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The roots of female emancipation: From perennial cool water via pre-industrial late marriages to postindustrial gender equality
Santos Silva, Manuel; Alexander, Amy C.; Klasen, Stephan; … - 2017
Reviewing the burgeoning literature on the deep historic roots of gender inequality, we theorize and provide evidence for an overlooked trajectory that (1) originates in a climatic configuration called the "Cool Water" (CW-) condition, from where the trajectory leads to (2) late female marriages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011746872
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Cultural Resilience—The Roles of Cultural Traditions in Sustaining Rural Livelihoods: A Case Study from Rural Kandyan Villages in Central Sri Lanka
Daskon, Chandima Dilhani - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 4, pp. 1080-1100
aim of this paper is to examine the roles played by culture in relation to livelihood resilience, posing the question of … traditions for their survival. This paper shows how culture and traditional values strengthen livelihood resilience and argues …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683087
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Promoting Cultural Sustainability in the Context of Public Health: A Thai Perspective
Rawiworrakul, Tassanee; Triumchaisri, Somporn; Mawn, Barbara - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 8, pp. 2707-2718
and applying national and local culture and wisdom to sustain and improve quality of life. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683236
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Modeling Sustainability of Water, Environment, Livelihood, and Culture in Traditional Irrigation Communities and Their Linked Watersheds
Fernald, Alexander; Tidwell, Vincent; Rivera, José; … - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 11, pp. 2998-3022
Water scarcity, land use conversion and cultural and ecosystem changes threaten the way of life for traditional irrigation communities of the semi-arid southwestern United States. Traditions are strong, yet potential upheaval is great in these communities that rely on acequia irrigation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011029977
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Monocropping Cultures into Ruin: The Loss of Food Varieties and Cultural Diversity
Jacques, Peter J.; Jacques, Jessica Racine - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 11, pp. 2970-2997
The loss of genetic diversity of thousands of plants and crops has been well documented at least since the 1970s, and has been understood as a result of epistemological and political economic conditions of the Green Revolution. The political economic arrangement of the Green Revolution,...
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Worlds Apart: A Social Theoretical Exploration of Local Networks, Natural Actors, and Practitioners of Rural Development in Southern Honduras
Gareau, Brian J. - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 7, pp. 1596-1618
networks. Actor-network theory breaks down the nature-culture dichotomy of actor-oriented theory, so that nature becomes as …
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Resilience of Outdoor Spaces in an Era of Climate Change: The Problem of Developing Countries
Hatuka, Tali; Saaroni, Hadas - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 1, pp. 90-99
This paper recommends expanding research on the interrelations between climate change, cities, culture and the way …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010610315
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Making Migrants Visible in Post-MDG Debates
Thieme, Susan; Ghimire, Anita - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 1, pp. 399-415
While it is still a matter of global dialogue whether and how migration will feature in the post-2015 framework …, remittance-dependent countries like Nepal clearly back migration in their post-Millennium Development Goal (MDG) discussions. We … remittance-intense migration to include the increasing diversity of migration patterns and related commodification services, the …
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Museums, Diasporas and the Sustainability of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Naguib, Saphinaz-Amal - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 5, pp. 2178-2190
This article is about the work of museums in constructing the intangible cultural heritage of migration and diasporas … to the intangible cultural heritage of migration to Europe and argue that by recording, documenting, safeguarding and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010656002
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Gendered Morality and Development Narratives: The Case of Female Labor Migration from Indonesia
Chan, Carol - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 10, pp. 6949-6972
they experience the risks and promises of transnational labor migration in gendered and culturally specific ways. …
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