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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019576403321

Titolo

Man and Africa : a Ciba Foundation symposium jointly with the Haile Selassie I Prize Trust under the patronage of His Imperial Magesty Haile Selassie I Emperor of Ethiopia / / edited by Gordon Wolstenholme and Maeve O'Conner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : J. & A. Churchill Ltd., 1965

ISBN

9786613679567

9781280768798

1280768797

9780470719411

0470719419

9780470716953

0470716959

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (430 p.)

Collana

Novartis Foundation Symposia ; ; v.966

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

O'ConnorMaeve

Soggetti

Human geography - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

The symposium was held in Addis Ababa in 1964.

"With 24 illustrations."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

MAN and AFRICA; CONTENTS; Preface; Speeches of welcome; Chairman's opening address; 1 The geographical implications of man and his future in Africa; 2 Climate and water resources in Africa; 3 Problems of population size, growth and distribution in Africa; 4 Tribal, racial, religious and language problems in Africa; 5 Socioeconomic changes in Africa and their implications for mental health; 6 Epidemiology and the provision of health services in Africa; 7 Land and air transport within the continent of Africa; 8 Telecommunications in Africa; 9 Africa's educational needs and opportunities

10 Biological research in developing countries11 Agricultural potentialities in Africa; 12 Conservation of natural resources in Africa; 13 The rò‚le of minerals in African development; 14 Perspectives for industrialization in Africa; 15 Investment planning and development in



Africa; 16 Comprehensive environmental development as applied to Africa; Epilogue; Bibliography; Members of the symposium; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.