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The Political Economy of Soil Erosion in Developing Countries

Reed Hertford
- 01 Oct 1985 - 
- Vol. 140, Iss: 4, pp 309-310
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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.

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“We dredge because it doesn’t work”: urban political ecology and the uneven geographies of sediment metabolism

TL;DR: One subaqueous component of these urban ports is the infrastructure to accommodate these larger ships as mentioned in this paper, which must be built and maintained to accommodate the increasing number of ships deployed around the world.
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Critical approaches, integration of research and relevance of geography

TL;DR: Oťaheľ and Vilcek as discussed by the authors proposed a method to solve the problem of geology and applied it in the field of geophysics and applied geinformatics.

Political Economy of Reforms in MENA Region under Arab Spring Threats (2005 – 2013)

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a new approach to solve the problem of the lack of resources in the field of cyber-physical health care by using the Internet of Things (IoT) technology.
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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

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.