Poverty and Water: Explorations of the Reciprocal Relationship (International Studies in Poverty Research)
Language: English
Published by Zed Books, 2008
Series: Book 7 of 15 - International Studies in Poverty Research
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Uses a global spread of case studies to illustrate that water is not simply an issue of physical scarcity, but a politically-driven issue with profound implications. This book argues that for the international community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, governments must step in to protect the rights of the poor. Editor(s): Hemson, David; Mascarenhas, Adolfo; Kulindwa, Kassim; Lein, Haakon. Series: International Studies in Poverty Research. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 156. Weight in Grams: 472. . 2008. illustrated edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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- Title
- Poverty and Water: Explorations of the Reciprocal Relationship (International Studies in Poverty Research)
- Author
- David Hemson
- Publisher
- Zed Books
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1842779613
- ISBN 13
- 9781842779613
- Series
- Book 7 of 15: International Studies in Poverty Research
The book argues that for the international community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, governments must step in to protect the rights of the poor. Here, the links between poverty and access to clean water are explored with an eye to political reform that can end the exploitative policies of big business and help to shape a more equitable world for all.
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About the Author
Kassim Kulindwa is a senior research fellow and lecturer in economics at the Economic Research Bureau, University of Dar es Salaam. His main research interest is in the field of natural resources and environmental economics in relation to the sustainable development question. He has authored and co-authored books, chapters, and articles on structural adjustment and sustainable development, poverty, energy, biodiversity, environment, water resources and fisheries resources in Tanzania among others.
Haakon Lein is associate professor at the Department of Geography at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. His main interests lies within the field of natural resource management, rural development and climate change and disasters. He has for the last 20 years been in involved in research on the role of water in rural development in Bangladesh as well water management reforms in Tanzania and China (Xingjiang)
Adolfo Mascarenhas, was the first Tanzania Director of the Bureau of Resource Assessment and Land Use Planning (BRALUP) and the founder Director of the Institute of Resource Assessment at the University of Dar es Salaam. Since 1966 BRALUP pioneered several research projects on water. In 1978-79 he was appointed as the first non-engineer consultant by UNICEF/ WHO to draft the policy paper on Water and Sanitation as Part of Primary Health Care. On his return he was entrusted through BRALUP by two donors, with the task of implementing the UNICEF/WHO policy in 5 Regions in Tanzania. His major interest and publications have been on natural resources, famines/disasters and regional planning. He is now retired from the University and works independently on Environmental and Knowledge for development issues in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and South Africa.
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