Land Use

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From The Dismal Arithmetic of Water From: Back to the Well View Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter, de Villiers outlines the anatomy of a water crisis, using the city of Sao Paulo Brazil as an example. He shows how limits in supply and distribution, in concert with growing …	Marq de Villiers	12	2018	$1.20 Add
From The End of the Commodities Boom and the Progressive Cycle, and the Creation of New Dependencies From: Development in Latin America View Fernwood Publishing		Maristella Svampa	12	2019	$1.20 Add
From The Future of Power Learning to Live Happily Within Limits From: Power View New Society Publishers	In the concluding chapter, Heinberg explores the territory between human self-annihilation and sufficient self-restraint.	Richard Heinberg	63	2021	$6.30 Add
The Political Economy of Agrarian Extractivism Lessons from Bolivia Fernwood Publishing	Around the world, plantation economies are on the rise. Increasing concerns over food, energy and financial security, combined with a geopolitical restructuring of the global agro-food system, …	Ben M. McKay	172	2020	View
From The Soy Complex in Latin America From: The Political Economy of Agrarian Extractivism View Fernwood Publishing	Commodification and Concentration Upstream Control and “Flexing” Downstream (Trans-)Latin American Capital, Pools de Siembra and Contract Farming Conclusion	Ben M. McKay	14	2020	$1.40 Add
From The State of Our Groundwater From: Back to the Well View Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter, de Villiers explores how many parts of the world are being impacted or will be impacted by rapidly diminishing and increasingly polluted groundwater sources.	Marq de Villiers	17	2018	$1.70 Add
From The View from the Road Recreation and Tourism From: The Culture of Nature View Between The Lines	The author explores the intersections between recreation, tourism, and the environment. The chapter includes 11 photos and images.	Alexander Wilson	36	2019	$3.60 Add
From The Way of the Engineer From: Back to the Well View Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter, de Villiers explores new technologies and innovative solutions to water shortages, and shows how we can engineer more efficient ways to use our limited water supply.	Marq de Villiers	18	2018	$1.80 Add
From Towards Neoextractivism in Extremis From: Development in Latin America View Fernwood Publishing		Maristella Svampa	17	2019	$1.70 Add
Unearthing Justice How to Protect Your Community from the Mining Industry Between The Lines	The mining industry continues to be at the forefront of colonial dispossession around the world. It controls information about its intrinsic costs and benefits, propagates myths about its …	Joan Kuyek	408	2019	View
From Value-Chain Control Relations of Debt and Dependency From: The Political Economy of Agrarian Extractivism View Fernwood Publishing	Industrial Value-Chain Agriculture and Transnational Capital Control Grabbing and the Spatio-Temporal Fix Conclusion	Ben M. McKay	15	2020	$1.50 Add
From What We Don’t Know About Fracking From: Back to the Well View Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter, de Villiers explores the risks and unknowns surrounding the process of hydraulic fracturing or fracking. He explores whether the economic potential is real and whether it is …	Marq de Villiers	19	2018	$1.90 Add
From Who Owns Water? From: Back to the Well View Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter, de Villiers discusses international law surrounding water use as well as legislation passed on a national level.	Marq de Villiers	15	2018	$1.50 Add