Indigenous Land Management in West Africa - An Environmental Balancing Act

Zusatztext This book works well as an overview text and an introduction to the region's farming systems, illustrating the value of comparative analysis and the presentation of vignettes of particular farming systems and ecologies ... the book balances the much greater literature on West African political economy, politics, and agrarian history, in which ecological questions often take a back seat. Klappentext This book examines tropical resource management in West Africa. Drawing widely on field examples, it argues that more account should be taken of ecological conditions and indigenous land-use methods in decision-making about tropical management projects. Zusammenfassung This book examines tropical resource management in West Africa. Drawing widely on field examples, it argues that more account should be taken of ecological conditions and indigenous land-use methods in decision making about tropical management projects. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Environmental equilibrium and non-equilibrium 2: Problems and prognosis: perspectives on agriculture at a regional scale 3: Small holder adaptation: the humid domain 4: Non-equilibrium and the cocoa sector in West Africa 5: Unpredictable savannah environments 6: Farming in the semi-arid domain: adaptation to an uncertain environment 7: Rangeland and livestock management 8: Conclusions

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kathleen Baker, Kathleen (Lecturer in Geography Baker, Kathleen M Baker, Kathleen M. Baker, Baker Kathleen
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 19.10.2000
• EAN: 9780198233930
• ISBN: 978-0-19-823393-0
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies Series; Oxford Geographical and Enviro; Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies Series
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia aziendale; NATURE / Natural Resources, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Business & Economics / General, Economic Geography, Environmental Management, West Africa