Description
Consisting of nine original chapters, this volume on theory and methods on sustainable development in Africa are crafted from a series of Sustainable Development Workshops organized by eight partner universities in Africa. The book responds to the call for concepts and methods suited to explaining and understanding sustainable development challenges on the African continent. Contributors are African faculty and graduates of the three master’s programmes in Sustainable Urban Development, Sustainable Integrated Rural Development and Mining and Mineral Resources, coordinated by the eight partner African universities who make up the Education for Sustainable Development in Africa (ESDA) initiative.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Moving towards Transdisciplinarity: Framing Sustainability Challenges in Africa
Shogo Kudo, Farai Kapfudzaruwa, Jennifer L. Broadhurst, Sampson E. Edusah, Kwabena Gyekye Awere, Kanako Matsuyama, Masafumi Nagao, & Takashi Mino
Chapter 2
Rethinking Rural Development: Application of Multifunctionality (MF) Theory in Understanding and Measuring Rural Wellbeing and Sustainability
Gideon Baffoe
Chapter 3
Transdisciplinarity and Sustainability: The Role of Social Capital Theory
Eliasu Mumuni, Amin Alhassan and Nashiru Sulemana
Chapter 4
Towards an Indicator Framework for Sustainable Cities in Kenya: A Theoretical and Methodological Overview
Nzioka John Muthama
Chapter 5
Concepts, Frameworks, and Policy Tools for Disaster Risk Management: Linking with Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Masahiko Haraguchi and Upmanu Lall
Chapter 6
Safeguards Spectrum Framework (ESESS): A Planning Tool for Assessing Potential and Actual Impacts of Development Interventions to Advance Sustainable Development
Albert A. Arhin and Sampson E. Edusah
Chapter 7
Quantitative Assessment of Land Cover Change of the Ridge Environment of Ayi Mensah-Peduase, Ghana
Kwabena Gyekye Awere and Alex Barimah Owusu
Chapter 8
Sustainability of Community and Mine Workers’ Health in a Mining Context: A Rapid Review of Sustainable Development and Livelihoods
Brian Chanda Chiluba
Chapter 9
Reflections on Method of Expert Interviews for Research on Sustainable Development of Mineral Resources in Africa
Helene-Marie Stander and Jennifer L. Broadhurst
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