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Conservation and resilience to drought: a social-ecological perspective on conservation areas in Kenya's Southern Maasailand
This thesis aims to elucidate the complex and important ways in which community conservation areas in Kenya’s Southern Maasailand interplay with resilience to drought. Using a social-ecological systems perspective and a ... -
Assembling Economic Citizenship: Indigenous Women’s Work in Post-Neoliberal Bolivia
(2021-01-01)Despite a wide-ranging literature on the ‘post-neoliberal’ shift in Bolivia post-2006, there has been limited attention to women’s working lives. Furthermore, literature on urban indigenous women’s work in Bolivia, as with ... -
Epidemiological Landscapes: The Spaces and Politics of Mosquito Control in Lahore
This thesis investigates the landscapes and ecologies of epidemic disease, and how they shape, and are shaped by, urban politics in the postcolonial city. Recent outbreaks of dengue fever, chikungunyia, and zika, and the ... -
On Shape and Being Shaped - Rethinking the Urban Built Environment as a Catalyst of Childhood Inactivity and Obesity
(2020-11-24)Childhood obesity, although a preventable condition, remains a major global public health concern. Despite tremendous efforts, researchers and policymakers have been unable to turn the tide on children’s weight gain. In ...