Eastern and Southern Africa : development challenges in a volatile region / / edited by Deborah Potts and Tanya Bowyer-Bower

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910466142403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014
• ISBN: 1-317-90491-5; 1-315-84778-7; 1-317-90490-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (355 p.)
• Collana: DARG regional development series ; ; Number 4
• Altri autori (Persone): Bowyer-BowerT. A. S (Tanya A. S.); PottsDeborah (Deborah Helen)
• Disciplina: 330.9676
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; Africa, Eastern Economic conditions; Africa, Southern Economic conditions; Africa, Eastern Politics and government 1960-; Africa, Southern Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: At head of title: Developing Areas Research Group, the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers).; First published 2004 by Pearson Education.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; List of Contributors; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Publisher's Acknowledgements; 1 Development challenges and debates in eastern and southern Africa; Introduction; Eastern and southern Africa: defining a diverse region; Global political economy changes: regional perspectives; Development challenges in the region; Development theory and development debates; 2 Demographic change in eastern and southern Africa; Introduction; Population size; Mortality; Age-sex structure; Family structureConcluding remarks; 3 Structural adjustment in eastern and southern Africa: the tragedy of development; False dawn: a brief history of the first two decades; Triumph of market-Leninism over Marxist-Leninism; Stabilisation or adjustment?; A taxonomy of countries in the region; Conclusion; 4 The persistence of poverty; ; Poverty in context; Poverty measurement; Poverty trends; Food and hunger; Healthcare; Education; The debt issue; Conclusions; 5 Natural resources: use, access, tenure and management; 'Wild' plant and animal resources: biophysical determinants of availability; 7 Water resources and development challenges in eastern and southern AfricaPhysical setting; Estimation of renewable water resources; Use of water resources; Supply and demand - the water stress index; Quality of water resources; Hydropolitics of transboundary watercourses; Alleviating water scarcity - interbasin water transfers and 'virtual water'; Concluding discussion - future challenges; 8 Desertification in eastern and southern Africa; Introduction; Developments in the understanding of desertification; Desertification today; Contemporary implications of desertification for development in eastern and southern AfricaCauses of desertification; Conclusion; 9 Geographies of governance and regional politics; Introduction: geographical analysis and African politics; Key themes and issues in national, regional and international (geo)politics; States and regional (dis)integration: imagining 'development' communities; Democratisation and conflict resolution in global political and economic context; Conclusions: Co-operation, corruption and complexity in African politics; 10 International and regional trade in eastern and southern Africa