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This book aims to show how high standards can be achieved and the criteria on which rammed earth structures and building techniques can be judged. An important guide and resource for those wishing to employ this economical and low-carbon building material in the construction of public as well as private buildings in Africa and elsewhere.

In 2002, after a long political struggle, Lula was elected Brazil's first working class President amid huge expectations that he and the Workers' Party (PT) would bring much-needed reform. A great deal was achieved, including a dramatic reduction in poverty. But, just months before the staging of the World Cup in 2014, a series of social protests swept across the country. In 2015 further demonstrations erupted, with insistent calls for the impeachment of Lula's re-elected successor, President Dilma Rousseff, for corruption. Brazil Under the Workers' Party, the first serious look at what went right - and what went wrong - during the 12 years of Workers' Party rule, tells a fascinating story of realpolitik, as Brazil's first ethical party uses the old corrupt ways of Brazil's dysfunctional political system to achieve real change and is then devoured by the political system it has failed to reform. An enthralling tale, of great significance for Latin America and the world, told by two experienced commentators on Brazil.

Managing Humanitarian Innovation presents a new approach to transform the way humanitarian logistics are conducted. Innovation in logistics includes disrupting and improving supply chains through the use of technology and engaging people to manage this approach. The book discusses what innovation is, and strategies for supporting it.

A state of the art review of rice husk ash cement technology in the Indian subcontinent, highlighting its effectiveness as an alternative low-cost binding material. Includes case studies of field-testing in local institutions.CONTENTS1. INTRODUCTION 12. SITE VISITS 22.1 INDIA 22.2 NEPAL 132.3 PAKISTAN 153. COMPARISON OF PRODUCTION METHODSAND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USE 284. TESTING OF SAMPLES IN UK 295. RESULTS OF UK LABORATORY TESTS 296. COMPARISON OF PRODUCERS '' DATAWITH UK RESULTS 317. COMPARISON OF EXPERIMENTAL DATAWITH STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS 31ECONOMICSCONCLUSIONSRECOMMENDATIONSTABLES

How can we create appropriate practices for research collaboration in the face of climate change, widening inequalities, decreasing biodiversity and untenable consumption levels? Transdisciplinary co-production focuses on real-world problems through collaborative processes that include a wide variety of knowledge and expertise.

This paper is based on a study of the South Pacific Appropriate Technology Foundation undertaken in 1983 as part of an ITDG institutional initiative.

Primary Mothercare and Population meets the need for an up-to-date text in obstetrics, midwifery, gynaecology, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and family planning, for health-workers in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Its authors are senior clinicians and academics who have worked in such settings.

Agroecology is perhaps the most powerful force that can be unleashed to overcome the interlinking challenges of hunger, poverty, climate change, and environmental degradation. Yet scaling agroecology and changing our agricultural and food systems remains a great challenge. Fertile Ground seeks to address this gap.

Muchos países de ingresos medios y bajos están viviendo una rápida urbanización, lo cual genera una necesidad imperante e servicios, entre los que se encuentran los servicios de saneamiento. Si bien algunas zonas en pueblos y ciudades cuentan con servicios de alcantarillado, la mayoría de la población, y en especial los pobres de las zonas urbanas, siguen utilizando iversas formas de saneamiento in situ. Estos tipos de saneamiento requieren un vaciado periódico y el material extraído debe ser tratado antes de su reutilización o eliminación segura al medio ambiente. Este libro hace frente a la urgente necesidad de tratar los volúmenes cada vez mayores de lodos fecales y sépticos en los pueblos y ciudades en rápida expansión del Sur global. Además, analiza los contextos urbanos que afectan los requisitos de tratamiento y los procesos generales de tratamiento de los lodos sépticos. Examina las opciones y los enfoques de diseño en cada etapa del tratamiento, desde la recepción, pasando por el tratamiento preliminar, la separación de sólidos-líquidos, el tratamiento aeróbico y anaeróbico de las fracciones sólidas y líquidas separadas hasta los sistemas para hacer que los productos tratados sean aptos para su reutilización en la agricultura o como combustible. Este libro proporciona una orientación clara y sencilla sobre las opciones para el tratamiento de los lodos fecales y las posibilidades existentes entre dichas opciones. Todos los conceptos y enfoques son claramente explicados para que este libro sea accesible a un público no especializado. El Tratamiento de Lodos Fecales es una obra esencial para los planificadores e ingenieros que trabajan con los gobiernos locales, los departamentos especializados del gobierno central, las ONG y las empresas consultoras que se encargan de la planificación y el diseño de las plantas de tratamiento de lodos sépticos, los investigadores y los estudiantes de saneamiento urbano.

This book sets out the power of a values-based, systems-oriented, contextually derived, participatory measurement process to drive changes in social systems that result in measurable changes in behavior. It is based on You Get What You Measure (YGWYM), a unique approach trademarked by Yellow Wood Associates.

This book is about scholar-activism and political struggles for land. Scholar-activism is a way of working that tries to change society by combining the best features of radical academic and political activist traditions, despite the many contradictions and challenges that this entails.

This book is about scholar-activism and political struggles for land. Scholar-activism is a way of working that tries to change society by combining the best features of radical academic and political activist traditions, despite the many contradictions and challenges that this entails.

Humanitarian crises are growing in length and complexity due to external destabilising pressures including conflict, COVID, and climate change. Marielle Snel and Nik Sorensen call for humanitarian and development WASH professionals to work together to develop effective humanitarian WASH programming that keeps long-term development goals in mind.

Humanitarian crises are growing in length and complexity due to external destabilising pressures including conflict, COVID, and climate change. Marielle Snel and Nik Sorensen call for humanitarian and development WASH professionals to work together to develop effective humanitarian WASH programming that keeps long-term development goals in mind.

This book sets out the power of a values-based, systems-oriented, contextually derived, participatory measurement process to drive changes in social systems that result in measurable changes in behavior. It is based on You Get What You Measure (YGWYM), a unique approach trademarked by Yellow Wood Associates.

The Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) target livestock-owning communities affected by humanitarian crises. Drawing on international evidence-based best practice, LEGS supports practitioners to design and implement emergency responses that protect and rebuild livestock-based livelihoods.

The authors highlight the importance of confronting the financialization of food and agriculture, identify the challenges of conventional approaches to reform and consider innovative alternatives. Speculative Harvests is essential for those who not only seek a better understanding of the problems but are also in search of effective interventions.