When disaster strikes in cities the effects can be catastrophic compared to other
environments. But what factors actually determine the vulnerability or resilience of cities …

Brazil s democracy has frequently been described as unconsolidated, its citizens as
apathetic and uninterested in politics. But in Porto Alegre, a host city to the World Social …

This book provides an invaluable guide to undertaking development fieldwork in both the
developing world and in western contexts. It takes you through all the key stages in …

This chapter aims to situate the environmental problems of the urban poor in their
international context and draw some action-oriented conclusions. The relationship between …

Local environments such as cities and neighbourhoods are becoming a focal point for those
concerned with environmental justice and sustainability. The Citizens at Risk takes up this …

This paper investigates the relationship between participation, empowerment and
sustainability. Using the multisectoral and multicontextual experience of participation …

The tension between international agencies, national and local institutions of the Global
South has received much recent attention. This paper contributes to the debate by …

Arrangements for collaboration in knowledge production across academia, government, non-
governmental organisations, and corporations have several names, such as citizen-science …

The 1992 Rio Summit and subsequent literature and debate has focused on'green'issues
such as biodiversity, climate change and marine pollution. Much less has been written …

This paper examines why a growing number of government bureaucracies are attempting to
develop and integrate participatory research and development approaches into their …