Urban growth and land degradation in developing cities : change and challenges in Kano, Nigeria /
Peri-urban livelihood strategies have become an increasingly important survival mechanism in the context of rapid urban growth. This book uses an innovative combination of methodologies from both the natural and social sciences to examine recent developments in and around the city of Kano in norther...
| Основен автор: | Maconachie, Roy. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Aldershot ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
℗♭2007.
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| Серия: |
King's SOAS studies in development geography.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=270155 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Urban growth and land degradation in developing cities. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction
- Sustainability, land degradation and peri-urban expansion
- Historical background to farming in the Kano close-settled zone
- The area of study : the Kano close-settled zone
- Land, soil and sustainable livelihoods
- Urban pressure and woodland degradation : perceptions of tree cover change in the Kano close-settled zone
- Water quality, urban waste and sustainability
- Sustainability challenged? seeing beyond Kano's 'political-ecological footprint'.