<p>Collected here in one volume are fifteen cutting-edge essays by leading academics which together clarify and defend the claim that freedom from poverty is a human right with corresponding binding obligations on the more affluent to practice effective poverty avoidance. The nature of human rights and their corresponding duties is examined, as is the theoretical standing of the social, economic and cultural rights. The authors largely agree in concluding that there is a human right to be free from poverty and that this right is massively violated by the present world economy which creates huge unfair imbalances in income and wealth among and within countries. This searing indictment of the status quo is all the more powerful as the authors endorsing it exemplify diverse philosophical methods and moral traditions and also highlight different aspects of poverty and global institutional arrangements. This volume will be of great interest and value to academics working in the fields of philosophy, political science and international relations, as well as to undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines. It will also be a crucial aid and challenge to practitioners in international governmental organizations (such as the UN and its agencies) and NGOs who think of their work in human-rights terms. Indeed, in view of the magnitude of the human rights deficit at issue, any moral citizen has reason to engage with the arguments of this book. And the book makes this possible for most in that, throughout, even the most complex aspects of rights theory is discussed in clear, direct language, making the text accessible to specialists and lay readers alike. This volume is co-published with UNESCO publishing.</p>

Freedom from Poverty As a Human Right: Who Owes What to the Very Poor?

Business & Money

Economics

UNESCO

Aquatic habitats supply a wide range of vital ecosystem benefits to cities and their inhabitants. The unsustainable use of aquatic habitats, including inadequate urban water management itself, however, tends to alter and reduce their biodiversity and therewith diminish their ability to provide clean water, protect us from waterborne diseases and pollutants, keep urban areas safe from flooding, and support recreational ecosystem services and even the aesthetic enjoyment of our world.  Aquatic Habitats in Sustainable Urban Water Management –  the result of collaboration between UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme and its Man and the Biosphere Programme – aims at improving our understanding of aquatic habitats, related ecosystem goods and services, and conservation and sustainable use – with a special focus on their integration into urban water management. The first part of this volume reviews basic concepts and challenges in urban aquatic habitats, as well as strategies for their management integration. The second part examines technical measures related to habitats management and rehabilitation, along with their incorporation into urban planning and their role in human health. The final part looks at current urban aquatic habitat issues and practical approaches to solving them through the lens of case studies from around the globe. Urban Water Series - UNESCO-IHP Following from the Sixth Phase of UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme (2002–2007), the Urban Water Series – UNESCO-IHP addresses fundamental issues related to the role of water in cities and the effects of urbanization on the hydrological cycle and water resources. Focusing on the development of integrated approaches to sustainable urban water management, the Series should inform the work of urban water management practitioners, policy-makers and educators throughout the world.

Aquatic Habitats in Sustainable Urban Water Management: Science, Policy and Practice (Urban Water Series,)

Wagner, Iwona

<p>1983, hardcover edition, UNESCO / Croom Helm, in English. 212 pages. The author is a political economist. Here he deals with an age-old problem: the desire for progress and the mistrust of how such "progress" affects us. "The author's aim is to clarify the meaning and direction of research in development."</p>

A new concept of development: Basic tenets

Perroux, François

The Agni Purana (UNESCO collection of representative works)

Eternités afghanes (French Edition)

Reference

REZA

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Les épopées d'Afrique noire (Collection UNESCO d'œuvres représentatives) (French Edition)

Lilyan Kesteloot

UNESCO World Heritage: Sites in France (English and French Edition)

History

Pierron, Jacques

Europe

Recent archaeological discoveries in India

Thapar, B. K

Asia

The Great Wall

Gu Bei Kou

Changfen Chen

Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities

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