Environment and Sustainable Development in Eastern and Southern Africa: Some Critical Issues

✍ Scribed by Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed, Wilfred Mlay (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Leaves: 244
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book sheds light on the sources of environmental concerns in Africa. It shows that not all environmental issues command the same priority interest and, thus, emphasis must be laid on those that are of pressing concern to the continent as a whole and to the Eastern and Southern African regions in particular. The case studies address this topic in detail.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Sustainable Development in Africa in the 1990s and Beyond: Meeting the Challenge....Pages 9-29
Population Dynamics and the Environment....Pages 30-44
Adjustment Programmes and the Environment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Exploratory Results....Pages 45-61
The Response of Non-Governmental Organizations to the Ecological Crisis in the South with Special Reference to Eastern Africa....Pages 62-82
Poverty Alleviation and Food Security in Tanzania: An Environmental Perspective....Pages 83-103
Drought and Famine in Eastern Sudan: The Socio-Cultural Dimension....Pages 104-117
Soil Erosion and Conservation Techniques for Sustainable Crop Production in Zimbabwe....Pages 118-127
The Promotion of Small Farms in Swaziland: A Sound Agrarian Policy, Friendly to the Environment....Pages 128-143
The Impact of Agricultural Technology on Sustainable Land Resource Utilization in Africa: The Case of Semi-Arid Tanzania....Pages 144-160
Sustainability of Forests in Kenya: Emerging Issues....Pages 161-175
Agricultural Extension Policy in Malawi: Past Experiences and Future Directions....Pages 176-189
The Impact of the 1991/92 Drought in Zambia....Pages 190-206
Restoring the Land: Environment and Change in a Non-Racial, Democratic South Africa....Pages 207-230
Back Matter....Pages 231-233

✦ Subjects

Development Economics;Sustainable Development

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