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Urban growth and land degradation in developing cities : change and challenges in Kano, Nigeria
- Title
- Urban growth and land degradation in developing cities : change and challenges in Kano, Nigeria / Roy Maconachie.
- Author
- Maconachie, Roy.
- Publication
- Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
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Details
- Description
- xx, 194 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Kings SOAS studies in development geography
- Uniform Title
- King's SOAS studies in development geography.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-192) and index.
- Contents
- 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".
- Call Number
- JFE 07-5090
- ISBN
- 9780754648284 (alk. paper)
- 0754648281 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006037660
- OCLC
- 76167438
- vendorOCM76167438
- Author
- Maconachie, Roy.
- Title
- Urban growth and land degradation in developing cities : change and challenges in Kano, Nigeria / Roy Maconachie.
- Imprint
- Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
- Series
- Kings SOAS studies in development geographyKing's SOAS studies in development geography.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-192) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFE 07-5090