Routledge International Handbook of Social Development, Social Work, and the Sustainable Development Goals
David Androff, Janianton Damanik
Häftad, 2025
1 019 kr
Del i serien Routledge International Handbooks
Handbook of Land and Water Grabs in Africa
Foreign direct investment and food and water security
Inbunden, Engelska, 2012
4 199 kr
Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.
Finns i fler format (1)
According to estimates by the International Land Coalition based at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), 57 million hectares of land have been leased to foreign investors since 2007. Current research has focused on human rights issues related to inward investment in land but has been ignorant of water resource issues and the challenges of managing scarce water. This handbook will be the first to address inward investment in land and its impact on water resources in Africa. The geographical scope of this book will be the African continent, where land has attracted the attention of risk-taking investors because much land is under-utilised marginalized land, with associated water resources and rapidly growing domestic food markets. The successful implementation of investment strategies in African agriculture could determine the future of more than one billion people. An important factor to note is that sub-Saharan Africa will, of all the continents, be hit hardest by climate change, population growth and food insecurity. Sensible investment in agriculture is therefore needed, however, at what costs and at whose expense? The book will also address the livelihoods theme and provide a holistic analysis of land and water grabbing in sub-Saharan Africa. Four other themes will addressed: politics, economics, the environment and the history of land investments in sub-Saharan Africa. The editors have involved a highly diverse group of expert researchers, who will review the pro- and anti-investment arguments, geopolitics, the role of capitalist investors, the environmental contexts and the political implications of, and reasons for, leasing millions of hectares in sub-Saharan Africa. To date, there has been no attempt to review land investments through a suite of different lenses, thus this handbook will differ significantly from existing research and publication. The editors are Tony Allan, (Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography, School of Oriental and African Studies and King’s College London); Jeroen Warner (Assistant Professor, Disaster Studies, University of Wageningen); Suvi Sojamo (PhD Researcher, Water and Development Research Group, Aalto University); and Martin Keulertz (PhD Researcher, Department of Geography, London Water Group, King’s College London).
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2012-08-16
- Mått174 x 246 x 35 mm
- Vikt1 420 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieRoutledge International Handbooks
- Antal sidor512
- FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
- ISBN9781857436693
Tillhör följande kategorier
Hoppa över listan
Mer från samma serie
Routledge Handbook of Global Development
Kearrin Sims, Nicola Banks, Susan Engel, Paul Hodge, Jonathan Makuwira, Naohiro Nakamura, Jonathan Rigg, Albert Salamanca, Pichamon Yeophantong
Häftad, 2024
649 kr
Routledge Handbook of Latin American Development
Julie Cupples, Marcela Palomino-Schalscha, Manuel Prieto
Häftad, 2020
959 kr
Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise
Brett Smith, Andrew C. Sparkes
Inbunden, 2016
6 239 kr
Routledge International Handbook of Health Psychology
Robbert Sanderman, Karen Morgan
Häftad, 2026
1 049 kr
Routledge Handbook of Gender and EU Politics
Gabriele Abels, Andrea Krizsán, Heather MacRae, Anna van der Vleuten
Häftad, 2023
639 kr
Routledge International Handbook of Biosocial Criminology
Matt DeLisi, Michael Vaughn
Inbunden, 2014
4 719 kr
Routledge Handbook of the Global South in Sport for Development and Peace
Billy Graeff, Simona Šafaříková, Lin Cherurbai Sambili-Gicheha
Inbunden, 2024
4 789 kr
Hoppa över listan
Du kanske också är intresserad av
Del 1
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THERMAL PACKAGING, SET 1: THERMAL PACKAGING TECHNIQUES - VOLUME 6: EXPERIMENTAL THERMOFLUID CHARACTERIZATION OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
Gary Solbrekken, Avram Bar-Cohen
Inbunden, 2013
4 199 kr
Media Ethics
Yayu Feng, Holly K. Overton, Peggy J. Kreshel, William J. Brown, Kathy Brittain Richardson, Clifford G. Christians, Mark Fackler
Inbunden, 2024
4 199 kr
Doors to Discovery, Sound, Rhyme, and Letter Time Kit
Catherine Valentino, Jan Nelsen Parish
Häftad
4 199 kr