Exploring Hope

Marcelo Sili is Professor at the Universidad Nacional del Sur and Senior Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina.Andrés Kozel is Professor at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), and Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina.Samira Mizbar is Socio-Economist at the National Assessment Body of the Higher Council of Education, Training and Scientific Research, Morocco.Aviram Sharma is Researcher at the Post-Growth Innovation Lab at the University of Vigo, Spain.Ana Casado is Professor at the Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste and Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina.

• Foreword; Bourqia Rahma General Introduction: Building Hope, Perspectives and Experiences from the Global South; Marcelo Sili Part 1. In Search for Peace and Democracy-Building Introduction; Javier Enrique Medina Vásquez Chapter 1. Peace can be Built from the Territories: Experiences of Networking in South-Western Colombia; Milena Umaña Maldonado and Claudia Ospina Aldana Chapter 2. Non-Proliferation in Asia: Time to un-tap the Potential of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones; J. Enkhsaikhan Chapter 3. Youth and New Forms of Politics in Chile; Sandra Iturrieta Olivares Chapter 4. Public Policies for Social Inclusion in Contemporary Brazil; Camila Gonçalves De Mario and Fabricio Pereira Da Silva Chapter 5. Human Mobility as a Resource and an Asset; Driss El Yazami Chapter 6. Curbing Electoral Corruption: Two South Asian Civil Society Efforts to Build Robust Democracies; Anwesha Chakraborty Part 2. Organising Territories and Infrastructures to Improve Life Introduction; Samira Mizbar Chapter 7. The Peri-Urban Area of the City Of Morelia: An Opportunity for the Implementation of Innovative Schemes of Socio-Environmental Inclusion in Mexico; Norma Angélica Rodríguez Valladares and José Antonio Vieyra Medrano Chapter 8. Emancipation and the Construction of New Development Models: The Experience of Andean Peasants in Argentina; Paula Lucía Olaizola Chapter 9. Metrocable: Public Transport for Urban and Social Transformation in Medellín; Beatriz Garcés Beltrán Chapter 10. Revaluing Heritage and Managing Conflicts over land use in the City of Quito; Rosa Cuesta and Martha Villagómez Chapter 11. The Emergence of New Paradigms of Sustainable Construction; Juan José García Pérez Chapter 12. China’s New Development Concept and the New Model of “People’s City” in the Context of Globalization - Renewal of Yangpu Industrial Area and Innovation of Gubei Civic Center in Shanghai as an Example; Zhongshi Yuan and Jingting Zhang Chapter 13. Pakistan and Trans-Regional Connectivity: Infra-structure for Regional Transformation; Ali Murad Part 3. Revitalising the Economy with a Sustainable Approach Introduction; Marcelo Sili Chapter 14. A Toolkit for Hope (ASHA): Farmers’ Sovereignty and Holistic Agriculture in India; Poonam Pandey and Kavitha Kuruganti Chapter 15. Agroecological Experiences from Argentina; Rodrigo Tizón Chapter 16. Trade as a Driver of Sustainability Pathways: Insights from the Palm Oil Sector in Indonesia; Ahmad Dermawan and Otto Hospes Chapter 17. Bioeconomy and Local Value-Chain Development as a Hedge against Deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado; Mairon G. Bastos Lima Chapter 18. The National Association of Quinoa Producers in Bolivia (ANAPQUI): An experience of Collective Action and Participation in Globalized Market Chains; Elizabeth Jiménez Zamora Chapter 19. Yomol A’tel and its Struggle for Lekil kuxlejal (Buen vivir); José Andrés Fuentes Chapter 20. Development Facing the Challenge of Territorial Organization: The Case of Special Economic Zones in West Africa; Idrissa Yaya Diandy Chapter 21. Technological and Institutional Innovations for Rural Development in Sri Lanka; Seetha I. Wickremasinghe Part 4. Ensuring Environmental Sustainability Introduction; Aviram Sharma Chapter 22. Building Urban Hope Recognising Traditional Governance: Overcoming Water Poverty in Oaxaca; Alejandro Rivero Villar, José Antonio Vieyra Medrano, Yadira Méndez Lemus, Cinthia Fabiola Ruiz López, and Alejandra Larrazábal Chapter 23.The Grassland Alliance in Argentina and the Challenge of Conserving Nature in a Productive Landscape; Pablo Grilli Chapter 24. Sources of Environmental Conflicts from Energy Justice and Equity Perspective: Evidence from Gold Mining Sectors in Ghana; Asaah Sumaila Mohammed Chapter 25. Happiness and Wellbeing Centre at Royal University of Bhutan: A Unique Approach; Sangay Dorji and Pema Latsho Chapter 26. The Changing face of snow cover in Afghanistan: Opportunities for Development Interventions; Fazlullah Akhtar, Abdul Haseeb Azizi, Christian Borgemeister, Bernhard Tischbein, and Usman Khalid Awan Chapter 27. Energy Transition in the Global South: Combating Energy Poverty and Climate Change; Aviram Sharma Part 5. Inclusive and Caring Worlds Introduction; Andrés Kozel Chapter 28. Custody of Native Languages: The Experience of the Nivaclé Communities of Formosa; Nelida Sotelo Chapter 29. Children’s Orchestras: Living to Play, Playing to Live; Federico Escribal Chapter 30. Indigenous Universities, Houses of Wisdom; María Luisa Eschenhagen Chapter 31. Mexican Women: Organization and Resistance against Structural Violence; Diana Tamara Martínez Ruiz and Deyani Alejandra Ávila Martínez Chapter 32. #CantayNoLlores: Forms of Solidarity During the 2017 Earthquake in Mexico City; Édgar Adrián Mora Chapter 33. Local Products Fair: Women's Empowerment and Social Cohesion in Piribebuy, Paraguay; María José Aparicio Meza, Carmiña Soto, and Amado Insfrán Ortíz Chapter 34. Community Action Networks in Cape Town: Possibilities of Development beyond COVID-19; Crain Soudien Chapter 35. Virtual Mobilisations and Reinvention of the Social Link for the Survival of Vulnerable Populations Confined for the Fight against Covid-19 in the Republic of Congo; Ossere Nganongo Chapter 36. Crisis Management in Chinese Universities– Shanghai Universities’ response to Covid-19 Outbreak in 2022; Li Juan General Conclusion: Global Multidimensional Crisis and Hope; Fernando Calderón Gutiérrez