Urban Growth and Land Degradation in Developing Cities: Change and Challenges in Kano Nigeria

by Roy Maconachie, Kathy Baker-Smith, Robert W Bradnock

Overview

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 northern Nigeria, and in doing so, provides insights into the sustainability of these livelihood strategies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409487388
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	11/28/2012
Series:	King's SOAS Studies in Development Geography
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Dr Roy Maconachi is at the Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, UK.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; Glossary of Hausa words; Introduction; Sustainability, land degradation and peri-urban expansion; Historical background to farming in 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'; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

'This book offers a fluent and stimulating contribution to ongoing debates around resource management in politicized peri-urban environments. It will be of considerable interest to a wide readership in development studies, environmental management, geography and related disciplines.' Gina Porter, University of Durham, UK 'This book is well informed, thoroughly researched and well written.' International Planning Studies

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