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Tackling Sustainable Development in Africa and Asia

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Perspectives from Next Generation Researchers
212 Pages | 6 x 9 | © 2018
Edited by Shogo Kudo, Farai Kapfudzaruwa

This book highlights the important role of the complex nature of interactions between rural and urban areas in Africa and how this relates to sustainable development on the continent – one with a fast urbanization rate. The volume critiques the widely held assumption of a societal divide where rural areas are mostly agricultural, whilst urban areas engage in industry and services. Contributors provide conceptual arguments and present case studies in Africa which illustrate the complex and multifaceted interdependencies between cities and rural areas, through the flow of natural resources, people, capital, information, goods and services which directly impacts the socio-ecological as well as economic sustainability of these spaces. This volume forms part of an Education for Sustainable Development in Africa (ESDA) book series involving the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability and 8 partner African universities running Master’s Programs in sustainable development. The book series is intended to serve primarily as undergraduate and graduate instruction materials for courses on sustainable development in Africa, as well as policy input to key developmental issues in Africa.

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This book provides a platform for young scholars in Africa and Asia, the Next Generation Researchers (NGRs), to publish their research outputs and express their perspectives on varying sustainable development challenges. This book forms part of a book series for the Education for Sustainable Development in Africa (ESDA) initiative administered by the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study for Sustainability (UNU-IAS) in partnership with 8 leading African universities. The sustainability perspectives expressed by

young people – previously a silent voice in the global sustainable development agenda, are valuable in informing policy debates, particularly, in developing countries. Furthermore, the multidisciplinary perspectives presented in this book will be utilised to inform instructional material for ESDA’s three Master’s programmes in Sustainable Urban Development (SUD), Sustainable Integrated Rural Development in Africa (SIRDA) and Mining and Mineral Resources (MMR), as well as policy input to key developmental issues in Africa.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1
Next Generation Researchers in Education for Sustainable Development in Africa Program
Shogo Kudo, Farai Kapfudzaruwa, & Kanako Matsuyama

Chapter 2
Developing Doctoral Education to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals: The Case of Commonwealth African countries
Chang Da Wan & Abel Benjamin Lim

Chapter 3
Institutional Challenges to Sustainable Governance of Community-Based Irrigation Management: Case from
Sagada, Philippines
Doreen Ingosan Allasiw

Chapter 4
Corruption and the Imbalance in Climate Finance Flows in Sub Sahara Africa: The Case of Cross River, Nigeria and Lessons for Social Science Researchers
Olushola Samuel Fadairo

Chapter 5
Political Ecology: What is its Value in the Era of Sustainable Development Goals?
Orleans Mfune

Chapter 6
Business Contributions to Climate Change Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood: The Role of the Shadows of Hierarchy and Anarchy
Farai Kapfudzaruwa

Chapter 7
Contextualising the Relationship Between Climate Change Perception and Proactive Actions: Thailand as a Case Study
Suthirat Kittipongvises, Takashi Mino & Chongrak Polprasert

Chapter 8
Sustainability of Off-grid Small Hydro Power Electricity in the Vu Gia Thu Bon River Basin of Vietnam
Nguyen Lan Huong

Chapter 9
Food Security: Remodelling the Equations for Future African Agricultural Sustainability
Alice Oluoko-Odingo, Richard Odingo, William Andahi, & Emmanuel Mutisya

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