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Author:

Grant, Richard, 1964- author.

Title:

Africa : geographies of change / Richard Grant.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xii, 356 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Human geography--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Economic conditions--21st century.
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social conditions--21st century.
Urbanization--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Rural development--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Sustainable development--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Social change--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Economic history.
Human geography.
Rural development.
Social change.
Social history.
Sustainable development.
Urbanization.
Africa, Sub-Saharan.
2000 - 2099

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

African futures. Reframing and rerepresenting African affairs -- Africa's environments -- The 'Scramble for Africa' and the state of European geographic knowledge on the region -- Rural Africa -- Africa's mobile phone revolution: informal economy, creativity and informal spaces -- Migration -- Water -- Health -- Land and food -- Climate change -- China and Africa -- African futures.

ISBN:

0199920567
9780199920563

OCLC:

(OCoLC)877561754

LCCN:

2014003254

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)