Grassroots environmental action : : people's participation in sustainable development / [electronic resource] / edited by Dharam Ghai and Jessica M. Vivian.. — London ; New York : : Routledge,, 1992.. — xiv, 351 p. : : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sustainable development and popular participation : a framework for analysis -- Foundations for sustainable development : participation, empowerment and local resource management -- Barabaig pastoralists of Tanzania : sustainable land use in jeorpardy -- Zanjeras and the Ilocos Norte irrigation project : lessons of environmental sustainability from Plilippine traditional resource management systems -- Sustainable development and people's participation in wetland ecosystem conservation in Brazil : two comparative studies -- Urban social organization and ecological struggle in Durango, Mexico -- Strategies for autochthonous development : two initiatives in rural Oaxaca, Mexico -- Ruining the commons and responses of the commoners : coastal overfishing and fishworker's actions on Kerala State, India -- From environmental conflicts to sustainable mountain transformation : ecological action in the Garhwal Himalaya -- Environmental rehabilitation in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands : constraints to people's participation.Local resource management and development : strategic dimensions of people's participation -- Who should manage environmental problems? Some lessons from Latin America.



ISBN: 0415077621 9780415077620

LCCN: 91041512

Nat. Bib. No.: GB92-34779

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Environmental policy--Citizen participation--Developing countries--Case studies.
Economic development--Environmental aspects--Citizen participation--Case studies.
Sustainable development--Developing countries.
Desarrollo económico--Aspectos ambientales--Participación ciudadana--Estudio con casos.
Milieubeleid.
Duurzame ontwikkeling.
Environnement--Politique gouvernementale--Participation des citoyens--Cas, Études de.--Pays en voie de développement
Développement économique--Aspect de l'environnement--Participation des citoyens--Cas, Études de.
Développement durable--Participation des citoyens--Cas, Études de.--Pays en voie de développement

Subjects--Index Terms: Developing countries Economic conditions Related to Environment

LC Class. No.: HC59.72.E5 / G73 1992

Dewey Class. No.: 363.7/058/091724

National Agricultural Library Call No.: HC59.72.E5G73 / 1992