The North African Environment at Risk by Swearingen, Will D.

The North African Environment at Risk (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780367294465)

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The North African Environment at Risk by Swearingen, Will D.

The North African Environment at Risk

$200.00
The North African Environment at Risk by Swearingen, Will D.

The North African Environment at Risk

$200.00
Format: Hardcover
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Deforestation, soil erosion, desertification, air and water pollution, loss of wildlife habitat, and declining biodiversity are interrelated manifestations of a growing environmental crisis in North Africa that has received relatively little attention from government policymakers and is poorly understood by North African peoples, the international development community, and scholars. In this book a multidisciplinary group of scholars explores the broad range of human activities causing the deterioration of North Africa's fragile environment, including population pressure and poverty, rapid urbanization, intense competition for land and water, and mismanagement of natural resources. The contributors examine in particular the conflict between economic development and environmental sustainability. They analyze the historical roots of current environmental problems, the underlying socioeconomic causes, potential solutions, and differences in environmental policies among various countries. This is an insightful portrait of a developing region attempting to reconcile traditional methods of land use with growing demands for resources, the exigencies of economic development, and the limitations of its natural resource base.

Author: Will D. Swearingen,Abdellatif Bencherifa
ISBN-10: 036729446X
ISBN-13: 9780367294465
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 09/13/2019
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d
By Will D. Swearingen
By Will D. Swearingen
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"Will D. Swearingen is research associate professor in the Earth Science Department at Montana State University, Bozeman. He is author of Moroccan Mirages and numerous articles on agriculture, food security, and drought in North Africa.
Abdellatif Bencherifa is professor of geography and vice dean of the Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines at the Université Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco. He specializes in the study of land-use practices in mountain and oasis environments in Morocco and has published widely on these topics."

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