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Béné, ChristopheMehta, LylaMcGranahan, GordonCannon, TerryGupte, JaideepTanner, Thomas[Resilience as a policy narrative: potentials and limits in the context of urban planning]Resilience as a policy narrative: potentials and limits in the context of urban planning

Land provides a host of ecosystem services, of which the provisioning services are often considered paramount. As the demand for agricultural products multiplies, other ecosystem services are being degraded or lost entirely. Finding a sustainable trade-off between food production and one or more ...


Vlek, Paul L.G.Khamzina, AsiaAzadi, HosseinBhaduri, AnikBharati, LunaBraimoh, AdemolaMartius, ChristopherSunderland, TerryTaheri, Fatemeh[Trade-Offs in Multi-Purpose Land Use under Land Degradation]Trade-Offs in Multi-Purpose Land Use under Land Degradation

With increasing pressures from global changes (urbanization, climate change, etc.), cities in Africa will experience difficulties in efficiently managing water resources. Most of the urbanization in Africa over the next 30 years will occur in fast-growing small towns that lack mature infrastructu...


Bahri, A.Brikke, F.Vairavamoorthy, Kalanithy[Managing change to implement integrated urban water management in African cities]Managing change to implement integrated urban water management in African cities
Namara, Regassa E.Sally, Hilmy[Proceedings of the Workshop on Irrigation in West Africa: Current Status and a View to the Future, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 1-2 December 2010]Proceedings of the Workshop on Irrigation in West Africa: Current Status and a View to the Future, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 1-2 December 2010

Equitable access to healthy food is a critical challenge in urban Asia. Food safety governance promotes modern supermarkets over more traditional markets, but supermarkets are associated with unequal access to food. This study investigates how retail policies driven by food safety impact the diet...


Wertheim-Heck, S.Raneri, Jessica E.Oosterveer, P.[Food safety and nutrition for low-income urbanites: exploring a social justice dilemma in consumption policy]Food safety and nutrition for low-income urbanites: exploring a social justice dilemma in consumption policy

The Kalu Ganga Basin in Sri Lanka is generally flooded once a year. A network of low-lying lands acts as natural retention and storage that captures floodwater, minimizing damage. An increase in the flood frequency has been observed in recent years. It is commonly perceived that this increase is ...


Eriyagama, NishadiThilakarathne, M.[Actual and perceived causes of flood risk: climate versus anthropogenic effects in a wet zone catchment in Sri Lanka]Actual and perceived causes of flood risk: climate versus anthropogenic effects in a wet zone catchment in Sri Lanka

The paper has attempted to explore the impact of urbanisation on crop–livestock farming system in changing economic space and the livelihood impact of these changes. Urbanisation in South Asia is gaining momentum in recent years with rapid changes in economic activities and migration from rural s...


Swain, B.B.Teufel, Nils[The impact of urbanisation on crop–livestock farming system: A comparative case study of India and Bangladesh]The impact of urbanisation on crop–livestock farming system: A comparative case study of India and Bangladesh

Biological treatment, composting, in particular, is a relatively simple, durable and inexpensive alternative for stabilizing and reducing biodegradable waste. Co-composting of different waste sources allows to enhance the compost nutrient value. In particular, integration of ‘biosolids’ from the ...


Cofie, Olufunke O.Nikiema, JosianeImpraim, RobertAdamtey, NoahPaul, Johannes G.Kone, D.[Co-composting of solid waste and fecal sludge for nutrient and organic matter recovery]Co-composting of solid waste and fecal sludge for nutrient and organic matter recovery

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