ISBN:
9780203983263
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (245 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mortimore, Michael, 1937 - Working the Sahel
Parallel Title:
Print version Working the Sahel
DDC:
306.3/49/0966
Keywords:
Human ecology -- Sahel
;
Desertification -- Sahel
;
Desert ecology -- Sahel
;
Sahel -- Social conditions
;
Sahel -- Environmental conditions
;
Desert ecology ; Sahel
;
Desertification ; Sahel
;
Human ecology ; Sahel
;
Sahel ; Environmental conditions
;
Sahel ; Social conditions
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Nigeria Nord
;
Sahel
;
Umwelt
;
Gesellschaft
Abstract:
This book looks at how people in the semi-arid conditions of the Sahel cope with their harsh environment. It draws on four years of field research with farmers in the Sahelian region and builds on work with these communities over several decades. Reporting on studies of four village communities, it shows how people work to achieve sustainable livelihoods and emphasises that there can be development without disaster.
Abstract:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Diversity, flexibility and adaptability -- 3 Four communities, four systems -- 4 Negotiating the rain -- 5 Working nature -- 6 Making the land work harder -- 7 When farmers are not farming -- 8 Women, children and the house -- 9 Understanding inequality -- 10 Managing the managers -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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