Sustaining natural resources in a changing environment

Researchers and practitioners from across the material and social sciences explore the relationship between environmental change, the sustainability of natural resources, and their management in different regions of the world. This book was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Social Science.

Foreword David Canter 1. Sustaining natural resources in a changing environment: evidence, policy and impact Ruth Kattumuri 2. International water targets and national realities in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Uganda Kevin Sansom, David Hirst and Sam Kayaga 3. Towards sustainable development: planning surface coal mine closures in India Raman Srikanth and Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan 4. The impact of urbanisation on land resources in Chongqing, China, 1997-2015 Huiming Zong and Bingjie Cai 5. Negotiating transparency: NGOs and contentious politics of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in Ghana Nelson Oppong 6. Gendered participation in community forest governance in India Satyapriya Rout 7. Community empowerment in changing environments: creating value through food security Nicole Kenton and Sumita Singha 8. Environmental impact assessment: evidence-based policymaking in Brazil Kathryn Hochstetler 9. Low carbon energy and international development: from research impact to policymaking Ed Brown, Ben Campbell, Jon Cloke, Long Seng To, Britta Turner and Alistair Wray