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The traditional image of contemporary Africa is of a continent dogged by poverty, drought, degradation and famine. This study, drawing on the best work of the past decade and based on researched case studies from East and West Africa, rejects the notion of runaway desertification, driven by population growth and inappropriate land use. It suggests a more optimistic model of sustainable land use and an appropriate set of policy priorities to support dryland peoples in their efforts to sustain land and livelihoods.
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"This is a concise book, synthesizing a vast range of material...The claims made result from careful comparative work and trustworthy local field investigation; there are no empty assertions here. Mortimore is one of the discipline's most adept and rigourous practitioners of local level cultural ecology." The Professional Geographer
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The image of Africa in the modern world has come to be shaped by perceptions of the drylands and their problems of poverty, drought, degradation, and famine. Michael Mortimore offers an alternative and revisionist thesis, dismissing on theoretical and empirical grounds the conventional view of runaway desertification, driven by population growth and inappropriate land use. In its place he suggests a more optimistic model of sustainable land use, based on researched case studies from East and West Africa where indigenous technological adaptation has put population growth and market opportunities to advantage. He also proposes a more appropriate set of policy priorities to support dryland peoples in their efforts to sustain land and livelihoods. The result is a timely and remarkably clear synthesis of much of the best work that has emerged over the past decade. The image of Africa in the modern world has come to be shaped by perceptions of the drylands and their problems of poverty, drought, degradation, and famine. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780521451734
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