The contested floodplain [[electronic resource] ] : institutional change of the commons in the Kafue Flats, Zambia / / Tobias Haller
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Haller Tobias
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| Titolo: |
The contested floodplain [[electronic resource] ] : institutional change of the commons in the Kafue Flats, Zambia / / Tobias Haller
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (577 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.917096894 |
| Soggetto topico: | Water resources development - Zambia - Kafue Flats |
| Floodplain management - Zambia - Kafue Flats | |
| Natural resources, Communal - Zambia - Kafue Flats - Management | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Kafue Flats (Zambia) Economic conditions |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; List of Pictures; List of Maps; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Ch01. Introduction; Ch02. The Kafue Flats Ecosystem; Ch03. A "Fierce" People; Ch04. From Lozi Raids to Ineffective State Control; Ch05. Transformations in Pastoral Commons; Ch06. "We Will Throw the Lozi into the River"; Ch07. From Hunting to Poaching; Ch08. Irrigation for the Poor-Cattle for the Rich?; Ch09. Conclusions; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Appendix 6; Appendix 7; Appendix 8; Appendix 9; Appendix 10; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Contested Floodplain explains how institutional change in the African floodplain wetlands of Zambia (Kafue Flats) caused the area's resource management to fail. This work combines New Institutionalism approaches (predicated on notions of power and ideology) with political ecology and findings from local ecological studies, extending its appeal to scholars in African and environmental studies. It includes an in-depth social anthropological analysis of agro-pastoral and fishermen communities and also a foreword by Dr. Elizabeth Cols |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The contested floodplain |
| ISBN: | 1-283-94058-2 |
| 0-7391-6957-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910786018803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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