LEADER 04629oam 2200685I 450 001 9910466142403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-317-90491-5 010 $a1-315-84778-7 010 $a1-317-90490-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315847788 035 $a(CKB)3710000000587360 035 $a(EBL)4391259 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001636772 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16394526 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001636772 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14955662 035 $a(PQKB)10561329 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4391259 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4391259 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11152764 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL895173 035 $a(OCoLC)939262460 035 $a(OCoLC)958099938 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000587360 100 $a20180706e20142004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aEastern and Southern Africa $edevelopment challenges in a volatile region /$fedited by Deborah Potts and Tanya Bowyer-Bower 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (355 p.) 225 1 $aDARG regional development series ;$vNumber 4 300 $aAt head of title: Developing Areas Research Group, the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). 300 $aFirst published 2004 by Pearson Education. 311 $a1-138-18023-8 311 $a0-13-026468-7 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aFamily 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 327 $a7 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 327 $aContemporary 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 327 $a10 International and regional trade in eastern and southern Africa 410 0$aDARG regional development series ;$vNumber 4. 607 $aAfrica, Eastern$xEconomic conditions 607 $aAfrica, Southern$xEconomic conditions 607 $aAfrica, Eastern$xPolitics and government$y1960- 607 $aAfrica, Southern$xPolitics and government 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a330.9676 701 $aBowyer-Bower$b T. A. S$g(Tanya A. S.)$0946460 701 $aPotts$b Deborah$g(Deborah Helen)$0946461 712 02$aRoyal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers).$bDeveloping Areas Research Group. 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466142403321 996 $aEastern and Southern Africa$92138302 997 $aUNINA