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The Environmental Crunch in Africa : Growth Narratives vs. Local Realities / / edited by Jon Abbink
| The Environmental Crunch in Africa : Growth Narratives vs. Local Realities / / edited by Jon Abbink |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.700960905 |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental sociology
Environmental geography Environmental management Environmental policy Environmental Sociology Environmental Geography Environmental Management Environmental Policy Environmental Politics |
| ISBN | 3-319-77131-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Promise and peril in Africa: growth narratives vs. local environmental problems; Jon Abbink -- Chapter 1: Cash for cashews: does it add up?; Margaret Buckner -- Chapter 2: Trade-offs between crop production and other benefits derived from wetland areas: short-term gain versus long-term livelihood options in Ombeyi watershed, Kenya; Serena A.A. Nasongo, Charlotte de Fraiture & JB Okeyo-Owuor -- Chapter 3: Agriculture, ecology and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa: trajectories of labour-saving technologies in rural Benin; Georges Djohy, Honorat Edja & Ann Waters-Bayer -- Chapter 4: Is growing urban-based ecotourism good news for the rural poor and biodiversity conservation? A case study of Mikumi, Tanzania; Stig Jensen -- Chapter 5: Losing the plot: environmental problems and livelihood strife in developing rural Ethiopia. Suri agro-pastoralism vs. state resource use; Jon Abbink -- Chapter 6: Cameroon's Western Region: an environmental disaster in the making?; Moses K. Tesi -- Chapter 7: The impasse of contemporary agro-pastoralism in central Tanzania: environmental pressures in the face of land scarcity and commercial agricultural investment -- Tadasu Tsuruta -- Chapter 8: Down by the riverside: cyclone-driven floods and the expansion of swidden agriculture in southwestern Madagascar; Jorge Llopis -- Chapter 9: Challenging impediments to climate change initiatives in Greg Mbajojirogu’s Wake Up Everyone; Norbert Oyibe Eze -- Chapter 10: Future in culture? Globalizing environments in the lowlands of Southern Ethiopia; Echi Christina Gabbert. . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300592903321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rethinking Resistance : Revolt and Violence in African History / / edited by Jon Abbink, Klaas van Walraven, Mirjam de Bruijn
| Rethinking Resistance : Revolt and Violence in African History / / edited by Jon Abbink, Klaas van Walraven, Mirjam de Bruijn |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (380 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.6/0967 |
| Collana | African Dynamics |
| Soggetto topico |
Decolonization - Africa - History
Government, Resistance to - Africa - History Revolutions - Africa - History Violence - Africa - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-46687-1
9786610466870 1-4175-0717-9 90-474-0162-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Maps, figures, tables and photographs; Preface; 1 Rethinking resistance in African history: An introduction; PART I: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES; PART II: SOCIAL INEQUALITIES AND COLONIAL HIERARCHIES; PART III: VIOLENCE, MEANING AND IDEOLOGY IN RESISTANCE; PART IV: RESISTANCE AS HERITAGE AND MEMORY; List of authors |
| Altri titoli varianti | Revolt and Violence in African History |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455816003321 |
| Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rethinking resistance : revolt and violence in African history / / edited by Jon Abbink, Klaas van Walraven, Mirjam de Bruijn
| Rethinking resistance : revolt and violence in African history / / edited by Jon Abbink, Klaas van Walraven, Mirjam de Bruijn |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (380 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.6/0967 |
| Collana | African Dynamics |
| Soggetto topico |
Decolonization - Africa - History
Government, Resistance to - Africa - History Revolutions - Africa - History Violence - Africa - History |
| ISBN |
1-280-46687-1
9786610466870 1-4175-0717-9 90-474-0162-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Maps, figures, tables and photographs; Preface; 1 Rethinking resistance in African history: An introduction; PART I: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES; PART II: SOCIAL INEQUALITIES AND COLONIAL HIERARCHIES; PART III: VIOLENCE, MEANING AND IDEOLOGY IN RESISTANCE; PART IV: RESISTANCE AS HERITAGE AND MEMORY; List of authors |
| Altri titoli varianti | Revolt and Violence in African History |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780321803321 |
| Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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