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Geographies of development : an introduction to development studies / created by Robert B Potter, Tony Binns, Jennifer A. Elliott and David Smith.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPearson Education Limited, 2008Edition: Third EditionDescription: xxviii, 545 pages: illustrations (some colour); 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • rdamedia
Carrier type:
  • rdacarrier
ISBN:
  • 9780132228237
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD82 GEO
Contents:
Conceptualising development : meanings of development Questioning development Understanding colonialism Theories and strategies of development Globalisation, development and underdevelopment Development in practice : components of development People in the development process Resources and the environment Institutions of development Spaces of development : places and development Movements and flows Urban spaces Rural spaces
Summary: This text encourages critical engagement by integrating theory alongside practice and related key topics throughout. It demonstrates informatively that ideas concerning development have been many and varied and highly contested - varying from time to time and from place to place
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Book Book Harare Campus Library Open Shelf HD82 GEO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 132043 Available BK111148
Book Book Harare Campus Library Open Shelf HD82 GEO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 132044 Available BK111143
Book Book Harare Campus Library Open Shelf HD82 GEO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 132045 Available BK111044
Archive Archive Main Library Archives HD82 GEO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 91847 Not for loan BK58934
Book Book School of Social Work Library Open Shelf HD82 GEO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 110526 Available BK80630
Book Book Zvishavane Library Open Shelf HD82 GEO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 112908 Available BK85995
Book Book Zvishavane Library Open Shelf HD82 GEO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 110525 Available BK80716
Book Book Zvishavane Library Open Shelf HD 82 GEO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 102213 Available BK70793

Includes bibliographical references and index.


Conceptualising development : meanings of development
Questioning development
Understanding colonialism
Theories and strategies of development
Globalisation, development and underdevelopment
Development in practice : components of development
People in the development process
Resources and the environment
Institutions of development
Spaces of development : places and development
Movements and flows
Urban spaces
Rural spaces

This text encourages critical engagement by integrating theory alongside practice and related key topics throughout. It demonstrates informatively that ideas concerning development have been many and varied and highly contested - varying from time to time and from place to place

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