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UNINA9910785416803321 |
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Autore |
Kreike Emmanuel <1959-> |
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Titolo |
Deforestation and reforestation in Namibia the global consequences of local contradictions [[electronic resource] /] / by Emmanuel Kreike |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-95127-0 |
9786612951275 |
90-474-4420-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (244 p.) |
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Collana |
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Afrika-Studiecentrum series, , 1570-9310 ; ; v. 17 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Deforestation - Namibia |
Reforestation - Namibia |
Environmental policy - Namibia |
Global environmental change |
Namibia Environmental conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material / E. Kreike -- 1. Approaches To Environmental Change / E. Kreike -- 2. Tree Castles And Population Bombs / E. Kreike -- 3. Conquest Of Nature: Imperial Political Ecologies / E. Kreike -- 4. Fierce Species: Biological Imperialism / E. Kreike -- 5. Guns, Hoes And Steel: Techno-Environmental Determinism / E. Kreike -- 6. Naturalizing Cattle Culture: Colonialism As A Deglobalizing And Decommodifying Force / E. Kreike -- 7. The Palenque Paradox: Beyond Nature-To-Culture / E. Kreike -- 8. The Ovambo Paradox And Environmental Pluralism / E. Kreike -- Bibliography / E. Kreike -- Index / E. Kreike. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Descriptions of the late 1800's landscape in the Ovambo floodplain in north-central Namibia closely match the area’s late 1900's appearance, suggesting that little change occurred between the pre-colonial baseline and the postcolonial outcome. Yet, paradoxically, colonial conquest, population pressure, biological invasions, new technology, and economic globalization caused both dramatic deforestation and reforestation in less than a century. The paradox stems from the fact that the prevailing global environmental models obscure and |
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