Ending poverty and stabilizing climate change will be two unprecedented global achievements and two major steps toward sustainable development.

The Darwin Elasmobranch Biodiversity Conservation and Management project in Sabah held a three-day international seminar that included a one-day workshop in order to highlight freshwater and coastal elasmobranch conservation issues in the ...

In a world where the reader is met with a barrage of conflicting and competing information, this book continues to provide a definitive guide to economics.

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The Challenge of Slums presents the first global assessment of slums, emphasizing their problems and prospects.

This book is richly illustrated with diagrams and contains a range of features such as international case studies showcasing current issues, review questions and extracts from journals to aid understanding and further knowledge, as well as ...

Describes life in the small Central American country of Belize while following a variety of children in their daily activities.

A groundbreaking investigation of how illicit commerce is changing the world by transforming economies, reshaping politics, and capturing governments.In this fascinating and comprehensive examination of the underside of globalization, ...

Analyses the consequences of further increases in the military involvement in drug interdiction efforts in the United States, focusing particularly on how this involvement might influence the consumption of cocaine and marijuana.