Social conditions

"Social integration" is a broad and ambiguous term, variously understood by different people. To some, it is a positive goal, implying the promotion of well-ordered and harmonious relations at all levels of society. To others, increasing integration has a negative connotation, conjuring up the image of an unwanted imposition of uniformity. For a third group, the term implies neither a positive nor a negative state.

This paper argues that, although safety net programmes have had some notable successes, they are not the answer to the social impacts of adjustment, and should not serve to deflect efforts to refine adjustment programmes so that their social costs are better contained.

The aim of this research is to: 1) identify the negative impact of conservation policies implemented in living World Heritage sites on the social quality of traditional communities; 2) develop a design tool constraining spatial morphology to overcome the negative influences on the social quality The study leads to a new approach to conservation planning that takes into account sustaining social quality while enforcing UNESCO World Heritage conservation program.

This book describes how an era of biohappiness, based on the conservation and sustainable and equitable use of biodiversity, can be launched. It deals with all aspects of conservation such as in situ, ex situ and community conservation, and also covers conservation issues relating to mangroves and other coastal bioresources, whose importance has grown with the emerging possibility of sea-level rise from global warming.

This nonfiction narrative set in the Kalahari dramatizes the timeless struggle over water, the fulcrum of political power. Facing drought, scarcity and climate change the besieged indigenous Bushmen use voluntary survival strategies while Botswana's government enforces regulatory rule. Their rivalry foreshadows our world, where two in three thirsty humans will soon endure shortages, resource conflict, a $900 billion market, and a global fight for water as a human right.

Jeune capitale surgie des dunes, face à l'océan, Nouakchott est née en même temps que l'Etat indépendant de Mauritanie. Cet ouvrage accompagne l'exposition consacrée à la ville, de sa création en 1958 à nos jours : écrist littéraires et journalistiques, témoignages et articles scientifiques, tous illustrés, retracent la genèse de la capitale, sa croissance depuis sa création et ses perspectives d'évolution.

Compartir un territorio no equivale a percibirlo de la misma manera. Por eso hay muchas formas de interpretar la realidad territorial, muchas aproximaciones sectoriales distintas. Este libro trata de mostrar la complejidad sistémica del territorio, por encima de reduccionismos o iteraciones. Expertos de muy diverso origen profesional reflexionan sobre conceptos emergentes que permiten ver sistémicamente, y sobre todo concebir holísticamente, un nuevo espacio para unos nuevos tiempos.