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The Political Economy of Soil Erosion in Developing Countries
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This article is published in Soil Science.The article was published on 1985-10-01. It has received 371 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Political economy of climate change & Soil governance.read more
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Eroding the Community in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): Competition's Effects in Alternative Food Networks in California
TL;DR: In this paper, a study of farms that operate Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programmes in California, the state in the USA with the most CSAs, empirically examined the effects of competition within alternative food networks.
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Assessing drought vulnerability and adaptation among farmers in Gadaref region, Eastern Sudan
Alnail Mohmmed,Jianhua Li,Joshua Elaru,Mohammed M. A. Elbashier,Saskia Keesstra,Saskia Keesstra,Cerdà Artemi,Kabenge Martin,Makomere Reuben,Zeben Teffera +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the socioeconomic vulnerability of farmers who are susceptible to droughts in the five agricultural-based regions of Gadaref, Eastern Sudan, and found that highly vulnerable regions are characterized by features such as low levels of productivity, elevated levels of financing, low crop diversity, agriculture as the primary income source and a low level of agricultural insurance.
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Evaluating the Behaviour of Chinese Stakeholders Engaged in Large Hydropower Projects in Asia and Africa
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate the behavior of Chinese stakeholders engaged in large hydropower projects in Asia and Africa, by exploring the interests of different Chinese stakeholders and then investigating the wider implications of these Chinese dams on the local, national and international contexts.
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Disaster risk at the margins: Homelessness, vulnerability and hazards
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the linkages between the multi-faceted marginalisation of homeless people and their various vulnerabilities to disaster associated with both everyday small-scale hazards and large-scale natural hazards.
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Sustainable development: a critical review
TL;DR: A review of the literature that has sprung up around the concept of sustainable development indicates, however, a lack of consistency in its interpretation as mentioned in this paper, leading to inadequacies and contradictions in policy making in the context of international trade, agriculture, and forestry.
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Resilience thinking meets social theory: Situating social change in socio-ecological systems (SES) research
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the extension of resilience notions to society has important limits, particularly its conceptualization of social change, and suggest that critically examining the role of knowledge at the intersections between social and environmental dynamics helps to address normative questions and to capture how power and competing value systems are not external to, but rather integral to the development and functioning of SES.
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People, Parks and Poverty: Political Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation
William M. Adams,Jon Hutton +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the political ecology of conservation, particularly the establishment of protected areas (PAs), and dis-cuss the implications of the idea of pristine nature, the social impacts of and the politics of PA establishment and the way the benefits and costs of PAs are allocated.
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Beyond the Square Wheel: Toward a More Comprehensive Understanding of Biodiversity Conservation as Social and Political Process
TL;DR: The authors argue that the renewed focus on authoritarian protection practices largely overlooks key aspects of social and political process including clarification of moral standpoint, legitimacy, governance, accountability, learning, and nonlocal forces.