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Global Desertification: Building a Science for Dryland Development
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Howitt, Richard, Ruth Fincher, Katherine Gibson, Simon Batterbury, & Bruce A. Ryan. (2024). Janice Edith Jones Monk (13.03.1937–12.07.2024). Australian Geographer. 55(3). 425–431.1 indexed citations
Batterbury, Simon. (2018). Affirmative and engaged political ecology: Practical applications and participatory development actions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 47(5). 111–131.6 indexed citations
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Batterbury, Simon & Jason Byrne. (2017). Australia: Reclaiming the Public University?. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 2017. 23–32.3 indexed citations
Batterbury, Simon. (2015). The Journal of Political Ecology. Minerva Access (University of Melbourne). 73–75.162 indexed citations
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Batterbury, Simon. (2015). Who are the radical academics today?. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University).2 indexed citations
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Obando, Joy Apiyo, Simon Batterbury, Roy H. Behnke, et al.. (2014). Responding to Desertification at the National Scale Detection, Explanation,and Responses. Kenyatta University Institutional Repository (Kenyatta University).2 indexed citations
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Bebbington, Anthony, et al.. (2007). Beyond the development text: the World Bank and empowerment in practice. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science).1 indexed citations
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Batterbury, Simon. (1998). The African Sahel: 25 years after the great drought-assessing progress, setting a new agenda. Environmental Conservation. 25(3). 7–8.
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Batterbury, Simon. (1997). The political ecology of environmental management in semi-arid west Africa : case studies from the Central Plateau, Burkina Faso. UMI Dissertation Services eBooks.12 indexed citations
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Batterbury, Simon, Tim Forsyth, & Ken Thomson. (1997). Environmental transformations in developing countries : Hybrid research and democratic policy. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University).50 indexed citations
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Batterbury, Simon. (1996). Planners or performers? Reflections on indigenous dryland farming in Northern Burkina Faso. Agriculture and Human Values. 13(3).8 indexed citations
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Batterbury, Simon. (1994). Soil and water conservation in Burkina Faso - the role of community organizations. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University).3 indexed citations
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