The lie of the land : challenging received wisdom on the African environment / edited by Melissa Leach & Robin Mearns.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leach, Melissa

Mearns, Robin.

Series:

African issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--Africa.

Environmental policy.

Environmental conditions.

Environmental management.

Africa.

Environmental management--Africa.

Africa--Environmental conditions.

Physical Description:

xvi, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : International African Institute in association with James Currey ; Portsmouth, N.H. : Heinemann, [1996]

Summary:

This book addresses the issue of how environmental orthodoxies become established, and what the alternative and appropriate approaches for policy-making are. It shows that many of the established orthodoxies are ill-conceived or represent the interests of certain powerful groups. The editors draw together material from 11 key case studies across the continent which use first hand research in different ecological zones. Melissa Leach & Robin Mearns are Fellows at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex Published in association with the International African Institute

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-230) and index.

ISBN:

0852554109

0852554095

0435074083

0435074075

OCLC:

36011593