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Their Role In Regional And National Development In The Third World

by Jorge Hardoy, David Satterthwaite, Denise Stewart ...

This book is the result of contributions, help and support from numerous people and several agencies. We are particularly grateful to the Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries, the Swedish Council for Building Research and the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) for funding the work on which this volume is based - and doing so before the subject had ... Read more

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The Divide

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Global inequality doesn’t just exist; it has been created.More than four billion people—some 60 percent of humanity—live in debilitating poverty, on less than $5 per day. The standard narrative tells us this crisis is a natural phenomenon, having to do with things like climate and geography and culture. It tells us that all we have to do is give a bit of aid here and there to help poor countries ... Read more

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Blue Covenant

The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water

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A cautionary account of climate change and the global water supply. "You will not turn on the tap in the same way after reading this book." —Robert RedfordIn a book hailed by Publishers Weekly as a "passionate plea for access-to-water activism," Blue Covenant addresses an environmental crisis that—together with global warming—poses one of the gravest threats to our survival.How did the world's ... Read more

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