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Book SynopsisThis book brings together interdisciplinary perspectives with the aim of broadening understandings of poverty. It contains both empirical and conceptual chapters, including those by local researchers, on a range of topics highlighting the relationship between poverty and sustainability. It cover themes such as: changes in the environment that pose an existential risk to humans; new concepts in tourism development that consider it as one of the key contributors in the prosperity and well-being of all stakeholders; natural, social and economic aspects of human behaviour and environmental sustainability; the impact of global warming on human well-being; immigration and integration policies and analyses of public discourse on migrants; and overconsumption and its impact on sustainable development. It will be a helpful resource for students and researchers of environmental management, tourism, global justice and sustainable development.
Trade ReviewThe book is characterised by a high level of quality research produced by a group of very well-informed researchers from throughout the world. The topics are of great importance and highlight the connections between sustainability and poverty. This is a book that deserves to be studied very carefully by a wide readership. * Stephen McKinney, University of Glasgow, UK *
This breathtaking book is devastating, yet nevertheless inspiring. Traveling geographically and metaphorically among the multifarious phenomena of poverty and human deprivation – from Vietnam to Romania to Nigeria to Cuba, and from climate-change to urbanization to nutrition to tourism – this amazing collection of empirical conceptualizations dares to raise the supposed solution of development itself as harboring both risk and promise. It behooves us all to read it intently, and then to think again about current, almost insurmountable, challenges that accompany poverty and development.
-- Anat Biletzki, Quinnipiac University, USA
This book is thoroughly recommended for anyone with a scholarly or professional interest in poverty, development, sustainability, and tourism. It offers a depth of theoretical and practitioner concern that is difficult and not always successfully achieved. The volume has the necessary breadth and depth of coverage and contemporary focus, with insightful discussions and conclusions, ensuring it will meet the needs of academics, practitioners, and students in a refreshing and dynamic manner.
* Brendan Paddison, York St John University, UK, Enlightening Tourism. A Pathmaking Journal, Vol. 12, No 2 *
Table of ContentsContributors
Thomas Pogge: Foreword
Michal Apollo and Pahlaj Moolio: Preface: An Unequal World
Part 1: Poverty and Development: A Global Perspective
Chapter 1. Celina Aznarez: Social Distribution and Access to Ecosystem Services: Approaches for the Alleviation of Socio-environmental Inequalities
Chapter 2. Agnieszka Legut: The Climate Change–Migration Nexus Seen Through the Lens of the European Union: Analysis of Legal and Policy Frames
Chapter 3. Małgorzata Kmak: Dangers of Uncontrolled Urbanisation for Society: Selected Aspects
Chapter 4. Urszula Śliwka: Nutrition Insecurity in a Developed World: Challenges for Health Promotion and Further Directions for Sustainable Development
Chapter 5. Agnieszka Gawlik: The Internalisation of Tourism Externalities: Methods and Instruments
Chapter 6. Ozan Kaya: Slow Tourism: A Community-based Approach for Sustainable Development
Chapter 7. Agnieszka Gawlik and Barbara Woś: Agritourism and Ecotourism as an Innovative Direction for Sustainable Rural Development
Chapter 8. Rashedul Hasan, Mohammad Dulal Miah and Muhammad Ashfaq: Causal Nexus between a Sustainable Economy and Agricultural Credit: Global Evidence
Part 2: Poverty and Development: A Local Perspective
Chapter 9. Van Canh Truong: Measuring Sustainable Development: A Quantitative Evaluation of Sustainable Development in Vietnam
Chapter 10. Cristina Ghinea and Ancuța Elena Prisacaru: Evaluation of Consumers’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices in Sustainable Consumption: A Romanian Case Study
Chapter 11. Azizul Hassan: Environmental Sustainability Concerns: The Case of the Sundarbans of Bangladesh
Chapter 12. Kennedy Eborka, Chinyere C. Nwokeke and Mosope Akinbola: Urbanisation, Access to Affordable Housing and Sustainable Development among Low-Income Earners in Nigeria: Insights from the Bariga Local Council Development Area, Lagos State
Chapter 13. Chinyere C.P. Nnorom and Kennedy Eborka: The Condition of Women in Nigerian Families and National Development: The Imperative for Cultural Re-evaluation and Legal Rebalance
Chapter 14. Renata Rettinger: Cuban Tourist Enclaves: A Critical Approach
Chapter 15. Hoang Van Long and Mitsuyasu Yabe: The Impact of Environmental Factors on Profit Efficiency in Rice Production in Northern Vietnam
Pahlaj Moolio and Michal Apollo: Conclusion: Development – Prosperity or Disparity?
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