Local environmental change and society in Africa / edited by M.A. Mohamed Salih.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Salih, Mohamed Abdel Rahim M. (Mohamed Abdel Rahim Mohamed)

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa--Environmental conditions--Social aspects.

Africa.

Environmental conditions.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

ix, 203 pages : map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; Boston, Mass. : Kluwer Academic, [2000]

Contents:

1. Introduction: Elements of Local Environmental Change / M. A. Mohamed Salih 1

2. Human Health and Irrigation Development in Kenya / Samson Wokabi Mwangi 15

3. Choice and Use of Rural Water Supply Systems: Environmental and Socio-Cultural Dimension / Wilson Nyaoro 39

4. Technology Change and Gender: Irrigated Agriculture and Peasant Women in Eastern Uganda / Zie Gariyo 67

5. Agricultural Land Management for Sustainable Production in Swaziland / Paul S. Maro 97

6. Price and Market Liberalisation Effects on Household Food Security: A Comparative Gender Sensitive Study of Rural and Urban Uganda / Henry Manyire 125

7. Structural Adjustment, Energy Crisis and Environment: A Comparative Gender Study of Rural and Urban Households / Fuuna Peter 153

8. Air Pollution in Addis Ababa: The Predicament of "Chile Sefer" / Edlam Aberra 173.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

0792363140

OCLC:

43836555