Development Studies

Sustainable development: the interaction of social, economic and environmental aspects of development for the benefit of both the present and future generations
Rural development: natural resource and land management and conservation, social capital, demographics
Urban development and urban studies: Urban theory and history; studies of public space and public sphere; the relation of urban spaces to global structures, flows and processes; the relation of urban processes to migration and citizenship; urban anthropology; Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cities; gated communities; symbolic appropriation, memory and historic preservation of/in urban space.

13th Annual Global Development Conference -- Urbanization and Development: Delving Deeper into the Nexus

Saturday, 16 June, 2012 - 08:30 - Monday, 18 June, 2012 - 18:00

Conference

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Multiple Locations

GDN Conference Update

13th Annual Global Development Conference -- Urbanization and Development: Delving Deeper into the Nexus

Saturday, 16 June, 2012 - 09:30 - Monday, 18 June, 2012 - 14:30

Conference

Room:

Multiple Locations

GDN Conference Program

The Ural River Basin: Hydrology, Characteristics and Water Use

Lagutov, V.. "The Ural River Basin: Hydrology, Characteristics and Water Use." In Rescue of Sturgeon Species in the Ural River Basin, edited by V. Lagutov, 193-276. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series: Environmental Security. Dordrecht: Springer, 2008.

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Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy

Environmental Systems Laboratory

Establishment of the International Ural Sturgeon Park to Secure Sturgeon Conservation and to Facilitate Sustainable Integrated Water Management

Lagutov, V., and Vl Lagutov. "Establishment of the International Ural Sturgeon Park to Secure Sturgeon Conservation and to Facilitate Sustainable Integrated Water Management." In Rescue of Sturgeon Species in the Ural River Basin, edited by V. Lagutov, 301-323. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series: Environmental Security. Dordrecht: Springer, 2008.

Unit:

Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy

Environmental Systems Laboratory

The Ural River Sturgeons: Population Dynamics, Catch, Reasons for Decline and Restoration Strategies

Lagutov, V., and Vl Lagutov. "The Ural River Sturgeons: Population Dynamics, Catch, Reasons for Decline and Restoration Strategies." In Rescue of Sturgeon Species in the Ural River Basin, edited by V. Lagutov, 193-276. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series: Environmental Security. Dordrecht: Springer, 2008.

Unit:

Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy

Environmental Systems Laboratory

Ecosystem Services of Rivers: the Don River (Russian Federation) and the Roanake River (USA)

Rashleigh, B., V. Lagutov, and T. Salathe. "Ecosystem Services of Rivers: the Don River (Russian Federation) and the Roanake River (USA)." In Environmental Security in Watersheds: The Sea of Azov, edited by V. Lagutov, 63-77. 1st ed. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, 2011.

Unit:

Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy

Environmental Systems Laboratory

The Azov Ecosystem: Resources and Threats

Lagutov, V., and Vl. Lagutov. "The Azov Ecosystem: Resources and Threats." In Environmental Security in Watersheds: The Sea of Azov, edited by V. Lagutov, 3-63. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, 2011.

Unit:

Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy

Environmental Systems Laboratory

From Drift to Draft: International Institutional Responses to the Global Digital Divide

Radu, Roxana. "From Drift to Draft: International Institutional Responses to the Global Digital Divide." In Globalization, Technology Diffusion and Gender Disparity: Social Impacts of ICTs, edited by Rekha Pande and Theo van der Weide, 83-94. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012.

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Center for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS)

Islamic Banking and Finance: Alternative or Façade?

Pitluck, Aaron Z.. "Islamic Banking and Finance: Alternative or Façade?" In Handbook of the Sociology of Finance, edited by Karin Knorr Cetina and Alex Preda. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.

Unit:

Political Economy Research Group (PERG)

The Silence of Finance and Its Critics: Portfolio Investors in the World-System

Pitluck, Aaron Z.. "The Silence of Finance and Its Critics: Portfolio Investors in the World-System." In Routledge International Handbook of World-Systems Analysis: Theory and Research, edited by Salvatore Babones and Chris Chase-Dunn. New York: Routledge, 2012.

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Political Economy Research Group (PERG)