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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

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

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, A.Azadi, H.Bhaduri, AnikBharati, LunaBraimoh, A.K.Martius, C.Sunderland, T.C.H.Taheri, F.[Trade-offs in multi-purpose land use under land degradation]Trade-offs in multi-purpose land use under land degradation

L’urbanisation rapide associée à la stagnation économique, le sous-développement des transports et l’inefficacité du système de commercialisation des produits agricoles ont augmenté l’importance de l’agriculture périurbaine sur l’emploi et la sécurité alimentaire à Yaoundé. L’agriculture périurba...


Dongmo, T.Gockowski, J.Hernández, S.Awono, L.Moudon, M.[Lagriculture periurbaine a Yaounde: ses rapports avec le reduction de la pauvrete, le developpement economique, la conservation de la biodiversite et de lenvironnement]Lagriculture periurbaine a Yaounde: ses rapports avec le reduction de la pauvrete, le developpement economique, la conservation de la biodiversite et de lenvironnement

Rural–urban migration can have both positive and negative environmental consequences for tropical forests. Rural residents exert pressure on the environment through farming, fishing, and forest extraction, yet conversely, protecting rural livelihoods is often the motivation for conserving large a...


Parry, L.Day, B.Amaral, S.Peres, C.A.[Drivers of rural exodus from Amazonian headwaters]Drivers of rural exodus from Amazonian headwaters

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