Supporting Communities Affected by Violence

Craig Higson-Smith

More than 15,000 people have been killed, and 500,000 displaced, during years of low-intensity civil war in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. This title describes the work of the KwaZulu-Natal Programme for Survivors of Violence (KZN-PSV), which (with the support of Oxfam) helps communiti...

Sustainable Lifestyles?

James Pitt

Sustainable lifestyles encourages students to think about sustainability in both a local and global context, enabling them to understand the values issues surrounding appropriate design and technology. The pack looks at the often complex economic and cultural issues associated with suatainable and a...

Engineering in Emergencies

Jan Davis, Robert Lambert

Engineering in Emergencies is a hugely successful practical handbook for all relief workers involved in giving humanitarian assistance. It provides the information needed to implement an effective engineering response in the aftermath of an emergency. The second edition of Engineering in Emergencies...

Gender, Development, and Climate Change

Caroline Sweetman

In the face of extreme weather events, desertification and a rise in the sea levels, governments and communities increasingly recognize that the need to adapt and mitigate to climate change is urgent. The global agenda and negotiations focus on what governments, corporations and institutions can do...

Gender, Development and Poverty

Caroline Sweetman

Over the past 50 years, billions of dollars and working days have been expended on the development of countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific. The alleviation of poverty is the primary concern of many - though not all - organisations working in the development sector. This book exam...

Gender, Trafficking, and Slavery

Rachel Masika

This book explores areas of human experience that are highly complex, and which evoke powerful and contradictory feelings amongst those attempting to understand them. Although many view the institution of slavery as a purely historical phenomenon, slavery remains widespread today. One aspect of mode...

Governing Cities

Meine Pieter van Dijk

Urbanization and decentralization are overwhelming trends in almost every country of the world. Together they place a heavy burden on urban managers but at the same time generate tremendous opportunities for institutional change. Governing Cities provides insight into the effects of these global tre...

Men, Masculinities and Poverty in the UK

Sandy Ruxton

Rising suicides among young men; educational underachievement among boys; male detachment from the labour market - in the UK statistics such as these are regularily used to support the argument that men are in crisis. But overall trends still show that women are the majority of those living in pover...

Natural Resources Management and Gender

Minke Valk

This book reflects experiences with mainstreaming gender and women's issues in natural resources management. Five case studies from around the world examine diverse natural resources from different perspectives, ranging from the household and community level to national and regional policy. They exp...

Civil Works Guidelines for Micro Hydropower in Nepal

A guide to look at the technical aspects including civil works guidelines of designing a micro hydro scheme in Nepal.