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Figuring Rural Development : Concepts and cases of land use, sustainability and integrative indicators.

This research with empirical data from the Philippines, Vietnam, India and Laos represents a merger of environmental science and rural development economics. It develops a unique measuring rod of wealth and poverty: Freely Disposable Time, which integrates time and cash flow of households tot quanti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hobbes, Marieke
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Leiden University Press, 2010.
Colección:LUP Dissertaties.
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  • Figuring Rural Development; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of Content; Introduction; Slopes, Markets and Patrons: Explaining Land Use along a Lowland-Upland Gradient in the Philippines; Material Flows in a Social Context: a Vietnamese Case Study Combining the Material Flow Analysis and Action-in-Context Frameworks; Material Flow Accounting of Rural Communities: Principles and Outcomes in South East Asia; Freely Disposable Time: a System for Time and Cash Integrated Livelihood Assessment Abstract; Discussions on Land Use Studies and Development Indicator Design; Conclusions; Summary