Poverty and Development: Problems and Prospects - Paperback

by Michal Apollo (Editor), Pahlaj Moolio (Editor)

This book brings together interdisciplinary perspectives with the aim of broadening understandings of poverty. It contains both empirical and conceptual chapters, including those by local researchers, on a range of topics highlighting the relationship between poverty and sustainability. It cover themes such as: changes in the environment that pose an existential risk to humans; new concepts in tourism development that consider it as one of the key contributors in the prosperity and well-being of all stakeholders; natural, social and economic aspects of human behaviour and environmental sustainability; the impact of global warming on human well-being; immigration and integration policies and analyses of public discourse on migrants; and overconsumption and its impact on sustainable development. It will be a helpful resource for students and researchers of environmental management, tourism, global justice and sustainable development.

Author Biography

Michal Apollo is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Geography, Department of Tourism and Regional Studies at the Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland; a Fellow of Yale University's Global Justice Program, New Haven, USA; and a Visiting Scholar at Hainan University - Arizona State University Joint International Tourism College, Haikou, China. Michal is a founder and board member of the Polish Chapter of Academics Stand Against Poverty.

Pahlaj Moolio is a Professor and Dean in the Office of Research and Development at LSi Business School, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; a Fellow of the Global Justice Program, Yale University, USA; Advisory Board Member, Basel Institute of Commons and Economics, Switzerland; and Cambodia Chapter of Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP-Cambodia) and member of ASAP Global Board of Directors.