ABSTRACT

The handbook seeks to illuminate the key concepts in the study of development-environment through showcasing some of the Majoritarian (formerly "Developing") world’s scholars in order to explore theoretical connections through critical/radical theory, “small” theory, various conceptual frameworks, and non-Western and subaltern viewpoints.

The volume examines the themes around the study of the relationship between economic and social development and the environment. Part 1 covers theoretical and conceptual approaches to the study of development and environment by examining the diverse ways in which people perceive, understand, and act upon the world around them. Cross-scalar topics such as neo-liberalism and globalization, human rights, climate change, sustainability, and technology are covered in Part 2. The book shifts to examinations of resources and production in Part 3, where authors with a focus on one or more environmental resources or types of economic production are presented. Topics range from water, agriculture, and food, to energy, bioeconomy, and mining. The fourth section presents chapters where people are at the center of the development-environment nexus through topics such as gender relations, children, health, and cities. Finally, policy and governance of development and environment are explored in Part 5. The section includes both academics and practitioners who have worked with policy makers and are policy makers themselves. 

The book is primarily intended for scholars and graduate students in geography, environmental studies, and development studies for whom it will provide an invaluable and up-to-date guide to current thinking across the range of disciplines, which converge in the study of development and environment.

 

part |16 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction

Development and environment in the 2020s

part 1|59 pages

Theoretical approaches and syntheses

chapter 4|14 pages

The financialization of nature

chapter 5|10 pages

Colonialism/post-colonialism nexus

An oxymoron of coloniality and globality

chapter 6|12 pages

Ecosocialism

Historical roots and current movements

part 2|166 pages

Global development, environment, and resources

chapter 13|18 pages

Terra sacer

Water infrastructure and core-periphery reconfiguration in Dallas/Fort Worth

chapter 14|16 pages

Sustainable development

Quo Vadis Africa

chapter 17|20 pages

No lifeboats available

Hurricane Harvey and emergency management

part 3|129 pages

People and communities

chapter 20|9 pages

Communities and conservation

Between two models of development

chapter 21|13 pages

Circumscribing local development

The role of community-based conservation in Tanzania

chapter 22|10 pages

Understanding the relationship among gender, space, and the environment

The case of Waorani Women in Gareno, Ecuador

chapter 23|19 pages

Upgrading the shock theory

Female resilience in reconstructing Puerto Rico after Hurricanes Irma and María

chapter 25|6 pages

The dialectic of places

chapter 26|18 pages

From Species Life to nature's outside

New Town “Green City”, Kolkata

part 4|57 pages

Policy and governance

chapter 27|12 pages

Diaspora within

Territoriality, nationality, and justice for the indigenous community in India

chapter 29|10 pages

Political ecology and policy

A case study in engagement 1

chapter 30|17 pages

Spatial policy,making

Using large, public datasets to illustrate spatial patterns of human vulnerability in Niger