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Book Synopsis Maîtrise de l'espace et développement en Afrique by :
Download or read book Maîtrise de l'espace et développement en Afrique written by and published by KARTHALA Editions. This book was released on 2010 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depuis les années 1960, suite à la construction progressive de l'Union Européenne et, bien après, à l'émergence du phénomène de la mondialisation, les dimensions spatiales de développement sont devenues multiples. Aux anciens concepts comme le pays, la région, le territoire national... sont venus s'ajouter des espaces d'intégration régionale et de la mondialisation. De même, la démocratisation de l'Etat et de la société, amorcée dans la plupart des pays africains depuis 1990, a entraîné la promotion de tous petits espaces de commandement issus de la décentralisation. Désormais, les espaces de développement deviennent plus complexes. Faut-il aller de " l'Etat-nation aux Etats-régions " ou de la " Région aux territoires " ? Ce sont là autant de questions qui se posent actuellement à la géographie. Ce volume, Maîtrise de l'espace et développement en Afrique : état des lieux, a pour objectif de faire prendre conscience aux géographes africains des nouveaux enjeux et défis auxquels est désormais confrontée leur discipline. Que signifie désormais l'espace de développement ? Quelle est sa portée économique et politique ? Ces questions sont d'autant plus importantes à soulever qu'en Afrique, l'organisation de l'espace dépend de deux logiques : formelle et informelle.
Download or read book Eskom written by Sylvy Jaglin and published by Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa’s leading producer of electricity, Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, is also a vertically integrated monopoly, owned by the South African state. This national champion was shaken in 2008, when it was obliged to introduce ‘load shedding’, or rolling blackouts, and again in late 2014. Trying to understand how and why one of the iconic pillars of South African state capitalism is now in distress, the authors of this book argue that the so-called electricity crisis is in fact a public monopoly crisis. Moving beyond technical aspects, they explore the relationship between state power and Eskom before, during and after apartheid. From this perspective, they suggest that the current technical and financial troubles of this public utility are illustrative of the weakening of its technopolitical regime, of how national institutions have governed Eskom’s technological development, and of the pursuit of political goals in the production of electrical power. Without a clear industrial strategy during the 2000s, Eskom became a powerful tool of Broad-Black Economic Empowerment as well as a neopatrimonial system which generates profits captured by the ruling party. As a result, crisis in Eskom shakes the whole political edifice. Inefficient and its finances increasingly under scrutiny, this state-owned enterprise’s existence as a monopolistic public utility is regularly a subject of debate. The authors discuss the ambivalent role of Eskom in the national energy transition policy and whether solutions point in the direction of de-integrating this public monopoly and allowing its current technopolitical regime to enter a planned or natural decline.
Book Synopsis Shared Waters, Shared Opportunities by : Bernard Calas
Download or read book Shared Waters, Shared Opportunities written by Bernard Calas and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2010-10-25 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of watercourses to human life and development cannot be overemphasised. From communication, trade, agriculture and the location of human settlements, they have played an immeasurable role. Almost 60% of Africa lies within shared rivers and lake basins. The Nile is shared by more than seven nations, the Zambezi by six, and the Congo by nine. With populations on the rise, many countries have been labeled water scarce nations, and in fifteen years it is predicted that many people on earth will be exposed to water shortage consequences such as famine and disease. Thirteen African nations already suffer water stress and soon another twelve will join the list unless something is done to thwart the problem. On March 20, 2009 in Nairobi, Hekima College collaborated with Jesuit Hakimani Centre and the French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA) to host the Hekima College Water Day Academic Seminar with the theme Shared Waters, Shared Opportunities. This book is the result of critical research and presentations by internationally renowned scholars, researchers and experts, and students of the Institute of Peace Studies and International RelationsHekima College. For most of 2009 Kenya suffered severe problems caused by flooding which took many lives and destroyed homes and important infrastructures. It highlighted the issues of water management and water conflicts, not only in Kenya but in other parts of East Africa, as it was made abundantly clear that not only scarcity of water, but excess water, incorrectly managed, can be disastrous. This timely, scholarly book presents discussions of the issues which underlie the major water crises in the region. They open the debate into the water problems of Kenya and East Africa in an effort to join the global campaign to find solutions to these difficulties.
Book Synopsis The Basic Environmental History by : Mauro Agnoletti
Download or read book The Basic Environmental History written by Mauro Agnoletti and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an introductory instrument to the main themes of environmental history, illustrating its development over time, methodological implications, results achieved and those still under discussion. But the overriding aspiration is to show that the doubts, methods and knowledge elaborated by environmental history have a heuristic value that is far from negligible precisely in its attitude to the most consolidated major historiography. For this reason, this book gives an overview of environmental history as it is an essential component of the basic knowledge of global history. At the same time, it introduces specific aspects which are useful both for anyone wanting to deepen his/her studies of environmental historiography and for those interested in one of the many disciplinary areas – from rural history to urban history, from the history of technology to the history of public health, etc. with which environmental history develops a dialogue.
Book Synopsis Water Sheikhs and Dam Builders by : Francesca de Chatel
Download or read book Water Sheikhs and Dam Builders written by Francesca de Chatel and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francesca de Châtel explores the problems and paradoxes of water resources in the Middle East and North Africa. She takes an entirely new angle on the much-discussed question of water scarcity by examining the history and culture of water from a human perspective. Unlike other books on the subject that provide specialized geopolitical, economic, and hydrological analyses, this book presents the reality of water scarcity through the eyes of those confronting the problem on a daily basis. The author provides a colorful and diverse portrait of a resource that is inextricably entwined with the history and future of the region and its peoples. Using research obtained in her travels, she combines lively character sketches, interviews, travel descriptions, historical anecdotes, and hard facts to reveal the complexity of this invaluable resource. Besides identifying the causes of the current water crisis, the book also discusses the reason for a lack of awareness among the general public, and deals with a variety of themes: the role of water in religions and ideologies, the impact of large-scale water projects on people’s perception of the resource, and the politics of water pricing. In exploring the past, present, and future of water in the region, de Châtel exposes the roots of the current water crisis.
Book Synopsis The Spatial and Economic Transformation of Mountain Regions by : Manfred Perlik
Download or read book The Spatial and Economic Transformation of Mountain Regions written by Manfred Perlik and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mountain regions are subject to a unique set of economic pressures: they act as collective enterprises which have to valorize rare resources, such as spectacular landscapes. While primarily rural in nature, they often border large cities, and the development of industries such as hydroelectric power and the rapid development of tourism can bring about sweeping socio-economic change and vast demographic alterations. The Spatial and Economic Transformation of Mountain Regions describes the socio-economic changes and spatial impacts of the last four decades, with the transformation of mountain areas held up as an example. Much of the real-world context draws on the Alps, spanning as they do the significant economies of France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Chapters address academic discourse on regional development in these mountain areas and suggest alternative approaches to the liberal-productivist societal model. This book will be essential reading for professionals, institutions, and NGOs searching for counter-models to the existing marketing approaches for peripheral areas. It will also be of interest to students of regional development, economic geography, environmental studies, and industrial economics.
Book Synopsis L'espace hydraulique sud-africain - Le partage des eaux by : BLANCHON David
Download or read book L'espace hydraulique sud-africain - Le partage des eaux written by BLANCHON David and published by KARTHALA Editions. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La partition de l'espace sud-africain, depuis les débuts de la conquête coloniale jusqu'à la fin de l'apartheid s'est doublée d'un partage inégal des eaux. Tout comme les terres les plus fertiles et les ressources minières, les ressources hydrauliques sud-africaines, indispensables au développement dans un pays marqué par l'aridité, ont été l'objet d'une conquête par les colons blancs. Ce livre retrace l'histoire de cette appropriation, à travers l'exemple des deux principaux cours d'eau, l'Orange et son affluent le Vaal. Il montre comment un vaste système de manipulation des cours d'eau a été construit autour de grands transferts d'eau, pour les faire passer de leur direction "naturelle", vers l'océan, à leur direction "anthropique" actuelle, vers l'argent et le pouvoir. De cette conquête, les cours d'eau sud-africains ne sont pas sortis indemnes. Il est devenu difficile de distinguer les dynamiques naturelles des modifications voulues par l'homme, souvent du fait des interactions complexes entre les grands barrages et les aménagements locaux. Avec l'arrivée au pouvoir de l'ANC de Nelson Mandela, la gestion de l'eau était promise à un changement radical, mais comment évaluer des impacts environnementaux alors que s'entremêlent de façon inextricable le "naturel" et "l'artificiel", les processus nés des aménagements locaux, des grands barrages et les fluctuations cycliques des précipitations ? Comment gérer des cours d'eau et mener des politiques environnementales, au sortir de 40 ansd'apartheid, alors que le cadre du bassin versant n'a plus de sens ? Les réponses apportées à ces questions depuis 15 ans sont non seulement un indicateur des changements qui affectent l'Afrique du Sud, mais aussi un exemple pour tous les pays du Sud confrontés aux mêmes défis.
Book Synopsis Proceedings of the Workshop on Irrigation in West Africa by : Namara, Regassa E.
Download or read book Proceedings of the Workshop on Irrigation in West Africa written by Namara, Regassa E. and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Vers une reconnaissance de l'efficacite pastorale traditionnelle by : Sabine Miehe, Hermann Grell, Brigitte Thébaud
Download or read book Vers une reconnaissance de l'efficacite pastorale traditionnelle written by Sabine Miehe, Hermann Grell, Brigitte Thébaud and published by IIED. This book was released on with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Compiled by the British Library of Political and Economic Science Publisher :Psychology Press ISBN 13 :9780415262378 Total Pages :664 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (623 download)
Book Synopsis IBSS by : Compiled by the British Library of Political and Economic Science
Download or read book IBSS written by Compiled by the British Library of Political and Economic Science and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institution whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of the social sciences.
Book Synopsis Nomadic Connectivity by : Inge Butter
Download or read book Nomadic Connectivity written by Inge Butter and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-08-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A focus on the everyday has produced this ethnography, which hopes to give a nuanced voice to an extended family of semi-sedentary nomads, living at the centre of a country and region known for its political turmoil, ecological insecurities, and socio-economic hardship. The everyday of the Chadian Walad Djifir is one in which sedentarity and mobility are approached as two entwined parts of a whole, and where economic and geographical boundaries do not necessarily form constrictions. The ferīkh (nomadic camp) is where all of the Walad Djifir’s networks meet, and often also begin— a physical place embodying various networks and connections, which span time and geographical space. This analytical and methodological approach gives insight in how regional trends can be understood in light of the Walad Djifir’s daily lives. Over time, the Walad Djifir have developed ways of coping and dealing with insecurities, interacting with infrastructural, technological, and socio-political developments in specific ways. In exploring how such insecurities and crises become anchored into the everyday, the ferīkh provides answers. It is precisely the mundane elements of daily life which anchor disruption.
Download or read book Africa Geoscience Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Meules à grains by : Mouette Barboff
Download or read book Meules à grains written by Mouette Barboff and published by Les Editions de la MSH. This book was released on 2003 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Underground Aqueducts Handbook by : Andreas N. Angelakis
Download or read book Underground Aqueducts Handbook written by Andreas N. Angelakis and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the major engineering achievements in underground aqueducts from around the world and throughout history. It provides valuable insights into water technologies and management with respect to durability, adaptability to the environment, and sustainability. Comparisons of the technological underground aqueduct developments from several regions are made. These technologies are the underpinning of modern achievements in water supply engineering and water management practices, and current issues of sustainability, cost-effectiveness, and decentralization have led engineers to consider combining older proven technologies with modern infrastructure advancements.
Book Synopsis Community Management of Natural Resources in Africa by : Dilys Roe
Download or read book Community Management of Natural Resources in Africa written by Dilys Roe and published by IIED. This book was released on 2009 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a pan-African synthesis of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), drawing on multiple authors and a wide range of documented experiences from Southern, Eastern, Western and Central Africa. This title discusses the degree to which CBNRM has met poverty alleviation, economic development and nature conservation objectives.
Book Synopsis Africa South of the Sahara: Kenya-Somalia by : Library of Congress. African Section
Download or read book Africa South of the Sahara: Kenya-Somalia written by Library of Congress. African Section and published by Boston, Mass. : G. K. Hall. This book was released on 1971 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This index to periodical literature reproduces catalogue cards of the Africana Section, General Reference and Bibliography Division, Library of Congress. It is organized by country and thereunder by subject. The section on "South West Africa" (vol.4, p. 149-74) contains close to 600 references to articles in journals, some of them rare. Three supplementary volumes have also been published so far: 1973 (p. 328-30), 1982 (p. 293-303) and 1985. (Eriksen/Moorsom 1989).
Book Synopsis Bibliographic Guide to Government Publications by : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Download or read book Bibliographic Guide to Government Publications written by New York Public Library. Research Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
