Outputs (182)

Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth in a Carbon Constrained World: The Case of Ethiopia (2013)
Book Chapter
Urban, F., Ting, M. B., & Lakew, H. (2013). Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth in a Carbon Constrained World: The Case of Ethiopia. In F. Urban, & J. Nordensvard (Eds.), Low Carbon Development: Key Issues (228-239). Earthscan, Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203108628-38

This chapter focuses on the opportunities and challenges posed by low carbon development in Ethiopia. Ethiopia is one of the world’s least developed countries. Due to marginal emissions and high vulnerability to climate change, it has traditionally f... Read More about Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth in a Carbon Constrained World: The Case of Ethiopia.

Ride the Wind: Wind Energy in China (2013)
Book Chapter
Urban, F., Nordensvard, J., & Zhou, Y. (2013). Ride the Wind: Wind Energy in China. In F. Urban, & J. Nordensvard (Eds.), Low Carbon Development: Key Issues (259-269). Earthscan, Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203108628-40

This chapter discusses the planning and implementation of low carbon development in the middle income country China, with a specific case study from the wind energy sector. Today China is the world’s largest wind energy manufacturer, has the world’s... Read More about Ride the Wind: Wind Energy in China.

Making the most of resilience (2013)
Other
Béné, C., Newsham, A., & Davies, M. (2013). Making the most of resilience. Falmer, Sussex

Resilience is currently a hot topic with interest gaining rapidly in the development community, prompting, calls for more integration between humanitarian and longer-term development interventions. This growing interest offers a real opportunity for... Read More about Making the most of resilience.

Fascism: Essays on Europe and India (2013)
Book
Banaji, J. (Ed.). (2013). Fascism: Essays on Europe and India. Three Essays Collective

Review of: Chagos Islanders in Mauritius and the UK. Forced displacement and onward migration by Laura Jeffery, Manchester University Press, 2011 (2013)
Journal Article
Neveling, P. Review of: Chagos Islanders in Mauritius and the UK. Forced displacement and onward migration by Laura Jeffery, Manchester University Press, 2011. Social Anthropology, 21(1), 106-107. https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-8676.12004_10

Addressing water security in China: screening for climate impacts and adaptation responses (2013)
Book Chapter
Xia, J., Tanner, T., & Holman, I. (2013). Addressing water security in China: screening for climate impacts and adaptation responses. In J. Palutikof, S. L. Boulter, A. J. Ash, M. Stafford Smith, M. Parry, M. Waschka, & D. Guitart (Eds.), Climate Adaptation Futures (287-293). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118529577.ch27

This chapter describes a systematic screening approach to assess and manage the potential impact of climate change on development projects and programmes, piloted in the water sector in China. The adaptation screening framework was piloted in three p... Read More about Addressing water security in China: screening for climate impacts and adaptation responses.

Somali Transnational Activism and Integration in the UK: Mutually Supporting Strategies (2013)
Journal Article
Hammond, L. (2013). Somali Transnational Activism and Integration in the UK: Mutually Supporting Strategies. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 39(6), 1001-1017. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2013.765666

This paper considers the simultaneous processes of transnational activism and integration amongst Somalis living in the UK. It argues that, rather than challenging integration, diasporic Somalis’ involvement in transnational activism may actually sup... Read More about Somali Transnational Activism and Integration in the UK: Mutually Supporting Strategies.

An Evaluation of the UK Food Standards Agency’s Salt Campaign (2013)
Journal Article
Shankar, B., Brambila-Macias, J., Traill, B., Mazzocchi, M., & Capacci, S. (2013). An Evaluation of the UK Food Standards Agency’s Salt Campaign. Health Economics, 22(2), 243-250. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.2772

Sri Lanka in 2012: Securing the State, Enforcing the ‘Peace' (2013)
Journal Article
Goodhand, J. (2013). Sri Lanka in 2012: Securing the State, Enforcing the ‘Peace'. Asian Survey, 53(1), 64-72. https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2013.53.1.64

Since the end of the civil war in May 2009, Sri Lanka’s government has continued to consolidate the unitary state and centralize power by combining political reform, patronage, and economic development. However, two forces countering such unity and c... Read More about Sri Lanka in 2012: Securing the State, Enforcing the ‘Peace'.

Characterising resilience: unpacking the concept for tackling climate change and development (2013)
Journal Article
Bahadur, A., Ibrahim, M., & Tanner, T. Characterising resilience: unpacking the concept for tackling climate change and development. Climate and Development, 5(1), 55-65. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2012.762334

The term ‘resilience’ is increasingly used in the context of discussion, policies and programming around climate change adaptation1
This paper works with the following definition of climate change adaptation, ‘is a process by which strategies to mod... Read More about Characterising resilience: unpacking the concept for tackling climate change and development.