The Routledge Handbook of Development and Environment

Brent McCusker is Professor of Geography and Department Chairperson in the Department of Geology and Geography at West Virginia University, USA. He has published extensively on land use and livelihoods systems in sub-Saharan Africa. He also works with USAID on livelihood vulnerability analysis and mapping across a range of countries in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia.

Waquar Ahmed, a graduate of Clark University (Ph.D.) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (M. Phil.), is an associate professor of geography at the University of North Texas. He is the editor of the radical journal Human Geography. His research interests are in Capitalism, development-underdevelopment, state theory, foreign direct investments and social movements. His research has been published in the Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Antipode, Human Geography, ACME and several other journals and edited books.

Maano Ramutsindela is Professor in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He has conducted research in Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, South Africa, and Tanzania focusing on transfrontier conservation, land, and regions.

Patricia Solís is Associate Research Professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University, USA. She is the executive director of the Knowledge Exchange for Resilience at Arizona State University, an interdisciplinary effort to link multi-sector community needs with research innovations around resilience.