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- Bachelors Geography University of New Zealand
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- PhD Geography University of New Zealand
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, James Anthony Binns is the Ron Lister Professor of Geography at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Background Tony Binns was born in Prestwich and grew up in Bury, Greater Manchester, UK. He attended Stand Grammar School, Whitefield. He graduated from Sheffield University and taught geography in schools while attending the University of Birmingham . He taught geography at University of Sussex from 1975 to 2004, before moving to the University of Otago as Professor and latterly Head of Department.
Tony Binns's Published Works
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Published Works
- Tourism as a local development strategy in South Africa (2002) (312)
- ‘Farming miners’ or ‘mining farmers’?: Diamond mining and rural development in post-conflict Sierra Leone (2007) (189)
- Geographies of Development (1999) (186)
- Globalization and the Changing Networks of Food Supply: The Importation of Fresh Horticultural Produce from Kenya into the UK (1999) (159)
- Geographies of Development: An Introduction to Development Studies (2008) (154)
- World Atlas of Desertification (2nd edn);: Nick Middleton and David Thomas (eds); Edward Arnold, London (1997), 182 pp. £145.00 hardback (2000) (151)
- Beyond the development impasse: the role of local economic development and community self-reliance in rural South Africa (1999) (120)
- Urban agriculture under threat: The land security question in Kano, Nigeria (2001) (120)
- Feeding Africa's growing cities into the 21st century: the potential of urban agriculture (1998) (111)
- 'Fishing farmers' or 'farming fishermen'? The quest for household income and nutritional security on the Kenyan shores of Lake Victoria (1997) (101)
- Motivation and Marginalization in African Urban Agriculture: The Case of Lusaka, Zambia (2008) (97)
- People and environment in Africa. (1996) (82)
- Place Marketing, Tourism Promotion, and Community based Local Economic Development in Post-Apartheid South Africa (2002) (81)
- Beyond the resource curse? Diamond mining, development and post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone (2007) (75)
- Culture, tradition and sustainable rural livelihoods: exploring the culture–development interface in Kandy, Sri Lanka (2010) (73)
- Meeting the urban challenge? Urban agriculture and food security in post-conflict Freetown, Sierra Leone (2012) (73)
- Initiating 'Developmental Local Government' in South Africa: Evolving Local Economic Development Policy (2001) (72)
- Learning from the people (1997) (70)
- Institutions and natural resource management: access to and control over woodfuel in East Africa. (1995) (68)
- The Village in a Game Park: Local Response to the Demise of Coal Mining in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (2003) (59)
- Devolving Development: Integrated Development Planning and Developmental Local Government in Post-apartheid South Africa (2002) (58)
- ‘Alternative foods’ and community-based development: Rooibos tea production in South Africa's West Coast Mountains (2007) (57)
- Alienation and obligation: Religion and social change in Samoa (2010) (57)
- Putting ‘developmental local government’ into practice: The experience of South Africa’s towns and cities (2003) (56)
- Community‐based development, non‐governmental organizations and social capital in post‐apartheid south africa (2001) (48)
- Economic crisis and food security in Africa: Exploring the significance of urban agriculture in Zambia’s Copperbelt province (2015) (43)
- Supporting Local Economic Development in Post-Apartheid South Africa (2002) (42)
- Africa: Diversity and Development (2012) (40)
- South Africa, Past, Present and Future (2000) (38)
- Decline and response in South Africa's Free State goldfields: Local economic development in Matjhabeng (2002) (36)
- Rural self-reliance strategies in South Africa: community initiatives and external support in the former black homelands (2000) (35)
- Desertification, drought and development in the Sahel. (1995) (34)
- Urban farming associations, youth and food security in post-war Freetown, Sierra Leone (2012) (34)
- Doing Fieldwork in Developing Countries: Planning and Logistics (2006) (33)
- ‘Catching the development train’: perspectives on ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ development in post-apartheid South Africa (2004) (33)
- Gold loses its shine - decline and response in the South African goldfields (2001) (31)
- Temporary labour migration and sustainable post-conflict return in Sierra Leone (2007) (30)
- Urban Livelihoods under a Changing Climate*: Perspectives on Urban Agriculture and Planning in Lusaka, Zambia (2012) (30)
- Tourism as a local development strategy in (2002) (30)
- Empowerment for development: taking participatory appraisal further in rural South Africa (1999) (30)
- 4 Dualistic and unilinear concepts of development (2001) (30)
- Population and environment in time perspective: the Machakos story. (1995) (27)
- Sustainability under threat? The dynamics of environmental change and food production in peri‐urban Kano, northern Nigeria (2006) (27)
- Sustaining livelihoods under a changing climate: the case of urban agriculture in Lusaka, Zambia (2012) (27)
- South Africa, Past, Present and Future: Gold at the End of the Rainbow? (2014) (27)
- Pathways, motivations and challenges: contemporary Tuvaluan migration to New Zealand (2012) (25)
- 'Going home' in post-conflict Sierra Leone - Diamonds, agriculture and re-building rural livelihoods in the Eastern Province (2005) (23)
- Tourism, development and corporate social responsibility in Livingstone, Zambia (2014) (23)
- Crisis in policy, policy in crisis: understanding environmental discourse and resource‐use conflict in northern Nigeria (2007) (23)
- Sidestepping the Mainstream: Fairtrade Rooibos Tea Production in Wupperthal South Africa (2007) (20)
- The changing nature of informal street trading in post-apartheid South Africa (1999) (20)
- Land, landlords and sustainable livelihoods: The impact of agrarian reform on a coconut hacienda in the Philippines (2012) (20)
- Empowering Freetown’s women farmers (2016) (19)
- The Dynamics of Urban Agriculture in Hanoi, Vietnam (2010) (18)
- The Routledge Handbook of African Development (2018) (18)
- Exploring people-environment relationships: the changing nature of the small-scale fishery in the Kenyan sector of Lake Victoria. (1995) (17)
- Gender, environment and development in sub-Saharan Africa. (1995) (16)
- Marginal lands, marginal geographies (2007) (15)
- Jobs, water or conservation? Deconstructing the Green Economy in South Africa’s Working For Water Programme (2017) (14)
- The effects of urbanization on rural environments in Africa. (1995) (13)
- South Africa's Current Transition in Temporal and Spatial Context' (2000) (13)
- Changing the geography of apartheid education in South Africa (1999) (13)
- People and drought in South Africa: reaction and migration. (1995) (13)
- Wild flower harvesting on South Africa's agulhas plain: a mechanism for achieving sustainable local economic development? (2013) (13)
- Hard times in Apia? Urban landlessness and the church in Samoa (2013) (12)
- Policies for pastoralists: new directions for pastoral development in Africa. (1995) (12)
- Geographies of development, second edition (2003) (12)
- Local agro-ecological management and forest-savanna transitions: the case of Kissidougou, Guinea (1995) (11)
- Uplifting small towns in post-apartheid South Africa: The experience of the Amathole Regional Economic Development Agency (Aspire) (2012) (10)
- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA'S WEST COAST: ‘DIVIDENDS ON THE PROCESS SIDE’? (2005) (10)
- Livestock market data as an early warning indicator of stress in the pastoral economy. (1995) (10)
- ‘Transforming Freetown’: Dilemmas of planning and development in a West African City (2020) (9)
- Decentralising Development in South Africa (2003) (9)
- More than just a game?: Grass roots cricket and development in Mumbai, India (2014) (9)
- Local Economic Development in Southern Africa (2003) (9)
- The Changing Face of South Africa (2001) (8)
- Climate change and community resilience in Samoa (2019) (8)
- Rural livelihoods and food security: long‐term insights from Sierra Leone's Eastern Province (2017) (8)
- Evaluating local economic development initiatives in South Africa (2002) (8)
- Decentralising poverty? reflections on the experience of decentralisation and the capacity to achieve local development in Ghana and South Africa (2006) (8)
- Community development at the coal face: networks and sustainability among artisanal mining communities in Indwe, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa (2014) (8)
- Youth employment and post-war development in Jaffna, northern Sri Lanka (2016) (8)
- IS GEOGRAPHY GOING PLACES (1999) (8)
- Issues in geography teaching (2016) (7)
- Are groups a good thing? Evaluating group associations among vegetable farmers in Freetown, Sierra Leone (2016) (7)
- Participatory rural appraisal - a significant step forward in understanding relationships between poor people and their environments. (1995) (7)
- Wildflower harvesting on the Agulhas Plain, South Africa: Challenges in a fragmented industry (2015) (7)
- Livelihood, sustainable development and indigenous forestry in dryland Nigeria. (1995) (7)
- Environmental resources: their use and management by the Bedouin of the Nubian Desert of southern Egypt. (1995) (7)
- Re-evaluating people-environment relationships at the rural-urban interface: How sustainable is the peri-urban interface in Kano, northern Nigeria? (2005) (7)
- Post-conflict reconstruction and sustainable development: Diamonds, agriculture and rural livelihoods in Sierra Leone (2006) (6)
- Sustainability of smallholder food production systems in Southern Africa: the case of Zimbabwe. (1995) (6)
- Geography and education: UK Perspective (1991) (6)
- A High Road to Sustainability? Wildflower Harvesting, Ethical Trade and Social Upgrading in South Africa's Western Cape (2017) (6)
- Resilience to Economic Shocks: Reflections from Zambia's Copperbelt (2017) (6)
- Teaching and learning about development (2002) (6)
- Exploring host perspectives towards younger international development volunteers (2018) (5)
- Beyond the development impasse (2001) (5)
- Ecological diversity and its impact on rural marketing channels in the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon. (1995) (5)
- 15 – Pumped concrete (2003) (5)
- Wetlands and floodplain development in dryland Africa. (1995) (5)
- New Zealand geography: Sharpening the focus, raising the profile (2011) (4)
- Environmental education and learning communities: The case of Kaikorai Stream, Dunedin, New Zealand (2011) (4)
- Healing the wounds of apartheid: evaluating 'developmental local government' in South Africa's cities (2002) (4)
- Sustaining democracy in the 'new' South Africa (2002) (4)
- Exploring community environmental knowledge through participatory methods in the Kat River valley, South Africa (1999) (4)
- Soil and fertilizer use among small-scale farmers on the Jos Plateau, Nigeria. (1995) (3)
- Achieving grassroots transformation in post‐apartheid South Africa (2006) (3)
- Development and change: irrigation and agricultural production in Dinokana village, North West Province, South Africa. (1995) (3)
- Conservation in the context of wildflower harvesting: the development and implementation of a Vulnerability Index on the Agulhas Plain of South Africa (2020) (3)
- Learn to debrief (2016) (2)
- The impact of the 1991-92 drought on environment and people in Zambia. (1995) (2)
- Practising Buddhism in a development context: Sri Lanka's Sarvódaya movement (2012) (2)
- Making development work in Africa (part 2): enhancing sustainability (2009) (2)
- The South African Wine Industry: Meeting the Challenges of Structural and Ethical Transformation (2012) (2)
- Postgraduate supervision: the continuing debate (1989) (2)
- Theories and strategies of development (2019) (2)
- Reconceptualizing Urban Agriculture in Africa: Issues of Scale, Class and Institutional Support in Zambian Copperbelt Towns (2019) (2)
- Urban Agriculture in Zambia (2019) (2)
- Putting ethics on the table: Part 1 consumption (2007) (2)
- Environment as weapon: land, labour and African 'squatters' in rural South Africa. (1995) (2)
- Putting ethics on the table: Part 2 case studies from South Africa (2008) (2)
- Evaluating living standards in rural Malawi: the experience of a non-government development agency. (1995) (2)
- Wondering about …. Geography—Its nature and its relevance? (2019) (2)
- Adapting to environment and market: trade and marketing in northern Nigeria. (1995) (2)
- HIV/AIDS prevention: building on community strengths in Ajegunle, Lagos (2011) (2)
- The Gambia: tourism versus rural development? (1991) (2)
- Experiences of love in diaspora tourism (2021) (1)
- The role of research in the initial education of geography teachers (2016) (1)
- Positionality and protocol in field research: Undertaking community‐based investigations in Samoa (2020) (1)
- Making development work in Africa (part 1): uplifting livelihoods (2009) (1)
- The Workplace and HIV-Related Stigma: Implications for Public Health Prevention and Control Policies and Programs in Malawi (2014) (1)
- Health and health care in the 'new' South Africa. (1995) (1)
- Using the landscape for development: tourism and local economic development in the 'new' South Africa (2002) (1)
- Fitzgerald, Patrick, McLennan, Anne and Munslow, Barry (eds), "Managing Sustainable Development in South Africa" (Book Review) (1996) (1)
- Anders Hjort and M. A. Mohamed Salih (eds.), Ecology and Politics: environmental stress and security in Africa . Uppsala: Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1989, 255 pp., SEK 140, ISBN 91 7106 295 5 paperback. (1991) (1)
- Corporate responsibility and development in post-apartheid South Africa (2013) (1)
- Fair trade and alternative food networks in the internationalization of small-scale rural entrepreneurs in South Africa (2013) (1)
- Government policies and the population-environment interface: land reform and distribution in Zimbabwe. (1995) (1)
- Resources and the environment (2017) (1)
- Talking past each other: Towards HIV/AIDS prevention in Nigeria (2011) (1)
- Regional development and change : AS-A level resource pack (2001) (0)
- James L. A. Webb Jr, Desert Frontier: ecological and economic change along the western Sahel, 1600–1850. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1995, 253 pp., US$45.50, ISBN 0 299 14330 9 (hard covers), US$19.95, ISBN 0 299 14334 1 (paperback). (1996) (0)
- ‘I lost my job suddenly, but I was prepared’: the significance of urban and peri-urban agriculture in Benin City, Nigeria (2022) (0)
- Understanding colonialism (2019) (0)
- Tropical/Development geography (1996) (0)
- Distinguished Service Award: Anna Susan Michelle Wilson: Geo-News (2018) (0)
- Geography of China: Environment, resources, population and development: Songqiao Zhao John Wiley, New York (1994) 332 pp £54.00 hardback (1996) (0)
- Distinguished Service Award: Lennox Sharp (2015) (0)
- The status of Local Economic Development in South Africa (2002) (0)
- REFERENCING & STYLE GUIDE FOR HUMAN GEOGRAPHY (2011) (0)
- A new provider for the City & Guilds of London Institute course : Concrete Technology and Construction -General Principles (2008) (0)
- P re-in d u str ia l South Africa, 1652-C.1900 (2014) (0)
- The ' ' Bay of Sleeping Beauty ' ' − − Post-Apartheid South Africa : The Case of Still Bay Place Marketing , Tourism Promotion , and Community based Local Economic Development in (2002) (0)
- Writing geography textbooks (2016) (0)
- The resourceful geography teacher (2016) (0)
- Distinguished Service Award: Sue Lynch (2015) (0)
- Book reviews : Little, P.D. and Watts, M.J., editors, 1994: Living under contract. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. xviii + 302 pp. £61.50 cloth, £25.00 paper. ISBN: 0 299 14060 1; 0299 14064 4 (1996) (0)
- Making development work in South Africa (2001) (0)
- Geography and education: UK perspective (1994) (0)
- Institutions of development (2019) (0)
- Distinguished Service Award: Suzanne Baldwin (2017) (0)
- Handbook of African Development (2018) (0)
- Celebrating 75 years of geography teaching and research at the University of Otago (2021) (0)
- Nigel Cross and Rhiannon Barker (eds.), At the Desert's Edge: oral histories from the Sahel. London: Panos Publications, 1991, 256 pp., £12.95, ISBN 1 870670 26 4 paperback. (1994) (0)
- Evaluating the progress of community-based development in the Kat River Valley, Eastern Cape, South Africa (2003) (0)
- Book reviews : Gould, W.T.S. 1993: People and education in the third world. Harlow: Longman. xi + 232 pp. £12.99 paper. ISBN: 0 582 00560 4 (1994) (0)
- Corporate Responsibility and Development in Post-Apartheid (2013) (0)
- Distinguished Service Award: Associate Professor Michael Hilton (2017) (0)
- Tourism as a means for development in Livingstone, Zambia: impacts among local stakeholders (2014) (0)
- Movements and flows (2019) (0)
- Globalisation, development and underdevelopment (2019) (0)
- Sustainable development : AS-A level resource pack : geography (2007) (0)
- 7Post -a parthe id ‘d eve lo pment ’: redistr ib u t io n w ith grow th ? (2014) (0)
- Questioning development (2019) (0)
- Does differentiation provide access to an entitlement curriculum for all pupils (2016) (0)
- Beyond greed and grievance in Sierra Leone (2007) (0)
- Health and development (2012) (0)
- Making development work: lessons from Africa (2001) (0)
- Issues in ICT and geography (2016) (0)
- Towards the question-led curriculum 5-14 (2016) (0)
- Pathways, motivations and challenges: contemporary Tuvaluan migration to New Zealand (2010) (0)
- Rural change in tropical Africa: From colonies to Nation-States. By David Siddle and Kenneth Swindell. (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1990, pp. 223, £45 hardback.) (1992) (0)
- New developments in local economic development (2002) (0)
- Book reviewDesertification: Exploding the myth: David S G Thomas and Nicholas J Middleton Wiley, Chichester (1994) 194 pp £32.50 hardback (1995) (0)
- Rural spaces (2019) (0)
- The global city in the south: The challenges of globalisation, economic growth and poverty alleviation in South Africa (2003) (0)
- Researching global futures (2003) (0)
- Achieving sustainable development in poor countries: lessons from Africa (2001) (0)
- B eyond th e L im popo: Sou th Africa lit Africa and th e w id er w orld (2014) (0)
- Urban spaces (2019) (0)
- Geography and education: UK perspective (1993) (0)
- Tropical Africa: continuity and change (2002) (0)
- Getting in on the ACT (2008) (0)
- School geography 5-16: issues for debate (2016) (0)
- ‘Resilience without development’ in a remote rural West African community: the case of Kayima, Sierra Leone (2022) (0)
- 3 – Accelerated strength testing (2003) (0)
- Sustainable Development (AS / A-Level Teacher Resource Pack) (2007) (0)
- A partheid South. Africa, 1948-94 (2014) (0)
- Honorary Life Membership Award: Emeritus Professor Peter Holland (University of Otago) (2014) (0)
- People in the development process (2019) (0)
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