Extreme climate events such as aridity, drought, flood, cyclone and stormy rainfall are
expected to leave an impact on human society. They are also expected to generate …

Sacred forests represent an important long-held tradition of conserving specific land areas
that have cultural, and often religious, significance. India, with its diversity of cultures and …

This informative series covers the broad span of modern imperial history while also
exploring the recent developments in former colonial states where residues of empire can …

There is a new tide in global environmentalism. It arises from social conflicts on
environmental entitlements, on the burdens of pollution, on the sharing of uncertain …

The concept of sustainability lies at the core of the challenge of environment and
development and the way governments, business and environmental groups respond to it …

Relocating Modern Science challenges the belief that modern science was created uniquely
in the West and was subsequently diffused elsewhere. Through a detailed analysis of key …

Economists studying environmental collective action and green governance have paid little
attention to gender. Research on gender and green governance in other disciplines has …

British imperialism was almost unparalleled in its historical and geographical reach, leaving
a legacy of entrenched social transformation in nations and cultures in every part of the …

In the mid-nineteenth century the British created a landscape of tea plantations in the
northeastern Indian region of Assam. The tea industry filled imperial coffers and gave the …

How the rise of globalization over the past two centuries helps explain the income gap
between rich and poor countries today. Today's wide economic gap between the …