Global Development and Environment
1st Edition
Published on 19. May 2025
218 pages
978-1-5292-3157-1 (ISBN)
Description
Available open access digitally under CC-BY licence.
Development and environmental challenges are often framed at the global or planetary scale, but in a vague or apolitical manner. This book develops a theoretically rigorous and politicized concept of the planetary to intervene in contemporary debates on global development and to enhance our critical understanding of development as we approach the second quarter of the twenty-first century.
Chapters explore key themes and processes including urbanization, demographic change, health, financialization, and infrastructure development. Referencing diverse cases and examples drawn from across the world, the book argues that the futures of global development are inseparable from environmental challenges and transformations.
Development and environmental challenges are often framed at the global or planetary scale, but in a vague or apolitical manner. This book develops a theoretically rigorous and politicized concept of the planetary to intervene in contemporary debates on global development and to enhance our critical understanding of development as we approach the second quarter of the twenty-first century.
Chapters explore key themes and processes including urbanization, demographic change, health, financialization, and infrastructure development. Referencing diverse cases and examples drawn from across the world, the book argues that the futures of global development are inseparable from environmental challenges and transformations.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 s/w Abbildungen, 4 s/w Tabellen
4 Tables, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white
ISBN-13
978-1-5292-3157-1 (9781529231571)
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Persons
Joe Williams is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography in the School of Geography and Planning at Cardiff University, and Research Affiliate in the Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation at the University of Nairobi.
James Duminy is Senior Lecturer in the School of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol, and Honorary Research Associate in the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town.
James Duminy is Senior Lecturer in the School of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol, and Honorary Research Associate in the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town.
Content
1. Introduction
2. Thinking Through the Global and Planetary
3. Making Planetary Environments
4. Urbanization
5. Demographic Change
6. Securing Health and Wellbeing
7. Financing Global Development
8. Connecting through Infrastructure
9. Conclusion: Towards a More Planetary Global Development
2. Thinking Through the Global and Planetary
3. Making Planetary Environments
4. Urbanization
5. Demographic Change
6. Securing Health and Wellbeing
7. Financing Global Development
8. Connecting through Infrastructure
9. Conclusion: Towards a More Planetary Global Development
