowledgements
Notes
References
4 Shortage of land resources as a factor in development: the example of the People's Republic of China
Purpose of this chapter
The global dimension
The example of the People's Republic of China
Conclusions
Notes
References
PART II Environmental policy and planning
5 The origins of environmental management in China
China's organization for environmental protection
Environmental protection guidelines and policies
Environmental legislation
Scientific research, monitoring, and assessment of environmental protection
Notes
6 Economic reform and its impact on the environment in China
The structure of industry in China
Industrial reform in China
Conclusions and implications for environmental protection in the People's Republic of China
Notes
References
7 Agriculture and environmental protection in China
Introduction
Pest management in China
Biogas in China
Conclusion
Notes
References
8 Rural ecodevelopment policy in China and the origins of economic adjustment
The political and economic milieux of ecodevelopment policy
Agricultural production as a basis for economic readjustment
Implementation of rural ecodevelopment policy
National-level support for ecodevelopment planning
Prospects and dilemmas
Notes
References
9 Agriculture as a component of China's modernization strategy
Challenges to Chinese agriculture
The scope of the reforms
Preliminary results
Problems
Part of the solution: an ecologically sound technology
Agriculture-a separate entity in China's modernization?
Learning from China?
Summary
Notes
References
10 Energy and environment in China
Energy use in the People's Republic of China
Pollutant emissions and their causes
Consequences of urban air pollution
Deforestation
Further problems
Prospects
Acknowledgements
Notes
References
11 The operational contexts between developmental, environmental, and settlement policies
Propositions
The relationship between environmental crisis and settlement structures
The environmental factor in town planning and building construction in ancient China
Industrial settlement structures as a symbol of the ignoring of environmental dependence and as the leading factor in the environmental crisis
Modern China as the first country to come back to strategies of an integrated environment, settlement, and landscape development policy
Specific political and developmental frames of reference regarding the model schemes under discussion
Limitations
Notes
References
PART III The possibilities and constraints of policy implementation: learning from China
12 The implementation of national environmental policies in developing countries
The policymaker and the implementation problem
Environment and development: issues and policies
Implementation: theory and empirical analysis
Rules of thumb and analytic routine
Guiding principles for improved implementation
Notes
References
13 The Natural Resources Program of the United Nations University: three case studies of an integrated approach in China
Energy systems in rural communities
The Hengduan Mountain Project
Long distance water transfer in China
Summary and outlook
Notes
References
14 Large-scale biogas technology in China: dissemination among developing countries
Two early biogas-related programs in China sponsored by United Nations organizations
An overview of the recent state of biogas development in China
Production of biogas from large-scale digesters in Sichuan Province
Notes
15 Biogas in Iran: learning from China?
Origins of biogas in Iran
Recent experiences with biogas in Iran
Experience with biogas after the Revolution
The current crisis in Third World biogas technology
References
16 From central provision to local enablement: new directions for housing policies
Three thresholds
What housing policy?
"The poor have done far more for themselves than the better-off have done for them"
The need for a new balance
Notes
17 The rural habitat: main focus of appropriate technologies for rural development
Rural development
Problems of implementation
Appropriate development
Objectives of appropriate technology
New cooperation
Research and experiments
Participation and self-organization
Learning from China?
References
18 The environment: what the Powers That Be care two hoots about
Introduction
Counter-culture
Weaponization and the environment
The nuclear fix in the East
The mythology of power
Notes
References
Conclusion: learning from China?
Notes
References
Index
Volume 2
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Preface
Acknowledgements
List of tables
1 African environments and resources: an overview
Introduction to the African environment
Concepdons and misconceptions about the African environment
Introduction to development issues in Africa
Conclusions
2 The African environment: an historical overview
Geologic and geomorphologic background
The history of climatic change
The impacts of climatic change on land-water relationships
Conclusion
3 The patterns of political change: relationship to the environment
Precolonial
Colonial period
Independence
Population
Urbanization
Sedentarization
Rural populations
Agricultural crops and change
Livestock
Industrial growth
Land disturbance
Water-air pollution
Water and energy sources
Transport systems
Summary
4 Tropical rainforest environments
Introduction
General population prospectives
Current trends in areal coverage of rainforest
The macroclimatic characteristics: a brief introduction
Microclimate
Vegetation attributes
Soil properties of rainforest areas
Hydrology of rainforest areas
Rivers of the rainforests
Human activities: resource use
Summary
5 The dry areas
Introduction
The deserts: myth and reality in environmental conditions
Important environmental processes in dry areas
Patterns of resource use in dry areas
6 The savanna and dry–forest environments
Introduction
Climate
Other factors in the savanna and dry-woodland ecology
Farming and grazing in the savanna: an overview
East Africa: a case study of the savanna
Conclusion
7 The highlands
Introduction
The highlands of eastern and central Africa
Characteristics of highland environments
Rural population in the highlands
River basins and some impacts of development
Conservation practices within highland river basins
Agroclimatologic zones: a Kenyan Highland example
General conclusions
8 Extratropical and southern Africa
Definitions and purpose of this chapter
The Mediterranean area
Extratropical southern Africa
9 Water: a scarce resource
Introduction
Precipitation and water-balance patterns
River characteristics
African lakes
Swamps
The Sudd and Jonglei Drainage Project
Summary
10 Urban and industrial growth
General population growth in Africa
Urban population growth in Africa
Industrial growth
Distribution and classification of cities
Summary and conclusions
11 Minerals, industry, and the environment
Introduction
Minerals, mining, and the environment
Industries and the environment
Summary
12 Environment and development in Africa: a review and prospect
Introduction
The general characteristics of the African environment
Historical patterns of resource use
Special issues related to ecologic zones in Africa
Urban Africa
Water systems
Trends in African development
Critical development and environment issues for Africa
Environment and development in Africa: the next two decades
References and Bibliography
Index
Volume 3
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SERIES EDITORS' PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Dedication
INTRODUCTION
1 Political economy and the environment
2 Global resource problems
3 Environmentalism and development
4 Rural poverty and the environment
5 Environmental conflict and development policy in rural Mexico
6 Technology and the control of resources
7 Development and the environment: a converging discourse?
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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