
Environment and Land Use in Africa
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 26. July 2023
Book
Hardback
574 pages
978-1-032-46943-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
General, Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate
Illustrations
10 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
10 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
1027 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-46943-0 (9781032469430)
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Persons
M. F. Thomas and G. W. Whittington were both lecturers in Geography at the University of St. Andrews.
Content
1. Introduction The Editors. 2. Agricultural Geography in Tropical Africa J. T. Coppock Part 1: Studies of the Natural Environment 3. A Simple Energy Balance Approach to the Moisture Balance Climatology of Africa J. A. Davies 4. Rainfall Reliability S. Gregory 5. The Dry Season Flow Characteristics of West African Rivers D. C. Ledger 6. Geomorphology and Land Classification in Tropical Africa M. F. Thomas 7. The Soil Resources of West Africa R. A. Pullan 8. The Ecological Background to Land-Use Studies in Tropical Africa, with special reference to the West R. P. Moss Part 2: Studies of the Social Environment 9. Peasant Agriculture in Tropical Africa W. B. Morgan 10. Population Density and Agricultural Systems in West Africa M. B. Gleave and H. P. White 11. The Zoning of Land Use Around Rural Settlements in Tropical Africa W. B. Morgan 12. Colonial Administrative Policies and Agricultural Patterns in Tropical Africa J. A. Hellen Part 3: Case Studies 13. Natural Resource Survey in Malawi A. Young 14. An Ecological Approach to the Study of Soils and Land Use in the Forest Zone of Nigeria R. P. Moss 15. Man-Water Relations in the East Central Sudan Anne Graham 16. Problems of Land Tenure and Ownership in Swaziland G. W. Whittington 17. Agricultural Change in Kikuyuland D. R. F. Taylor 18. Agricultural Progress in Zambia G. Kay.