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Geographies of development / Robert B. Potter ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Harlow : Addison Wesley Longman, 1999.ISBN:
  • 0582298253
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Contents:
Pt. I. Theories of development. Ch. 1. Defining development. Ch. 2. Understanding colonialism. Ch. 3. Strategies of development. Ch. 4. Globalisation and development -- Pt. II. Development in practice: components of development. Ch. 5. People in the development process. Ch. 6. Resources and the environment. Ch. 7. Institutions, communities and development -- Pt. III. Spaces of development: places and development. Ch. 8. Movements and flows. Ch. 9. Urban spaces. Ch. 10. Rural spaces.
Summary: Geographies of Development is an innovative and comprehensive introductory textbook for undergraduate students of Development Geography, Development Studies and related fields. The aim is to move away from the traditional approach whereby topics such as agriculture, industry, urbanisation, trade and aid are dealt with separately. Rather, key topics such as development ideology, globalisation, modernity, gender, ethnicity, tourism, land degradation and environmental sustainability are integrated throughout the text. The theme of the book is that ideas concerning development have been many and varied, and have been highly contested, varying from time to time and from place to place.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Theories of development. Ch. 1. Defining development. Ch. 2. Understanding colonialism. Ch. 3. Strategies of development. Ch. 4. Globalisation and development -- Pt. II. Development in practice: components of development. Ch. 5. People in the development process. Ch. 6. Resources and the environment. Ch. 7. Institutions, communities and development -- Pt. III. Spaces of development: places and development. Ch. 8. Movements and flows. Ch. 9. Urban spaces. Ch. 10. Rural spaces.

Geographies of Development is an innovative and comprehensive introductory textbook for undergraduate students of Development Geography, Development Studies and related fields. The aim is to move away from the traditional approach whereby topics such as agriculture, industry, urbanisation, trade and aid are dealt with separately. Rather, key topics such as development ideology, globalisation, modernity, gender, ethnicity, tourism, land degradation and environmental sustainability are integrated throughout the text. The theme of the book is that ideas concerning development have been many and varied, and have been highly contested, varying from time to time and from place to place.