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Book Changing Patterns of Settlement and Land Use in the Eastern Province of Northern Rhodesia   With Maps

Download or read book Changing Patterns of Settlement and Land Use in the Eastern Province of Northern Rhodesia With Maps written by George KAY (of the University of Hull.) and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Monte Alb  n s Hinterland  Part II

Download or read book Monte Alb n s Hinterland Part II written by Stephen Kowalewski and published by U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 1168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ecology and Change

    Book Details:
  • Author : C. Gregory Knight
  • Publisher : Elsevier
  • Release : 2013-10-22
  • ISBN : 1483267172
  • Pages : 321 pages

Download or read book Ecology and Change written by C. Gregory Knight and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecology and Change: Rural Modernization in an African Community focuses on the geographical study of agricultural practices and agricultural change on the society of the Nhiha of Mbozi Area in southwestern Tanzania, East Africa. The book presents the people; the models of the environment; traditional and evolved agricultural systems operating within a man-modified landscape; population and economic growth; and sources of change of Mbozi. The applications of the four models of change and the implications of those changes to the society of Mbozi are elucidated as well. Sociologists, political scientists, economists, and political leaders will find the book insightful.

Book Transforming Southern African Agriculture

Download or read book Transforming Southern African Agriculture written by Ann Willcox Seidman and published by Africa World Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Environment and Land Use in Africa

Download or read book Environment and Land Use in Africa written by M. F. Thomas and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-26 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1969, the contributors to this volume examine the natural and social environments of selected areas in Africa and study in detail some particular problems and their solutions. Climate, landforms, soils and vegetation are discussed as fundamental aspects of the physical environment. The next section discusses the social and political environment: demography, agricultural systems and the legacies of colonial administration. Case studies in Malawi, Nigeria, Sudan, Eswatini and Kenya are analysed. The book is aimed at students of African studies, geographers and agriculturalists.

Book Cultivating the Colonies

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christina Folke Ax
  • Publisher : Ohio University Press
  • Release : 2014-06-16
  • ISBN : 0896804798
  • Pages : 353 pages

Download or read book Cultivating the Colonies written by Christina Folke Ax and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays collected in Cultivating the Colonies demonstrate how the relationship between colonial power and nature revealsthe nature of power. Each essay explores how colonial governments translated ideas about the management of exoticnature and foreign people into practice, and how they literally “got their hands dirty” in the business of empire. The eleven essays include studies of animal husbandry in the Philippines, farming in Indochina, and indigenous medicine in India. They are global in scope, ranging from the Russian North to Mozambique, examining the consequences of colonialismon nature, including its impact on animals, fisheries, farmlands, medical practices, and even the diets of indigenouspeople. Cultivating the Colonies establishes beyond all possible doubt the importance of the environment as a locus for studyingthe power of the colonial state.

Book Special Publication

    Book Details:
  • Author : Zambia Geographical Association
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1974
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 560 pages

Download or read book Special Publication written by Zambia Geographical Association and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Settlement Schemes in Tropical Africa

Download or read book Settlement Schemes in Tropical Africa written by Robert Chambers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998. This is Volume XIII of eighteen in the Sociology of Development series. Originally published in 1969, this book is a study of organizations and development of two rural development projects by the author whilst working in the Administration in Kenya: a grazing control programme and the Mwea Irrigation Settlement.

Book Harsh Lands

Download or read book Harsh Lands written by D. Grigg and published by Springer. This book was released on 1970-06-18 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Uncertain Promise of Southern Africa

Download or read book The Uncertain Promise of Southern Africa written by York W. Bradshaw and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1970s and 1980s Indiana University Press published a series of books edited by Gwendolen Carter and others on economic and political conditions in Southern Africa during the apartheid era. The Uncertain Promise of Southern Africa is a return to that successful format in the post-apartheid era. Leading scholars analyze the economic, political, social, and cultural conditions in Southern Africa and the prospects for the region. The first part of the book examines the current political and development situation in six countries--South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Angola, and Mozambique. The second part focuses on issues of enduring importance in the region--education, health, gender, the law, intra- and inter-regional power relations, international commerce, and popular culture.

Book Triumph of the Expert

Download or read book Triumph of the Expert written by Joseph Morgan Hodge and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Triumph of the Expert is a history of British colonial policy and thinking and its contribution to the emergence of rural development and environmental policies in the late colonial and postcolonial period.

Book Trends in Geography

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  • Author : Ronald U. Cooke
  • Publisher : Elsevier
  • Release : 2013-10-02
  • ISBN : 1483139344
  • Pages : 300 pages

Download or read book Trends in Geography written by Ronald U. Cooke and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-02 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trends in Geography: An Introductory Survey reviews trends in geography, including physical geography, human geography, and applied geography. Topics covered include progress in geomorphology, meteorology, climatology, hydrology, historical geography, transport geography, and industrial geography, along with the geography of rural settlements and the ecology of agricultural systems. The importance of geography in area studies is also discussed. This book is comprised of 26 chapters and begins by tracing developments in the field of geography, followed by a discussion on the study of soils in geography and the economic geography of agriculture. The following chapters explore the diversity of urban geography; the role of geography in physical planning and economic planning; planning studies in rural areas; and geographical research on local government. A cultural and historical perspective in area studies is presented by citing the case of Latin America. The final chapter is devoted to geographical studies of developing areas, focusing on the case of tropical Africa. This monograph will be of interest to teachers, students, and practitioners of geography.

Book Bibliography of Agriculture

Download or read book Bibliography of Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 1542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Relation of Land Tenure to Change and Development in the System of Subsistence Agriculture in the Umzingwane District of Rhodesia

Download or read book The Relation of Land Tenure to Change and Development in the System of Subsistence Agriculture in the Umzingwane District of Rhodesia written by Bonet M'Tukudzi and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: