Electronic Books

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Agricultural Medicine

Covering both injury prevention and environmental h- ards, this innovative work is a practical guide for the family physician ...

An Architecture of the Ozarks

Marlon Blackwell is a passionate polemicist. He's also a very gifted architect. The projects in this first monograph on ...

Architecture and Agriculture : A Rural Design Guide / Dewey Thorbeck

Presents architectural guidelines for buildings designed and constructed in rural landscapes by emphasizing their connections ...

Digital Towns : Accelerating and Measuring the Digital Transformation of Rural Societies and Economies

This book explores the digital transformation of small and rural towns, in particular, how to measure the evolution and development ...

Enhancing Smallholder Farmers' Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms Learning from the TLIII project Experiences in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

This book shares the experiences of Tropical Legumes III (TLIII) project in facilitating access to seed of improved legume ...

Finance for Food : Towards New Agricultural and Rural Finance

This book reflects the current state of discussion about agricultural and rural finance in developing and transition countries. ...

Geographies of Schooling

This book explores the complex relationship between schooling as a set of practices embedded in educational institutions ...

Internal Migration, Urbanization and Poverty in Asia: Dynamics and Interrelationships

The chapters within this volume examine those complexities using a range of traditional and nontraditional measures—such ...

Migration to and from Welfare States Lived Experiences of the Welfare–Migration Nexus in a Globalised World

This book explores the role of family, public, market and third sector welfare provision for individual and households’ ...

Migration, Agriculture and Rural Development IMISCOE Short Reader

This short reader looks into the dynamics which have reshaped rural development and human landscapes in European agriculture ...

Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Areas

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book brings together research findings and experiences from science, ...

Population Change and Rural Society

Dramatic reductions in labor requirements per unit of agricultural output were occurring everywhere and not just in the United ...

Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia

This book looks at the major policy challenges facing developing Asia and how the region sustains rapid economic growth to ...

Proceed and Be Bold

Since Samuel Mockbee's death in 2001, the Rural Studio has continued to thrive, a tribute to its founder's vision. Under ...

Regional Analysis and Policy

Regional development is attracting the attention of policy makers and scientists again, as regions, urban centers and rural ...

Revitalizing Indian Agriculture and Boosting Farmer Incomes

This book provides an evidence-based roadmap for revitalising Indian agriculture while ensuring that the growth process ...

Rural Retirement Migration

This book examines the migration of older persons to rural retirement destinations in the United States. While the majority ...

Science for Agriculture and Rural Development in Low-income Countries

special emphasis was given to lessons for future thinking about the contribution of agriculture to: 1) poverty alleviation ...

Social Exclusion in Later Life Interdisciplinary and Policy Perspectives

Drawing on interdisciplinary, cross-national perspectives, this open access book contributes to the development of a coherent ...

Sustainability Impact Assessment of Land Use Changes

There are many reasons why strategic intelligence is required to support policy decisions. These primarily stem from the ...

Total Books: 1 - 20 /22