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

• Autore: Hamadeh Shadi
• Pubblicazione: Ottawa, Ont., : International Development Research Centre, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (143 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.900953
• Soggetto topico: Economic history
• Soggetto geografico: Arabian Peninsula Economic conditions Research
• Altri autori: HaidarMona ZuraykRami
• 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
• Altri titoli varianti: Cactus flower
• Titolo autorizzato: Research for development in the dry Arab Region
• ISBN: 1-280-71820-X; 9786610718207; 983-9054-46-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910222211803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II