| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
DARG regional development series ; no. 4
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DARG regional development series ; no. 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; List of Contributors; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Publisher's Acknowledgements; 1 Development challenges and debates in eastern and southern Africa; Introduction; Eastern and southern Africa: defining a diverse region; Global political economy changes: regional perspectives; Development challenges in the region; Development theory and development debates; 2 Demographic change in eastern and southern Africa; Introduction; Population size; Mortality; Age-sex structure |
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Family structureConcluding remarks; 3 Structural adjustment in eastern and southern Africa: the tragedy of development; False dawn: a brief history of the first two decades; Triumph of market-Leninism over Marxist-Leninism; Stabilisation or adjustment?; A taxonomy of countries in the region; Conclusion; 4 The persistence of poverty; Poverty in context; Poverty measurement; Poverty trends; Food and hunger; Healthcare; Education; The debt issue; Conclusions; 5 Natural resources: use, access, tenure and management; 'Wild' plant and animal resources: biophysical determinants of availability |
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Common uses of 'natural resources' and relevance for livelihoodsTenure and access rights; Indigenous knowledge, resources and trade-related intellectual property rights (TRIPs); Conservation of natural resources: from criminals to community; Some thoughts for the future ...; 6 Agricultural production in eastern and southern Africa: issues and challenges; The current status of agricultural production; Macro-environmental operating conditions for agriculture; Population growth; The political economy environment; Micro-environmental operating conditions for agriculture; Future prospects |
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7 Water resources and development challenges in eastern and southern AfricaPhysical setting; Estimation of renewable water resources; Use of water resources; Supply and demand -- the water stress index; Quality of water resources; Hydropolitics of transboundary watercourses; Alleviating water scarcity -- interbasin water transfers and 'virtual water'; Concluding discussion -- future challenges; 8 Desertification in eastern and southern Africa; Introduction; Developments in the understanding of desertification; Desertification today |
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Contemporary implications of desertification for development in eastern and southern AfricaCauses of desertification; Conclusion; 9 Geographies of governance and regional politics; Introduction: geographical analysis and African politics; Key themes and issues in national, regional and international (geo)politics; States and regional (dis)integration: imagining 'development' communities; Democratisation and conflict resolution in global political and economic context; Conclusions: Co-operation, corruption and complexity in African politics |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Africa, Eastern -- Economic conditions.
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Eastern Africa. |
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Economic conditions. |
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Africa, Southern -- Economic conditions.
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Southern Africa. |
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Africa, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1960-
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1960- |
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Africa, Southern -- Politics and government.
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1960 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Potts, Deborah (Deborah Helen), editor.
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Bowyer-Bower, T. A. S. (Tanya A. S.), editor.
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| Other Form: |
Printed edition: 9780130264688 |
| ISBN |
9781317904908 electronic book |
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1317904907 electronic book |
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9780130264688 |
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9781315847788 |
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1315847787 |
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