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Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa : foreign direct investment and food and water security / / editors, Tony Allan. [et al.]
| Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa : foreign direct investment and food and water security / / editors, Tony Allan. [et al.] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, U.K. ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1220 p.) |
| Disciplina | 332.673096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AllanJ. A (John Anthony) |
| Collana | Routledge international handbooks Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa |
| Soggetto topico |
Investments, Foreign - Africa
Land tenure - Africa Land use - Africa Natural resources - Africa Food security - Africa Water security - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-60658-5
9786613919038 1-136-27673-4 0-203-11094-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; The editors and contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction: Can improving returns to food-water in Africa meet African food needs and the needs of other consumers?; PART I The history of land grabs and the contradictions of development; 1.1 Enclosure revisited: putting the global land rush in historical perspective; 1.2 Land alienation under colonial and white settler governments in southern Africa: historical land 'grabbing'
1.3 Sudan and its agricultural revival: a regional breadbasket at last or another mirage in the desert?1.4 The contradictions of development: primitive accumulation and geopolitics in the two Sudans; 1.5 The experience of land grabbing in Liberia; PART II Investors' profiles and current investment trends; 2.1 Chinese engagement in African agriculture: fiction and fact; 2.2 The global food crisis and the Gulf's quest for Africa's agricultural potential; 2.3 A global enclosure: the geo-logics of Indian agro-investments in Africa; 2.4 Private investment in agriculture 2.5 Domestic land acquisition in West Africa: the rush for farmland by urban 'businessmen'2.6 'Land grabs' and alternative modalities for agricultural investments in emerging markets; 2.7 Change in trend and new types of large-scale investments in Ethiopia; 2.8 Tapping into Al-Andaluz resources: opportunities and challenges for investment in Morocco; 2.9 A blue revolution for Zambia? Large-scale irrigation projects and land and water 'grabs'; PART III The political economy of land and water grabs; 3.1 Claiming (back) the land: the geopolitics of Egyptian and South African land and water grabs 3.2 Land and water grabs and the green economy3.3 The political economy of land and water grabs; 3.4 Will peak oil cause a rush for land in Africa?; 3.5 How to govern the global rush for land and water?; 3.6 Keep calm and carry on: what we can learn from the three food price crises of the 1940s, 1970s and 2007-2008; 3.7 Constructing a new water future? An analysis of Ethiopia's current hydropower development; 3.8 Inverse globalisation? The global agricultural trade system and Asian investments in African land and water resources; PART IV Environment 4.1 Green and blue water dimensions of foreign direct investment in biofuel and food production in West Africa: the case of Ghana and Mali4.2 Green and blue water in Africa: how foreign direct investment can support sustainable intensification; 4.3 Groundwater in Africa: is there sufficient water to support the intensification of agriculture from 'land grabs'?; 4.4 The water resource implications for and of FDI projects in Africa: a biophysical analysis of opportunity and risk 4.5 Analyse to optimise: sustainable intensification of agricultural production through investment in integrated land and water management in Africa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462345503321 |
| Abingdon, U.K. ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa : foreign direct investment and food and water security / / editors, Tony Allan. [et al.]
| Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa : foreign direct investment and food and water security / / editors, Tony Allan. [et al.] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, U.K. ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1220 p.) |
| Disciplina | 332.673096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AllanJ. A (John Anthony) |
| Collana | Routledge international handbooks Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa |
| Soggetto topico |
Investments, Foreign - Africa
Land tenure - Africa Land use - Africa Natural resources - Africa Food security - Africa Water security - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-136-27672-6
1-283-60658-5 9786613919038 1-136-27673-4 0-203-11094-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; The editors and contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction: Can improving returns to food-water in Africa meet African food needs and the needs of other consumers?; PART I The history of land grabs and the contradictions of development; 1.1 Enclosure revisited: putting the global land rush in historical perspective; 1.2 Land alienation under colonial and white settler governments in southern Africa: historical land 'grabbing'
1.3 Sudan and its agricultural revival: a regional breadbasket at last or another mirage in the desert?1.4 The contradictions of development: primitive accumulation and geopolitics in the two Sudans; 1.5 The experience of land grabbing in Liberia; PART II Investors' profiles and current investment trends; 2.1 Chinese engagement in African agriculture: fiction and fact; 2.2 The global food crisis and the Gulf's quest for Africa's agricultural potential; 2.3 A global enclosure: the geo-logics of Indian agro-investments in Africa; 2.4 Private investment in agriculture 2.5 Domestic land acquisition in West Africa: the rush for farmland by urban 'businessmen'2.6 'Land grabs' and alternative modalities for agricultural investments in emerging markets; 2.7 Change in trend and new types of large-scale investments in Ethiopia; 2.8 Tapping into Al-Andaluz resources: opportunities and challenges for investment in Morocco; 2.9 A blue revolution for Zambia? Large-scale irrigation projects and land and water 'grabs'; PART III The political economy of land and water grabs; 3.1 Claiming (back) the land: the geopolitics of Egyptian and South African land and water grabs 3.2 Land and water grabs and the green economy3.3 The political economy of land and water grabs; 3.4 Will peak oil cause a rush for land in Africa?; 3.5 How to govern the global rush for land and water?; 3.6 Keep calm and carry on: what we can learn from the three food price crises of the 1940s, 1970s and 2007-2008; 3.7 Constructing a new water future? An analysis of Ethiopia's current hydropower development; 3.8 Inverse globalisation? The global agricultural trade system and Asian investments in African land and water resources; PART IV Environment 4.1 Green and blue water dimensions of foreign direct investment in biofuel and food production in West Africa: the case of Ghana and Mali4.2 Green and blue water in Africa: how foreign direct investment can support sustainable intensification; 4.3 Groundwater in Africa: is there sufficient water to support the intensification of agriculture from 'land grabs'?; 4.4 The water resource implications for and of FDI projects in Africa: a biophysical analysis of opportunity and risk 4.5 Analyse to optimise: sustainable intensification of agricultural production through investment in integrated land and water management in Africa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785855003321 |
| Abingdon, U.K. ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa : foreign direct investment and food and water security / / editors, Tony Allan. [et al.]
| Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa : foreign direct investment and food and water security / / editors, Tony Allan. [et al.] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, U.K. ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1220 p.) |
| Disciplina | 332.673096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AllanJ. A (John Anthony) |
| Collana | Routledge international handbooks Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa |
| Soggetto topico |
Investments, Foreign - Africa
Land tenure - Africa Land use - Africa Natural resources - Africa Food security - Africa Water security - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-136-27672-6
1-283-60658-5 9786613919038 1-136-27673-4 0-203-11094-3 9780203110942 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; The editors and contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction: Can improving returns to food-water in Africa meet African food needs and the needs of other consumers?; PART I The history of land grabs and the contradictions of development; 1.1 Enclosure revisited: putting the global land rush in historical perspective; 1.2 Land alienation under colonial and white settler governments in southern Africa: historical land 'grabbing'
1.3 Sudan and its agricultural revival: a regional breadbasket at last or another mirage in the desert?1.4 The contradictions of development: primitive accumulation and geopolitics in the two Sudans; 1.5 The experience of land grabbing in Liberia; PART II Investors' profiles and current investment trends; 2.1 Chinese engagement in African agriculture: fiction and fact; 2.2 The global food crisis and the Gulf's quest for Africa's agricultural potential; 2.3 A global enclosure: the geo-logics of Indian agro-investments in Africa; 2.4 Private investment in agriculture 2.5 Domestic land acquisition in West Africa: the rush for farmland by urban 'businessmen'2.6 'Land grabs' and alternative modalities for agricultural investments in emerging markets; 2.7 Change in trend and new types of large-scale investments in Ethiopia; 2.8 Tapping into Al-Andaluz resources: opportunities and challenges for investment in Morocco; 2.9 A blue revolution for Zambia? Large-scale irrigation projects and land and water 'grabs'; PART III The political economy of land and water grabs; 3.1 Claiming (back) the land: the geopolitics of Egyptian and South African land and water grabs 3.2 Land and water grabs and the green economy3.3 The political economy of land and water grabs; 3.4 Will peak oil cause a rush for land in Africa?; 3.5 How to govern the global rush for land and water?; 3.6 Keep calm and carry on: what we can learn from the three food price crises of the 1940s, 1970s and 2007-2008; 3.7 Constructing a new water future? An analysis of Ethiopia's current hydropower development; 3.8 Inverse globalisation? The global agricultural trade system and Asian investments in African land and water resources; PART IV Environment 4.1 Green and blue water dimensions of foreign direct investment in biofuel and food production in West Africa: the case of Ghana and Mali4.2 Green and blue water in Africa: how foreign direct investment can support sustainable intensification; 4.3 Groundwater in Africa: is there sufficient water to support the intensification of agriculture from 'land grabs'?; 4.4 The water resource implications for and of FDI projects in Africa: a biophysical analysis of opportunity and risk 4.5 Analyse to optimise: sustainable intensification of agricultural production through investment in integrated land and water management in Africa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911088655203321 |
| Abingdon, U.K. ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa : foreign direct investment and food and water security / / editors, Tony Allan. [et al.]
| Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa : foreign direct investment and food and water security / / editors, Tony Allan. [et al.] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, U.K. ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1220 p.) |
| Disciplina | 332.673096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AllanJ. A (John Anthony) |
| Collana | Routledge international handbooks Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa |
| Soggetto topico |
Investments, Foreign - Africa
Land tenure - Africa Land use - Africa Natural resources - Africa Food security - Africa Water security - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-136-27672-6
1-283-60658-5 9786613919038 1-136-27673-4 0-203-11094-3 9780203110942 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; The editors and contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction: Can improving returns to food-water in Africa meet African food needs and the needs of other consumers?; PART I The history of land grabs and the contradictions of development; 1.1 Enclosure revisited: putting the global land rush in historical perspective; 1.2 Land alienation under colonial and white settler governments in southern Africa: historical land 'grabbing'
1.3 Sudan and its agricultural revival: a regional breadbasket at last or another mirage in the desert?1.4 The contradictions of development: primitive accumulation and geopolitics in the two Sudans; 1.5 The experience of land grabbing in Liberia; PART II Investors' profiles and current investment trends; 2.1 Chinese engagement in African agriculture: fiction and fact; 2.2 The global food crisis and the Gulf's quest for Africa's agricultural potential; 2.3 A global enclosure: the geo-logics of Indian agro-investments in Africa; 2.4 Private investment in agriculture 2.5 Domestic land acquisition in West Africa: the rush for farmland by urban 'businessmen'2.6 'Land grabs' and alternative modalities for agricultural investments in emerging markets; 2.7 Change in trend and new types of large-scale investments in Ethiopia; 2.8 Tapping into Al-Andaluz resources: opportunities and challenges for investment in Morocco; 2.9 A blue revolution for Zambia? Large-scale irrigation projects and land and water 'grabs'; PART III The political economy of land and water grabs; 3.1 Claiming (back) the land: the geopolitics of Egyptian and South African land and water grabs 3.2 Land and water grabs and the green economy3.3 The political economy of land and water grabs; 3.4 Will peak oil cause a rush for land in Africa?; 3.5 How to govern the global rush for land and water?; 3.6 Keep calm and carry on: what we can learn from the three food price crises of the 1940s, 1970s and 2007-2008; 3.7 Constructing a new water future? An analysis of Ethiopia's current hydropower development; 3.8 Inverse globalisation? The global agricultural trade system and Asian investments in African land and water resources; PART IV Environment 4.1 Green and blue water dimensions of foreign direct investment in biofuel and food production in West Africa: the case of Ghana and Mali4.2 Green and blue water in Africa: how foreign direct investment can support sustainable intensification; 4.3 Groundwater in Africa: is there sufficient water to support the intensification of agriculture from 'land grabs'?; 4.4 The water resource implications for and of FDI projects in Africa: a biophysical analysis of opportunity and risk 4.5 Analyse to optimise: sustainable intensification of agricultural production through investment in integrated land and water management in Africa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911143108403321 |
| Abingdon, U.K. ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Water for energy nexus, for development of Africa / / Swati
| Water for energy nexus, for development of Africa / / Swati |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Delhi : , : Kalpaz, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (86 pages) : color illustrations, maps |
| Soggetto topico |
Energy security - Africa
Water security - Africa Water-supply - Africa Energy policy - Africa |
| ISBN | 93-5128-978-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- HalfTitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Content -- List of Figures -- Acronyms -- Glossary -- Acknowledgements -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Critical Issues Related to Energy and Water Security for Africa -- Main Trends and Patterns in African Water and Energy System -- Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Case Study: Wind Power for Rural Energy Services in Eritrea using Desalinisation -- Financing Options for Achieving the Water and Energy Objectives in Africa -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- Country Assessment Summary -- Brief information regarding population, rivers, annual renewable water resources, water conflicts, energy opportunities and challenges of each countries in Africa -- Literature referenced -- Annexure: Brief Information Regarding 274 GEF Projects in 44 Countries of Africa -- Executive Summary. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136503503321 |
| Delhi : , : Kalpaz, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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