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catalog abstract "A series of case studies revealing how the indigenous people of Africa are coping with the local environment by using a number of methods such as soil conservation, diversification, pastoral systems, irrigation projects and innovative crop-growing strategies.".
catalog contributor b7564189.
catalog coverage "Africa Environmental conditions.".
catalog created "c1995.".
catalog date "1995".
catalog date "c1995.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
catalog description "A series of case studies revealing how the indigenous people of Africa are coping with the local environment by using a number of methods such as soil conservation, diversification, pastoral systems, irrigation projects and innovative crop-growing strategies.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
catalog description "Introduction / Tony Binns -- Sect. II. General Issues. 1. Wetlands and floodplain development in dryland Africa / W.M. Adams. 2. Policies for pastoralists: new directions for pastoral development in Africa / Ian Scoones. 3. Gender, environment and development in sub-Saharan Africa / Hazel Barrett and Angela Browne. 4. Participatory rural appraisal -- a significant step forward in understanding relationships between poor people and their environments / Steve Brace. 5. The effects of urbanization on rural environments in Africa / Hamish Main -- ".
catalog description "Sect. II. North, East and Central Africa. 6. Environmental resources: their use and management by the bedouin of the Nubian Desert of southern Egypt / John Briggs. 7. Population and environment in time perspective: the Machakos story / Michael Mortimore and Mary Tiffen. 8. Exploring people-environment relationships: the changing nature of the small-scale fishery in the Kenyan sector of Lake Victoria / Kim Geheb. 9. Institutions and natural resource management: access to and control over woodfuel in East Africa / Robin Mearns. 10. The impact of the 1991-92 drought on environment and people in Zambia / Mary Tiffen. 11. Evaluating living standards in rural Malawi: the experience of a non-government development agency / Don Harrison -- ".
catalog description "Sect. III. West Africa. 12. Desertification, drought and development in the Sahel / C.T. Agnew. 13. Livestock market data as an early warning indicator of stress in the pastoral economy / Ced Hesse. 14. Local agro-ecological management and forest-savanna transitions: the case of Kissidougou, Guinea / James Fairhead and Melissa Leach. 15. Livelihood, sustainable development and indigenous forestry in drylaird Nigeria / R.A. Cline-Cole. 16. Soil aud fertilizer use among small-scale farmers on the Jos Plateau, Nigeria / Kevin D. Phillips-Howard. 17. Adapting to environment and market: trade and nrarketing in northern Nigeria / Gina Porter. 18. Ecological diversity and its impact on rural marketing channels in the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon / Graham Hollier -- ".
catalog description "Sect. IV. Southern Africa. 19. Sustainability of smallholder food production systems in Southern Africa: the case of Zimbabwe / Lovemore M. Zinyama. 20. Government policies and the population-environment interface: land reform and distribution in Zimbabwe / Jennifer A. Elliott. 21. Environment as weapon: land, labour and African 'squatters' in rural South Africa / Charles Mather. 22. Development and change: irrigation and agricultural production in Dinokana village, North West Province, South Africa / J.H. Drummond. 23. People and drought in South Africa: reaction and mitigation / Coleen H. Vogel. 24. Health and health care in the 'new' South Africa / Garrett Nagle -- Epilogue / Tony Binns.".
catalog extent "xi, 274 p. :".
catalog hasFormat "People and environment in Africa.".
catalog identifier "0471951005 (pbk.)".
catalog identifier "0471955302 (cloth)".
catalog isFormatOf "People and environment in Africa.".
catalog issued "1995".
catalog issued "c1995.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Chichester ; New York : Wiley,".
catalog relation "People and environment in Africa.".
catalog spatial "Africa Environmental conditions.".
catalog spatial "Africa.".
catalog subject "304.2/096 20".
catalog subject "Environmental degradation Africa.".
catalog subject "GF701 .P46 1995".
catalog subject "Human geography Africa.".
catalog subject "Nature Effect of human beings on Africa.".
catalog subject "Rural development Africa.".
catalog tableOfContents "Introduction / Tony Binns -- Sect. II. General Issues. 1. Wetlands and floodplain development in dryland Africa / W.M. Adams. 2. Policies for pastoralists: new directions for pastoral development in Africa / Ian Scoones. 3. Gender, environment and development in sub-Saharan Africa / Hazel Barrett and Angela Browne. 4. Participatory rural appraisal -- a significant step forward in understanding relationships between poor people and their environments / Steve Brace. 5. The effects of urbanization on rural environments in Africa / Hamish Main -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "Sect. II. North, East and Central Africa. 6. Environmental resources: their use and management by the bedouin of the Nubian Desert of southern Egypt / John Briggs. 7. Population and environment in time perspective: the Machakos story / Michael Mortimore and Mary Tiffen. 8. Exploring people-environment relationships: the changing nature of the small-scale fishery in the Kenyan sector of Lake Victoria / Kim Geheb. 9. Institutions and natural resource management: access to and control over woodfuel in East Africa / Robin Mearns. 10. The impact of the 1991-92 drought on environment and people in Zambia / Mary Tiffen. 11. Evaluating living standards in rural Malawi: the experience of a non-government development agency / Don Harrison -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "Sect. III. West Africa. 12. Desertification, drought and development in the Sahel / C.T. Agnew. 13. Livestock market data as an early warning indicator of stress in the pastoral economy / Ced Hesse. 14. Local agro-ecological management and forest-savanna transitions: the case of Kissidougou, Guinea / James Fairhead and Melissa Leach. 15. Livelihood, sustainable development and indigenous forestry in drylaird Nigeria / R.A. Cline-Cole. 16. Soil aud fertilizer use among small-scale farmers on the Jos Plateau, Nigeria / Kevin D. Phillips-Howard. 17. Adapting to environment and market: trade and nrarketing in northern Nigeria / Gina Porter. 18. Ecological diversity and its impact on rural marketing channels in the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon / Graham Hollier -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "Sect. IV. Southern Africa. 19. Sustainability of smallholder food production systems in Southern Africa: the case of Zimbabwe / Lovemore M. Zinyama. 20. Government policies and the population-environment interface: land reform and distribution in Zimbabwe / Jennifer A. Elliott. 21. Environment as weapon: land, labour and African 'squatters' in rural South Africa / Charles Mather. 22. Development and change: irrigation and agricultural production in Dinokana village, North West Province, South Africa / J.H. Drummond. 23. People and drought in South Africa: reaction and mitigation / Coleen H. Vogel. 24. Health and health care in the 'new' South Africa / Garrett Nagle -- Epilogue / Tony Binns.".
catalog title "People and environment in Africa / edited by Tony Binns.".
catalog type "text".