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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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The quinoa boom in Southern Altiplano of Bolivia : Agrarian transformations, discourses and socio-environmental tensions
TL;DR: In this paper, a study of the transformation of the production of quinua (Chenopodium quinoa) in the Altiplano Sur de Bolivia is presented, focusing on the degradación de the productividad of the crop.
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Rural energy systems and the rural development process: a case study from Limpopo Province
TL;DR: In this article, the causal powers of poverty and the role of public institutions are discussed, focusing on energy as a basic need and the importance of research in the area of poverty alleviation.
Land, rights, and the practice of making a living in pre-Saharan Morocco
TL;DR: This article explored the relationship between land tenure and livelihoods in pre-Saharan Morocco as an ethical struggle over subsistence rights and the definition of community and found that marginalized families without access to land mobilized to divide collective lands and secure individual freehold tenure.
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Political Ecologies of Water Capture in an Indian ‘Smart City’
TL;DR: The historical water catchments of India's capital city were foundational to the flourishing of settlements that spanned centuries as mentioned in this paper and today, those water features are held up as "wise" models of water.
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Progressive contextualisation of energy practices and trajectories: a case study in Thailand.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed an approach to study energy transitions, based on the political ecology and energy practices literatures, and concluded that there is a need for more study on changing energy practices and politics on different scales, highlighting the role of the social sciences to develop novel methodologies to understand the complexities of the transition towards more sustainable energy systems.
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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.