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      The Political Economy of Soil Erosion in Developing Countries

      Piers Blaikie

      First published in 1985. This book examines wide variety of ways in which environmental deterioration, in particular soil erosion, can be viewed and the implicit political judgements that often inform…

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      The Political Economy of Soil Erosion in Developing Countries

      Piers Blaikie

      First published in 1985. This book examines wide variety of ways in which environmental deterioration, in particular soil erosion, can be viewed and the implicit political judgements that often inform…

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      The Tsunami of 2004 in Sri Lanka: Impacts and Policy in the Shadow of Civil War

      This book deals with post-crisis reconstruction and recovery work in Sri Lanka after the tsunami of December 2004, and presently in a situation of war. This book was published as…

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      The Tsunami of 2004 in Sri Lanka: Impacts and Policy in the Shadow of Civil War

      This book deals with post-crisis reconstruction and recovery work in Sri Lanka after the tsunami of December 2004, and presently in a situation of war. This book was published as…

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      Alternative Development: Unravelling Marginalization, Voicing Change

      Cathrine Brun,Piers Blaikie

      This book brings together a collection of essays that discuss alternative development and its relevance for local/global processes of marginalization and change in the Global South. Alternative development questions who…

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      Land Degradation and Society

      Most of the world’s land is manageable yet, throughout history, damage has been done. Ignorance, population pressure, the profit motive, and pressures on land managers all play their part and…

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      Land Degradation and Society

      Most of the world’s land is manageable yet, throughout history, damage has been done. Ignorance, population pressure, the profit motive, and pressures on land managers all play their part and…

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      Alternative Development: Unravelling Marginalization, Voicing Change

      Cathrine Brun,Piers Blaikie

      This book brings together a collection of essays that discuss alternative development and its relevance for local/global processes of marginalization and change in the Global South. Alternative development questions who…

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      Far Flung Fragments

      Piers M Blaikie

      Gripping and well narrated tales that take you back in time with the story!

      Far Flung Fragments explores various facets of life through a collection of short stories. Each story…

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      Forests People and Power: The Political Ecology of Reform in South Asia

      Assesses the implementation of ‘participatory’ approaches to forest management in the politicized environments of India and Nepal. This book examines the policy, implementation processes and causal factors affecting livelihood impacts…

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      Forests People and Power: The Political Ecology of Reform in South Asia

      First published in 2007

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      At Risk: Natural Hazards, People’s Vulnerability and Disasters

      Ben Wisner (Oberlin College, USA),Piers Blaikie,Terry Cannon (University of Sussex, England),Ian Davis

      At Risk argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed. The new edition of At Risk confronts a further ten years of…

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      At Risk: Natural Hazards, People’s Vulnerability and Disasters

      Ben Wisner (Oberlin College, USA),Piers Blaikie,Terry Cannon (University of Sussex, England),Ian Davis

      The term natural disaster’ is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase suggests an uncritical acceptance of a deeply engrained ideological…

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