Book Notes

Book Notes give short descriptions of recently published books, papers and reports on all subjects relevant to the environment and development. Priority is given to items produced by research groups and NGOs in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Book Notes also includes short descriptions of newsletters and journals. Send us a copy of any publication you would like included; we produce Book Notes of publications in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese.

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Globalization and Urbanization: The Global Urban Ecosystem

James H Spencer, 2014, 268 pages. Published by Rowman & Littlefield, ISBN: 9781442214750.

Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South

Sue Parnell and Sophie Oldfield (editors), 2014, 636 pages. Published by Routledge, London and New York. ISBN: 9780415818650.

Reclaiming American Cities: The Struggle for People, Place, and Nature since 1900

Rutherford H Platt, 2014, 298 pages. Published by University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst and Boston. ISBN: 9781625340504.

Atlas of Cities

Paul Knox (editor), 2014, 256 pages. Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford. ISBN: 9780691157818.

Nigeria: Demographic and Health Survey 2013

National Population Commission and ICF International, 2014, 538 pages. Published by NPC and ICF International, Abuja, Nigeria and Rockville, USA.

Cities Alive: Rethinking Green Infrastructure

ARUP, 2014, 160 pages. Published by ARUP, London. Available at http://www.arup.com/Homepage_Cities_Alive.aspx.

Statistics on the Informal Economy: Definitions, Regional Estimates & Challenges

Joann Vanek, Martha Alter Chen, Françoise Carré, James Heintz and Ralf Hussmanns, 2014, 48 pages. Published by Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), Working Paper 2. ISBN: 9789295095854.

Urban Vulnerability in Southeast Asia: Summary of Vulnerability Assessments in Mekong-Building Climate Resilience in Asian Cities (M-BRACE)

Institute for Social and Environmental Transition-International, Thailand Environment Institute, and Vietnam National Institute for Science and Technology Policy and Strategy Studies, 2014. Published by the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition-International, Bangkok. Available at http://i-s-e-t.org/resources/major-program-reports/urban-vulnerability-southeastasia-summary-assessments-mbrace.html.

Foreign and Domestic Investment in Argentina: The Politics of Privatized Infrastructure

Alison E Post, 2014, 266 pages. Published by Cambridge University Press, New York. ISBN: 9781107048041.

Anaerobic Digestion of Biowaste in Developing Countries. Practical Information and Case Studies

Yvonne Vögeli, Christian Riu Lohri, Amalia Gallardo, Stefan Diener and Christian Zurbrügg, 2014, 135 pages. Published by Eawag – Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland. ISBN: 9783906484587.

Population and Health Dynamics in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements: Report of the Nairobi Cross-sectional Slums Survey (NCSS) 2012

African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), 2014, 187 pages. Published by APHRC, Nairobi. Available at http://aphrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/NCSS2-FINAL-Report.pdf.

The Spatiality of Livelihoods – Negotiations of Access to Public Space in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Kirsten Hackenbroch, 2013, 396 pages. Published by Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart. ISBN: 9783515103213.

Locating the Right to the City in the Global South

Tony Roshan Samara, Shenjing He and Guo Chen (editors), 2013, 316 pages. Published by Routledge. ISBN: 9780415635646.

Building Together

Roger Katan and Ronald Shiffman, 2014, 320 pages. Published by New Village Press, New York. ISBN: 9781613320167.

Ecofeminism

Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva, 2014, 336 pages. Published by Zed Books, London. ISBN: 9781780325637.

Harare Slum Profiles Report

Dialogue on Shelter and Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation, in partnership with the City of Harare, 98 pages. Available at http://pubs.iied.org/G03861.html.

Governing Megacities in Emerging Countries

Dominique Lorrain (editor), 2014, 301 pages. Published by Ashgate. ISBN: 9781472425881.

Descubriendo Uganda: Relatos desde una mirada muzungu

Sonia Roitman, 2013, 148 pages. Published by Editorial Mundus. ISBN: 9789872798321.

Managing Systems of Secondary Cities: Policy Responses in International Development

Brian H Roberts, 2014, 233 pages. Published by Cities Alliance/UNOPS. ISBN: 9789082261714.

Low Impact Living: A Field Guide to Ecological, Affordable Community Building

Paul Chatterton, 2014, 232 pages. Published by Routledge, London and New York. ISBN: 9780415661614.

Community-Based Urban Violence Prevention: Innovative Approaches in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arab Region

Kosta Mathéy and Silvia Matuk (editors), 2015. Published by Transcript Verlag. ISBN: 9783837629903.

The Metropolitan Revolution: How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy

Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley, 2013. Brookings Institution Press. ISBN: 9780815721512.

Compendium of Accessible WASH Technologies

Hazel Jones and Jane Wilbur, 2014. WaterAid. Available at http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=aff6d098-00f2-42e5-b9a0-22ec2b264a5e.