People on the Edge in the Horn

Displacement, Land Use and the Environment in the Gedaref Region, Sudan

Häftad, Engelska, 1996

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Beskrivning

The author provides evidence to question many common assumptions about land degradation.What impact do displaced people and refugees have on the place where they eke out a living from resources under pressure? Gaim Kibreab questions the degree of impact on land degradation by war-displaced Eritreans on the Gedaref region of the Sudan. Was land degradation on and around the scheme really due to humans and their livestock?North America: Africa World Press/Red Sea Press

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1996-10-17
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:568 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:James Currey
ISBN:9780852552339

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GAIM KIBREAB retired as Professor of Research and Director of Refugee Studies, School of Law and Social Science, London South Bank University in 2021. He is the author of Eritrea: A Dream Deferred (James Currey, 2009), People on the Edge in the Horn (James Currey, 1996) and The Eritrean National Service (2017).

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...it is one of the best in-depth studies of land use in Africa that I have come across, and it is certainly important to demonstrate in detail how non-demographic factors are the ultimate causes of resource depletion. -

Innehållsförteckning

Overcultivation and land degradation on the Qala en Nahal scheme; change in vegetation resources; decline in crop yields; the impact of woodfuel use on environmental degradation; overstocking and the problem of overgrazing of range resources; institutions and resource management systems in Eritea - the refugees' resources on the scheme; ecological perception and conservation; population pressure and resource depletion; the farmers' response to land degradation; environmental degradation and predisposition to change; farmers' responses to ACORDs natural resource programmes; conclusion.