Pokot Pastoralism - Environmental Change and Socio-Economic Transformation in North-West Kenya

Examines how pastoral peoples imagine, or even design, their futures under the pressure of changing environments and large-scale government projects.

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. East Pokot: A Place and its People
3. Pokot Pastoral Livelihoods
4. The Paka Community
5. Environmental Changes in East Pokot
6. Socio-Ecological Transformations in the Agro-Pastoral Highlands
7. Ecological Change and Local Livelihoods: Scientific and Pokot Perspectives
8. Ecological Invasions and Socio-Ecological Transformation
9. Ecological Challenges and Social Transformations

Appendix: List of Plant Names (Pokot-Scientific - Scientific-Pokot)
Bibliography
Index

About the author

HAUKE-PETER VEHRS is a Post-doctoral researcher in the project 'Future Rural Africa: Future-Making and Social Ecological Transformation' at the University of Cologne.

Summary

Examines how pastoral peoples imagine, or even design, their futures under the pressure of changing environments and large-scale government projects.

Product details

• Authors: Hauke-Peter Vehrs, Hauke-Peter (Person) Vehrs
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.05.2024
• EAN: 9781847013767
• ISBN: 978-1-84701-376-7
• No. of pages: 262
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 372 g
• Series: Future Rural Africa
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories