Land degradation in the tropics: environmental and policy issues
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London [u.a.]
Pinter
1996
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| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Series: | Global development and the environment
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| Physical Description: | XVII, 285 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 1855673894 |
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Tables viii
List of Illustrations ix
Contributors xi
Foreword xiii
Preface xv
Part I Introduction
1 Land Degradation: Environmental, Social and Policy Issues 3
Michael f. Eden
2 Radar Remote Sensing: Land Degradation and Hazard
Monitoring 19
John T. Parry
Part II Degradation in Tropical Forests
3 Forest Degradation in the Tropics: Environmental and
Management Issues 41
Michael ]. Eden
4 Environmental Degradation and Forest Renewability in
Amazonia 48
Michael}. Eden
5 Degradation of Tropical Rain Forest in Southeast Asia: Taxonomy
and Appraisal 61
Alan Grainger
6 Monitoring Sediment Yield and Logging Practices: Implications
for Forest Management in Sabah, Malaysia 76
Tony Greer, Ian Douglas, Kawi Bidin, Waidi Sinun, Jadda Suhaimi
and Azman bin Sulaiman
vi Contents
Part HI Degradation in the Drier Tropics
7 Land Degradation in Tropical Drylands 91
John T. Parry
8 An Assessment of Vegetation Cover and Soil Erosion Hazard in
Malawi Using Landsat MSS Imagery 98
John A. Soulsby
9 Resettlement and the Management of Environmental Degradation
in the African Farming Areas of Zimbabwe 115
Jennifer Elliott
10 Environmental Problems in Kenya s Arid and Semi arid Lands 126
Michael B.K. Darkoh
11 The Role of Remote Sensing and GIS in Wasteland Management
in India 144
Ravoori Nagaraja and Naresh Chandra Gautam
12 Conflicts and Contradictions in Environmental Management in
Zimbabwe 155
Lovemore M. Zinyama
Part IV Degradation in Tropical Wetlands
13 Tropical Wetland Degradation and Strategies for Management 169
Michael ]. Eden
14 Environmental Impact of Resource Use on Wetland and Riverine
Habitats in Amazonia 177
Christopher J. Barrow
15 Degradation of Mangrove Forests Adjacent to Urban Areas in
Belize and Fiji: A Comparative Study 190
Frank McShane
16 Ecological Implications of Wetland Conversion and Utilization
around Metropolitan Lagos, Nigeria 204
Chebo K.A. Asangwe
Part V Urban and Industrial Degradation in the Tropics
17 Environmental Impacts of Urban Industrial Development in the
Tropics: An Overview 213
Robert B. Potter
18 Environmental Protection and the Control of Urban Agriculture
in Harare, Zimbabwe 222
Tanya A.S. Bowyer Bower
Contents vii
19 Urban Degradation in Guyana: Causes, Problems and Policy
Options 234
Patrick Williams
20 Environmental Impacts of Urban Development and the Urban
Informal Sector in the Caribbean 245
Sally Lloyd Evans and Robert B. Potter
21 Potential for Conflict? The Proposed Namosi Copper Mine, Viti
Levu, Fiji 261
Frank McShane
Part VI Conclusion
22 Land Degradation in the Tropics: The Way Ahead 277
Michael}. Eden and John T. Parry
Index 283
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