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Title:

Human impact on environment and sustainable development in Africa / edited by Michael Darkoh and Apollo Rwomire.

Publisher:

Ashgate,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xvii, 530 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Environmental degradation--Africa.
Nature--Effect of human beings on--Africa.
Human ecology--Africa.
Sustainable development--Africa.

Other Authors:

Darkoh, M. B. Kwesi.
Rwomire, Apollo, 1945-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Sustainable human development and the North-South dialogue / J.B. Opschoor. A socio-economic analysis of environmental degradation in Africa / R.N. Ogbudinkpa -- Political and social dimensions of environmental crisis in Nigeria / C. Obi -- Environmental security in the drylands of Africa: the role of science and technology / M.B.K. Darkoh -- Environmental security in South Africa: a prognosis for regional security / J.K. Van Wyk -- Population-environment interface in Botswana: issues, challenges and prospects / G. Letamo and O. Totolo -- Environment and forced migration: a review / W.F.G. Cardy -- International migration in Southern Africa: a retrospective benefit-cost analysis / A. Rwomire -- Desertification: myths and realities / O.B. Smith and S. Koala -- The nature, causes and consequences of desertification in the drylands of Africa / M.B.K. Darkoh -- The Sahel Dust Bowl: processes and control strategies / O.B. Smith and S. Koala -- Agriculture and biodiversity in the drylands of Africa / M.B.K. Darkoh -- Indigenous systems of land evaluation: some examples from Eastern and Southern Africa -- The livestock industry and the subsistence economy of rangelands in Africa with special reference to Botswana / B.T. Kgabung -- Globalisation and wildlife resource sustainability in Botswana / J.E. Mbaiwa, M.B.K. Darkoh and J. Nakizito -- Community-based tourism in Ngamiland District, Botswana: development, impacts and challenges / J.E. Mbaiwa -- Urban poverty and environmental health: the case of Kampala City, Uganda / A. Nuwagaba -- Government policy and environmental waste management in Maiduguri Urban Area, Nigeria / S.O. Okafor -- Adaptive strategies of small fishermen to environmental degradation induced by oil pollution in the Niger Delta: implications for rural planning / A. Avwunudiogba -- Context, principles and practices of conservation strategies and environmental action plans / M.A. Mohamed Salih -- Sustainable human development and the North-South dialogue / J.B. Opschoor.

Series:

Contemporary perspectives on developing societies

ISBN:

9780754631545 (alk. paper)
0754631540 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50023346

LCCN:

2002074719

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)