The lack of consensus and consistency in measuring resilience undermines the ability of the
development aid community to objectively monitor and verify the effects of programs that are …

It is well known that the world is transitioning to an irrevocable urban future whose epicentre
has moved into the cities of Asia and Africa. What is less clear is how this will be managed …

This groundbreaking volume is the first comprehensive, critical examination of the rise of
protected areas and their current social and economic position in our world. It examines the …

This book is an introduction to the wide-ranging topic of non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) and development, combining a critical overview of the main research literature with …

Broadly defined as an activity in which people pay to volunteer in development or
conservation projects, voluntourism is one of the fastest growing alternative tourism markets …

Crossing disciplinary and chronological boundaries, Volunteer Tourism: Popular
Humanitarianism in Neoliberal Times is the first full-length treatment of volunteer tourism …

The introduction to this collection brings together, under the umbrella terms of citizen aid and
grassroots humanitarianism, interdisciplinary research on small-scale, privately funded …

The term NGO is applied to many kinds of organization, ranging from large Northern-based
charities such as Oxfam to local self-help organizations in the South with an aim to improve …

Global crises such as rising economic inequality, volatile financial markets, and devastating
climate change illustrate the defects of a global economic order controlled largely by …

Harmful environmental consequences of growth have been rigorously documented and
widely publicized throughout the past half-century. Yet, the quantity of matter and energy …