Environment and Land Use in Africa (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Thomas, M. F.; Whittington, G. W.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 578
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000865608
• Artikelnr.: 68171485

Autorenporträt

M. F. Thomas and G. W. Whittington were both lecturers in Geography at the University of St. Andrews.

Inhaltsangabe

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.