The Environment and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Environment and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Description
The premise of The Environment and Development in Africa is that current environmental problems in sub-Saharan Africa are an outcome of the continent's development activities. Whether these activities have generated economic growth and raised living standards or have led to growth without overall increases in living standards-or have even contributed to a decline in people's well-being-developments in that region have produced effects that have degraded Africa's environment in many ways.
This book presents a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the context of the environmental issues facing sub-Saharan African states. Contributors discuss the problems associated with generating the capacity to manage Africa's environmental concerns; assess the impact of economic development efforts on the region's environment; and examine various societal and policy responses to environmental problems and to development problems linked to ecological decay. This is an important book for scholars and policy advisors concerned with African studies and global environmental issues.
Table of Contents
Part 2 The Nature and Dynamics of Africa's Environmental Challenges
Chapter 3 Conceptualizing Africa's Environment: A Framework for Analysis
Chapter 4 The Natural Resources War: Africa's Food at Stake
Chapter 5 Reversing the Spiral: The Population, Environment, and Agriculture Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 6 Environment and Development in Africa in the 1990s: Some Legal and Institutional Issues
Chapter 7 Africa and International Toxic Waste Trade
Chapter 8 The Political Economy of Water Resource Management in Africa: Choices and Tradeoffs
Part 9 Case Studies
Chapter 10 The Environment in Cameroon: Forest Resource Utilization, Forest Policy, and Forest Management
Chapter 11 Combining Wildlife Conservation with Community Development: A Case Study and Cautionary Assessment from Zambia
Chapter 12 Environmental Perspectives of the Rwanda Genocide of 1994
Chapter 13 When Refuse Dumps Become "Mountains": Responses to Waste Management in Metropolitan Lagos
Chapter 14 The Environmental Implications of Population Growth and Land Fragmentation in Kenya: A Case Study from Embu
Chapter 15 Population and Environment: The Political Economy of Resource Distribution in Transkei, South Africa
Chapter 16 Conclusion: Key to Addressing Africa's Environmental Challenges
Product details
| Published | 28 Nov 2000 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 336 |
| ISBN | 9780739154694 |
| Imprint | Lexington Books |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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