Figuring rural development : concepts and cases of land use, sustainability and integrative indicators /

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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 to quan...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hobbes, Marieke, 1976-
Format: Thesis Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Leiden] : Leiden University Press, ©2010.
Series:LUP dissertations.
Subjects:
Rural development > Southeast Asia.
Développement rural > Asie du Sud-Est.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
Ecology
Economic history
Rural development
Southeast Asia > Environmental conditions.
Southeast Asia > Economic conditions.
Asie du Sud-Est > Conditions environnementales.
Asie du Sud-Est > Conditions économiques.
Southeast Asia
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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