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SCALE, ECOLOGY AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS
(2020-02)The relationship between political jurisdictions and ecologically-sensible geographic areas is a central concern of political ecologists; few are the cities, provinces, states or countries which map closely onto watersheds, ... -
The Social and Political Dimensions of the Ebola Response: Global Inequality, Climate Change, and Infectious Disease
(Springer, 2016)The 2014 Ebola crisis has highlighted public-health vulnerabilities in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea – countries ravaged by extreme poverty, deforestation and mining-related disruption of livelihoods and ecosystems, ... -
Social diversity and the sustainability of community economies
(The Bootstrap Press, 1997)Economic restructuring related to globalization is producing a bifurcation in economic activity throughout the OECD countries: a split between those workers/industries/areas which are competitive in the global market, and ... -
Social Diversity, Globalization, and Sustainability in Community-Based Economies
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Strengthening the role of civil society in water sector governance towards climate change adaptation in African cities – Durban, Maputo, Nairobi
(2013)Water resources management is one of the most important climate change-related issues on international, national and urban public policy agendas. Income inequality in South Africa, Mozambique, and Kenya is among the largest ... -
Trade, transition paths, and sustainable economies
(Routledge, 1999)The main criticisms of trade from a sustainability viewpoint are that it accelerates resource depletion and pollution, harms income distribution both locally and internationally, and undermines democratic institutions. ... -
De tragédia a solução: A atualidade teórica e empírica dos recursos comuns no Brasil
(Nova Economía, 2019)This article provides a recent update on common-pool resource studies in Brazil, presenting how the subject is evolving, both in theory and in practice. First, a theoretical review presents the most recent academic ... -
UnderCurrents
(Faculty of Environmental Studies, 2008)UnderCurrents is an independent non-profit journal of critical environmental studies produced by students, faculty and staff in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University. Since 1988, with a brief hiatus from ... -
Urban Expansion and Industrial Nature: A Political Ecology of Toronto's Port Industrial District
(Joint Editors and Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2008)This article analyses political and economic practices involved with the production of an industrial form of socio-nature - the Port Industrial District - during the early decades of the twentieth century in Toronto, Canada. ... -
Women and Deliberative Water Management in Brazil
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Women and water management in times of climate change: participatory and inclusive processes
(Journal of Cleaner Production, 2013)This paper focuses on community engagement, and particularly the inclusion of women, in water management as a response to climate change. Addressing water-related problems is central to climate change adaptation, and civil ... -
Women Scholar-Activists Trace Connections Between Colonialism, Capitalism, Injustice and Environmental Decline
(Women and Environmental International, 2019-09)This issue has been inspired by a path-breaking conference held by the Canadian Society for Ecologi-cal Economics (CANSEE), which took place this past May 2019 in Waterloo, Ontario. Entitled Engaging Economies of Change, ... -
Women, Equity and Participatory Water Management in Brazil
(International Feminist Journal of Politics, 2007-12)Public participation in resource management is regarded as a central pillar of sustain- able development. Water management is a foremost example, and women globally are prime users and protectors of water. Yet the ...