... waste incineration.
Solutions to waste-generation
problems include innovative
uses of waste, improved waste
management systems, increases
in recycling, advances in landfill
safety, and reductions ... reinforce understanding, and Internet
links and suggestions for further reading serve students with stirred interest.
Although Thomas Malthus's alarm about resource scarcity earned economics a ... increasingly pristine wilderness areas,
displacing more bears and requiring more labor and capital to clear trails and
install infrastructure. Likewise, additional bear habitat comes at an increasing...
... suggested guidelines for
establishing and managing a program to encourage research on sustainability,
agriculture, andnatural resources in U.S. institutions and their developing country
counterparts.
The ... managed jointly by BA and BOSTID.
The Committee International Soil and Water Research and Development is assessing the
needs and priorities in soil and water management for developing countries. ... systems indeveloping countries, international agricultural research
centers, private agencies and industries, anddeveloping country institutions (Yohe et al.,
1990). The eight CRSPs are conducting...
... Gumucio
10
COMMUNICATION ANDNATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ã EXPERIENCE/THEORY
Introduction
USING THIS BOOK
This book has been written as a tool for people involved or interested in communica-
tion andnaturalresource ... Ndangang, in the Co -management of Natural Resources: Organizing, Negotiating
and Learning-by-Doing:
In the past, many traditional societies formed relatively closed systems in which nat-
ural resources ... social change, and a commitment to enhance rural people’s capac-
ities in managing communication processes. FAO is interested in exploring this in the
realm of naturalresourcemanagementand rural...
... presenting methods for CBA in the context of disaster risk managementin
developing countries,
outlining the potential of integrating disaster risk into economic project appraisal in
order ... measures in
project and development planning also called mainstreaming in the literature.
Including disaster risk and risk management measures in appraisal methods will
help rendering development ... disasters in developed countries generally do not
find and discuss aggregate, macroeconomic impacts; indevelopingcountries a
series of studies focusing on developingcountries find significant short-...
... emphasis on
estuarine, intertidal harvesting of salmon. Beginning in 1973, I began inves-
tigating a related set of questions pertaining to the process whereby the Kla-
wock Tlingit had transitioned ... North Carolina, New England,
and Newfoundland. In all of these cases the fundamental point of similar-
ity lies in the close connection between local resources users and the envi-
ronment in which ... to contribute to more effective and sustain-
able approaches to forest managementin particular andnaturalresource
management in general. A central strength (and weakness) to tek is the
fact...
... hoes and other “grubbing”
20 WEEDS AND INVASIVE PLANTS
Weeds in Rangelands, 26
Original Vegetation and Early Land Use History of
Great Basin, 28
Introduction of Cheatgrass and Fire, 28
Invasive ... completely in the seedling stage. Mowing
or grazing in early spring makes little difference since developing seed of
the species are readily viable and capable of germinating the following autumn.
Even ... believed then and continue to believe that
better management results from the understanding of how plants interact wit h
each other and their environment andmanagement to create and maintain weed
populations.
We...
...
difficulties involved in satisfying short-term oriented investors, 3) managerial inertia and
resistance due to their conservative instincts and values and due to their uncertainty about
what ... found a clear linear relationship
between this participation index and three performance indicators, defect density, line
yield and cycle time. Finally, a study of the oil refining industry found ... gains, on the order of 40 percent or so in most of the studies reviewed, can be
obtained by implementing high performance management practices.”
Mainstream Economicsand Human Resource Management...
... decline in the percent
marrying before 18 in 24 countriesand no change in 3 countries. The percent having
premarital sex by age 18 has risen in 20 countries, and remained unchanged in 7
countries. ... collected in 50 developingcountries representing roughly
60 percent of the population of the developing world as a whole and 88 percent of the
population living incountries defined as low income ... schooling for young
people on the one hand, and to improve adolescent reproductive health on the other, will
be handicapped.
Schooling and Adolescent
Reproductive Behavior in
Developing Countries
Cynthia...
... adolescents in at least one of
the three younger subgroups. Of these cases, eight were in
Asia (India and Indonesia), five in Latin America (Guatemala
and Peru) and three in Africa (Uganda). Most ... to have the greatest in uence on the
use of maternal and child health care in Bangladesh, India
and Indonesia. In particular, adolescents aged 16 or younger
in India and Indonesia were less likely ... (12% in Bolivia and
Brazil). In Africa and Asia, most women lived in rural areas
(71–91%). In Latin America, especially in Bolivia, Brazil and
Peru, greater proportions of mothers lived in a...
... arjournals.annualreviews.org
by University of California - Berkeley on 08/25/10. For personal use only.
Quick links to online content
Further
ANNUAL
REVIEWS
...
... chain in different
ways, and often at different times and places.’
In summary, integrating SAGA into research is important in de-
veloping a better understanding and awareness of the social and ... integrate social and gender analysis
into naturalresourcemanagement research. They point to the im-
portance of ‘local’ history and context, and to the increasingly inter-
locking ‘local’ and ... common
issues; writing studies/stories; and planning.
KEY COMMON ISSUES
In reviewing individual case studies and synthesizing the most striking
things and the missing or underemphasized elements, nine common
issues...
... found
1083Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2000, 78 (9)
Indoor air pollution indeveloping countries
Indoor air pollution indeveloping countries: a
major environmentaland public health ... is protective in these settings.
Cancer
Lung cancer
Tobacco smoke is the most important risk for lung
cancer and explains most cases in industrialized
countries. Indeveloping countries, non-smokers,
frequently ... air pollution
and environmental tobacco smoke trigger asthma in
sensitized individuals (79, 81).
In developing countries, studies on biomass
smoke in relation to asthma in children and adults
have...
... Asymmetric Information: The Case of Industrial
Wastewater Treatment’, 28(3) Journal of EnvironmentalEconomicsand Management, 357-373.
Tietenberg, Thomas (1996), EnvironmentalandNaturalResourceEconomics ... regulations
concerning wages. The relocation of labor-intensive industries to developing
countries has drawn widespread attention and concern.
However, Porter (1990) sees stringent standards among other environmental
impacts ... ‘Polluter-Pays’ inEconomicsand Law’, in Eide, Erling and
Van Der Bergh, Roger (eds), Law andEconomics of The Environment, Oslo, 53-90.
Calabresi, Guido (1991), ‘The Pointlessness of Pareto: Carrying Coase...
... Liu
(1992), and Jiggins and Roling (1997) have noted that all types of action
research promote individual and collective learning and increase individual
autonomy and problem-solving capacity in a durable ... and so on. The natural resource
management analysis takes as basic elements the natural resources at stake
and the stakeholders who have some interest—directly or indirectly in
the use or maintenance ... claim on the natural resources and that should
also be heard in any planning exercise. In short, conflicts do exist and are
the rule rather than the exception in terms of naturalresource management.
If...