04597oam 2200673I 450 991079819020332120200520144314.01-317-90491-51-315-84778-71-317-90490-710.4324/9781315847788 (CKB)3710000000587360(EBL)4391259(SSID)ssj0001636772(PQKBManifestationID)16394526(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001636772(PQKBWorkID)14955662(PQKB)10561329(Au-PeEL)EBL4391259(CaPaEBR)ebr11152764(CaONFJC)MIL895173(OCoLC)939262460(OCoLC)958099938(MiAaPQ)EBC4391259(EXLCZ)99371000000058736020180706e20142004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEastern and Southern Africa development challenges in a volatile region /edited by Deborah Potts and Tanya Bowyer-BowerLondon ;New York :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (355 p.)DARG regional development series ;Number 4At head of title: Developing Areas Research Group, the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers).First published 2004 by Pearson Education.1-138-18023-8 0-13-026468-7 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 structureFamily 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 availability7 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 todayContemporary 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 politics10 International and regional trade in eastern and southern AfricaDARG regional development series ;Number 4.Africa, EasternEconomic conditionsAfrica, SouthernEconomic conditionsAfrica, EasternPolitics and government1960-Africa, SouthernPolitics and government330.9676Bowyer-Bower T. A. S(Tanya A. S.)1538042Potts Deborah(Deborah Helen)1113348Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers).Developing Areas Research Group.FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910798190203321Eastern and Southern Africa3787755UNINA