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Record Nr.

UNINA9910222211803321

Autore

Hamadeh Shadi

Titolo

Research for development in the dry Arab Region : the cactus flower / / Shadi Hamadeh, Mona Haidar and Rami Zurayk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa, Ont., : International Development Research Centre, c2006

ISBN

1-280-71820-X

9786610718207

983-9054-46-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (143 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HaidarMona

ZuraykRami

Disciplina

338.900953

Soggetti

Economic history

Arabian Peninsula Economic conditions Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-123).

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acronyms and Abbreviations; I: The Land; II: The Seed; III: Germination; IV: Blooming and Fallen Leaves; V: Unexpected Fruits; VI: The Harvest; Bibliography; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Can dryland communities cope with the global changes sweeping the world today? Is their predicament limited to their difficulty of building livelihoods on precarious natural resources? Can development research and external interventions offer any sustainable and fruitful partnerships to this end? This book relates the story of a relationship between a poor rural community in arid Lebanon and a development research project and their common journey to embrace sustainable resource use. The book compiles 10 years of knowledge and experience of a team of development researchers investigating sustai