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This is a collection of concise and up-to-date case studies revealing in a positive way how African peoples are coping, and in some cases not coping, with their local environments.
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General issues; the effects of urbanization on rural environments in Africa; environmental resources - their use and management by the Bedouin of the Nubian Desert of southern Egypt; West Africa - desertification, drought and development in the Sahel; local agro-ecological management and forest-savanna transitions - the case of Kissidougou, Guinea; southern Africa - sustainability of smallholder food production systems in southern Africa - the case of Zimbabwe; health and health care in the new South Africa.
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