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  • Sustainable Development: National Aspirations, Local Implementation

    by Alan Terry ...
    Using case studies from Africa, South America, Asia and the Caribbean, this book examines the progress made in uniting national aspirations of sustainable development strategies with their local implementation. Comparing the situation on the ground with formal national environmental action plans, the book compares progress, or the lack of progress, between different sectors, cultures, regions and ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Sacred Mobilities

    Journeys of Belief and Belonging

    by Avril Maddrell, Alan Terry ...
    This collection draws on the Mobilities approach to look afresh at notions of the sacred where they intersect with people, objects and other things on the move. Consideration of a wide range of spiritual meanings and practices also sheds light on the motivations and experiences associated with particular mobilities. Drawing on rich, situated case studies, this multi-disciplinary collection ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • How Cycling Can Save the World

    by Peter Walker ...
    Peter Walker—reporter at the Guardian and curator of its popular bike blog—shows how the future of humanity depends on the bicycle.Car culture has ensnared much of the world—and it's no wonder. Convenience and comfort (as well as some clever lobbying) have made the car the transportation method of choice for generations. But as the world evolves, the high cost of the automobile is made clearer ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Reclaiming Our Food

    How the Grassroots Food Movement Is Changing the Way We Eat

    by Tanya Denckla Cobb ...
    Reclaiming Our Food tells the stories of people across the United States who are finding new ways to grow, process, and distribute food for their own communities. Discover how abandoned urban lots have been turned into productive organic farms, how a family-run sustainable fish farm can stay local and be profitable, and how engaged communities are bringing fresh produce into school cafeterias. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Key Concepts in Hospitality Management

    Edited by Roy C Wood ...
    Series series SAGE Key Concepts series
    "Accessibly written and thoughtfully edited, making it essential reading for those studying hospitality and embarking on a career in the industry."- Peter Lugosi, Oxford School of Hospitality Management"This text is a fascinating read... Roy Wood has spent 25 years teaching, researching and writing on the hospitality industry - much of that learning is here in this book."- Erwin Losekoot, Auckland ... Read more

    $65.69 USD

  • Small Change

    About the Art of Practice and the Limits of Planning in Cities

    by Nabeel Hamdi ...
    What exactly is 'small change'?Build a bus stop in an urban slum and a vibrant community sprouts and grows around it - that is the power of small changes that have huge positive effects.This book is an argument for the wisdom of the street, the ingenuity of the improvisers and the long-term, large-scale effectiveness of immediate, small-scale actions. Written by Nabeel Hamdi, the guru of urban ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Crisis and Disaster Management for Tourism

    by Dr. Brent W. Ritchie ...
    Series Book 38 - Aspects of Tourism
    Tourism destinations and businesses are becoming increasingly prone to the impacts of crises and disasters due to global environmental change and security risks. This is the first research based book that provides a strategic approach to understanding the nature of tourism crises and disasters before outlining tourism crisis and disaster planning, response, and longer term recovery and knowledge ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Housing: Where’s the Plan?

    by Kate Barker ...
    Series series Perspectives
    Housing is a fundamental necessity, and yet it is generally acknowledged that we have a ‘housing crisis’ in the UK. The housing market has worked well for many people (who have enjoyed the steeply rising values of their homes), which is why change, especially new building, is resisted. But for increasing numbers it now works less well, as home ownership is out of reach. Government finds it easier ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Reclaiming the Land

    The Resurgence of Rural Movements in Africa, Asia and Latin America

    Edited by Sam Moyo, Paris Yeros ...
    Rural movements have recently emerged to become some of the most important social forces in opposition to neoliberalism. From Brazil and Mexico to Zimbabwe and the Philippines, rural movements of diverse political character, but all sharing the same social basis of dispossessed peasants and unemployed workers, have used land occupations and other tactics to confront the neoliberal state. This ... Read more

    $39.69 USD

  • Managing Educational Tourism

    by Dr. Brent W. Ritchie ...
    Series Book 10 - Aspects of Tourism
    Increasingly tourists are seeking learning and educational holidays. This interest has led to the provision of tourism product with some form of learning or education as an integral component, including cultural heritage tourism and ecotourism. The growth of offshore education and lifelong learning has stimulated cross-border movement for language learning, school excursions and university student ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • The Vulnerability of Cities

    Natural Disasters and Social Resilience

    by Mark Pelling ...
    When disaster strikes in cities the effects can be catastrophic compared to other environments. But what factors actually determine the vulnerability or resilience of cities? The Vulnerability of Cities fills a vital gap in disaster studies by examining the too-often overlooked impact of disasters on cities, the conditions leading to high losses from urban disasters and why some households and ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Municipalities and Community Participation

    A Sourcebook for Capacity Building

    by Janelle Plummer ...
    Series series Municipal Capacity Building Series
    'Among all the literature on participation, this is the first book I know that focuses on municipal authorities. It... also has particular importance both for higher levels of government (at national or provincial/state level) and for international agencies. Firstly, it is a reminder of the importance of well-functioning municipal governments for reducing poverty. Secondly, it is a rich source of ... Read more

    $79.99 USD