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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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Property Regime or Development Policy? Explaining Growth in the U.S. Pacific Groundfish Fishery
TL;DR: In this article, the U.S. Pacific groundfish fishery is analyzed and it is shown that growth and subsequent problems in this fishery are the result of a state-led fisheries development program implemented through a series of national, regional, and local policies designed to extend sovereign control to include ocean territory.
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Upland agriculture, the land frontier and forest decline in the Philippines
TL;DR: In this article, a close examination of deforestation and agriculture in the Philippine uplands reveals that the vast majority of agriculturists must be sedentary farmers and that the importance of population pressure as a cause of deforestation in the Philippines cannot be supported by the available evidence.
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Dams and indigenous peoples in malaysia: development, displacement and resettlement
S. Robert Aiken,Colin H. Leigh +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the consequences of dam-induced environmental change and development-forced displacement and resettlement (DFDR) are explored through a critical reading of the literature on four large dams: Sungai Selangor, Babagon, Batang Ai and Bakun.
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Balancing tourism, conservation, and development: a political ecology of ecotourism on the Galapagos Islands
Adrienne Mathis,Jeff Rose +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted a field study on San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands to understand the impacts of conservation and tourism on local communities, and to illustrate how relationships between conservation, tourism, and development have altered not only the SAN Cristobal community, but also locals' perceptio...
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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.