First, definitions are examined to understand what is meant by local and regional devel- opment, to establish its historical context and to explore the 'where' of local and regional development in space, territory, place and scale. Second, the nature, character and forms of local and regional...
Such processes include, inter alia, the industrialisation of food systems, economic globalisation, trade and investment liberalisation, and increases in multi-stakeholderism. While these processes influence countries and social groups in different ways, exploring their role in driving the global UPF ...
What is meant by basic education? Basic education refers tothe whole range of educational activities taking place in various settings, that aim to meet basic learning needs. According to the International Standard Classification of Education, basic education comprises primary education and lower secondary...
This is of course the history of colonialism, where utilitarianism is used to justify past and ongoing colonialism as ‘increasing overall happiness’. Ahmed connects Darwin with John Locke’s influence on how land is cultivated, by defining use through the labour theory of property. She locates ...
So to relative scales and their inconvenient truths. I had a chat with a journalist who called to discuss an idea they were considering regarding how the wars going on now would affect climate, more than changes in CO2 from industrialisation, etc. I had to keep repeating what was apparently...
The ‘London fog’ that came to define the capital through British novels and thrillers is in reality smog or smoke, a legacy of industrialisation. After a century of ignorance, London was hit by the Great Smog of December 1952 – the worst air-pollution event in the history of the United...
Not necessarily;“In the industrialised countries,environmental problems are generally related to industrialisation and technological development,”it continues.In other words,poor and rich both over-exploit the natural world,but for different reasons.It’s simply not true that economic growth will surely...
The Ratio is obviously to be analysed in conjunction with a wide range of diverse factors, such as: 1. Total container trade volumes Less-developed countries which have recently embarked upon large-scale industrialisation drives will see their container trade grow at a fast clip (due to higher ...
In practice capitalism has always meant intervention in markets to aid business and the rich. That is, what has been called by supporters of capitalism "laissez-faire" was nothing of the kind and represented the political-economic program of a specific fraction of the capitalist class rather ...
In other parts of the world, increasing agricultural productivity and industrialisation went together. More productive farmers meant there was a surplus that could feed cities; in turn, that created a pool of labour for factories. But African cities are diffe...