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Capacity building is a topic of intense focus in many industrialized countries. This book explores the theoretical underpinnings of capacity building to sustain the natural, cultural and human resources of communities. It reviews the extensive literature on capacity-building strategies and policies and examines the implications of sustainable development in communities around the world. The book's approach is both theoretical and applied. It o...

Explains in layman's terms the current status of Africa's natural resources by examining its natural parks, the stress on the environment due to land use activities such as housing, infrastructure development such as road construction, and encroachment on the ecological systems of the continent such as forest systems, savannas, rivers and the process of deforestation and desertification.

A collection of essays on how to operationalize sustainable development in black Africa. The work expands the theoretical underpinnings of sustainability, but adds an applied perspective for attaining tangible results in democracy, food security, and environmental integrity among other goods.

An interdisciplinary approach to the problem of resource management in developing countries. Focusing on Africa, it explains the reasons for the continent's declining resource base from historical, geographical, economic and political perspectives, and illustrates the links among these factors.

Sustainable development has traditionally neglected the contributions of women. Now government and institutions in developing countries are beginning to realise the importance of the female contribution. This books shows that women must be fully included in development schemes in Africa.

Sustainable development has been approached from many viewpoints over the past 15 years without a concise or precise definition of what sustainable development really stands for. James has solicited contributions from an international group of experts who write about aspects of sustainable development from many different disciplines. Their consensus is that sustainability depends upon concerted development across the spectrum of socioeconomic ...