Peri-urban interfaces - the zones where urban and rural areas meet - suffer from the greatest problems to humans caused by rapid urbanization; including intense pressures on resources; slum formation; lack of adequate services such as water and sanitation; poor planning and degradation of farmland. These areas; home to hundreds of millions of people; face unique problems and need distinctive and innovative approaches and solutions.This book; authored by top researchers and practitioners; covers the full breadth and depth of the impacts of rapid urbanization on livelihoods; poverty and resources in the peri-urban zones in diverse African; Asian; Latin American and Caribbean contexts. Topics include peri-urban resource sustainability; ecosystems and societies and environmental changes in peri-urban zones. Rich case studies cover production systems and livelihoods including the impacts of irrigated vegetable production; horticulture; dairy enterprises; waste-fed fisheries and pastoral livelihoods. Also addressed are planning and development issues in the peri-urban interface including the difficulty in achieving sustainability; conflict and cooperation over resources; and a fresh look at the relationship between people and their environment. The final part of the book presents policies and strategies for promoting and measuring sustainability in peri-urban zones including community-based waste management; the co-management of watersheds and empowerment of the poor.This book is the most comprehensive examination of the challenges and solutions facing the people and environments of peri-urban zones and is essential reading for all practitioners; students and academics in geography and development.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great read and informationBy Shirley Ann BrewerHave seen. " Art of the Gold Rush." I have a copy myself and this purchase was for a friend.11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Art of the Gold Rush - A Pictoral Time MachineBy FaustitoThe Art of the Gold Rush was written. I believe. as a companion to the art exhibit that toured the nation in commemoration of the Sesquicentennial of the gold discovery at Sutters Mill. To scholars of California history. the reproduced paintings and text in the book are worth more than all the Gold dredged out of Californias Motherlode. The images are stunning. depicting scenes of early California in the detailed. realistic style of the pre-impressionists. The paintings show us San Francisco as a bucolic village at the mouth of a beautiful bay. They also give us a clear. in-color idea of how the 49ers looked. what they wore. and how amazing a wilderness California was before it was logged and paved over. The text in the book is as riveting as the paintings it describes. The authors introduce each painting with a discussion of its historical context. a brief biography of the artist. and an analysis of the paitnings structure and use of color and symbolism. Even for someone who. like me. slept through art appreciation. the text is fascinating. In summary. if you are at all interested in California History. you will relish every page of this book.3 of 9 people found the following review helpful. A noteworthy observationBy A CustomerI found this book to contain a dry discussion of art during this time period. For someone who claims to have the expertise of a true connaisseur of art of this time period. the analysis of the purpose of mirgrating artists seems to remain too general to derive any real meaning. In the future I would suggest that you include the purspose of these geographically migrating artists in the text if it is to be as informational as claimed.
