African Environmental Crisis explores how and why the idea of the African environmental crisis developed and persisted through colonial and post-colonial periods, and why it has been so influential in development discourse.
African Environmental Crisis explores how and why the idea of the African environmental crisis developed and persisted through colonial and post-colonial periods, and why it has been so influential in development discourse.
Gufu Oba is professor at the Faculty of Landscape and Society (LANDSAM) in the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. His work is interdisciplinary; combining natural sciences, pastoralism and environmental history. His previous books include; Nomads in the shadows of empires (2013), Climate change adaptation in Africa (2014) and Herder warfare in East Africa (2017).
Inhaltsangabe
1 The African environmental crisis: Is it a myth? An introduction PART 1 EMPIRE SCIENCE SOCIETY AND DEVELOPMENT 2 European exploration of East Africa: Textual analysis of travel narratives 1831-1900 3 Imperial scientific infrastructure: Science for development 1848-1960s 4 African environmental crisis narratives: Schemes technology and development 1904 -1960 PART 2 ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH 5 Experimental science and development: A re-evaluation of the Environmental crisis hypothesis 1939-1960 6 Social science research: Behavioral responses to development 1919-1950 7 Administrative science for development dialogue: Three Kenyan case studies 1943-1954 PART 3 VECTORS PESTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE 8 Tsetse fly control in East Africa: Environmental and social impacts 1880- 1959 9 Locust invasion and control in East Africa: Economic and environmental impacts 1890-1960s 10 A synthesis: Conclusions and epilog
1 The African environmental crisis: Is it a myth? An introduction PART 1 EMPIRE SCIENCE SOCIETY AND DEVELOPMENT 2 European exploration of East Africa: Textual analysis of travel narratives 1831-1900 3 Imperial scientific infrastructure: Science for development 1848-1960s 4 African environmental crisis narratives: Schemes technology and development 1904 -1960 PART 2 ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH 5 Experimental science and development: A re-evaluation of the Environmental crisis hypothesis 1939-1960 6 Social science research: Behavioral responses to development 1919-1950 7 Administrative science for development dialogue: Three Kenyan case studies 1943-1954 PART 3 VECTORS PESTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE 8 Tsetse fly control in East Africa: Environmental and social impacts 1880- 1959 9 Locust invasion and control in East Africa: Economic and environmental impacts 1890-1960s 10 A synthesis: Conclusions and epilog
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