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Local Environmental Change and Society in Africa
M.A. . Ed(S): Salih
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Paperback. Editor(s): Salih, M.A. Num Pages: 203 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JHBC; RGC; RN; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 338.
Social and natural scientists are currently obsessed with globalization, but this has not been matched by an equal interest in the societal consequences of local environmental change. Attention has thus been withdrawn from community and locality and transferred to global processes, with an indifference to the reality of those at the receiving end of the social, economic and political problems that globalization create. Local reality is obscured and conditions are imposed that are often insensitive to or even distort local needs, resource management, and production systems.
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Social and natural scientists are currently obsessed with globalization, but this has not been matched by an equal interest in the societal consequences of local environmental change. Attention has thus been withdrawn from community and locality and transferred to global processes, with an indifference to the reality of those at the receiving end of the social, economic and political problems that globalization create. Local reality is obscured and conditions are imposed that are often insensitive to or even distort local needs, resource management, and production systems.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
Number of Pages
203
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401721059
SKU
V9789401721059
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99-15
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