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Gender, biodiversity and local knowledge systems project (LinKS)

The project was launched in 1998 and is now operating in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Activities in Swaziland will begin this year. The LinKS project is a regional effort in Southern Africa aimed at raising awareness about how rural men and women use and manage biological diversity. The project seeks to help development practitioners recognize that farmers have knowledge, practices and skills that are often highly sustainable and respectful of the natural ecosystems they depend on for their food and livelihoods.

Making waves: Integrating coastal conservation and development

This book examines the human dimension of coastal ecosystem management.

Environment, population and technology in primitive societies.

Livestock - environment interactions: Issues and options.

Cultural changes, economic growth, and population pressures are fueling an unprecedented growth in the world livestock market. This report explores ways of addressing resultant environmental challenges.

Poverty, hunger and population policy: linking Cairo with Johannesburg

In this paper, the author argues that population increase is an integral element in any policy on poverty, food security, and sustainability.

Environment, transnational labor migration, and gender: case studies from southern Yucatán, Mexico and Vermont, USA.

Using one case from the rural southern Yucatán peninsular region of Mexico (a migrant-sending region) and another from rural Vermont in the United States (a migrant-receiving region), the paper explores the two-way relationship between changing environments and migrating people.

Economy, Population and Urban Sprawl A Comparative Study of Urban Agglomerations of Bangalore and Hyderabad, India using Remote Sensing and GIS Technique.

In India, big cities and urban agglomerations have been the magnets that attract investment, which leads to development of industrial and service sector, employment generation, migration and population growth. Expanding industries like manufacturing, construction, trade and service of all kinds opens avenues of employment and has become the pull factor for the ever-increasing migration.

Household transportation use and urban air pollution. A comparative analysis of Thailand, Mexico, and the United States.

This report presents the results of a comparative case-study analysis of the impact of household transportation use on urban air pollution. The case studies were conducted in three cities that are known to have severe transportation-related problems: Bangkok, Mexico City, and Washington, D.C.

A comparative study of ethnic residential segregation in Ghana's two largest cities, Accra and Kumasi.

In this paper, the authors generated a Location Quotient index for Ghana's two largest cities, Accra and Kumasi, using 2000 population and housing census data to analyze cities' degree of ethnic diversity and concentration for comparative purposes.

Quantifying spatiotemporal patterns of urbanization: The case of the two fastest growing metropolitan regions in the United States.

Using a selected set of landscape metrics, the authors compared the spatial and temporal patterns of urbanization in the Phoenix (1912-1995) and Las Vegas (1907-1995) metropolitan regions, the two two fastest growing cities in the United States .

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