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Adapting to Drought
Michael Mortimore
其他書名
Farmers, Famines and Desertification in West Africa
出版
Cambridge University Press
, 1989-03-30
主題
Business & Economics / Economic Conditions
Business & Economics / Industries / Agribusiness
Nature / Natural Disasters
Nature / Natural Resources
Science / Life Sciences / Ecology
Science / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology
Social Science / Human Geography
Social Science / Sociology / General
Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General
ISBN
0521323126
9780521323123
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Dx89AAAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
This book embodies the results of thirteen years of research in drought-prone rural areas in the semi-arid zone of northern Nigeria. It describes the patterns of adaptive behaviour observed among Hausa, Ful'be and Manga communities in response to recurrent drought in the 1970s and 1980s. The question of desertification is explored in an area where the visible evidence of moving sand dunes is dramatic blame are examined in relation to the field evidence. A critique is offered of deterministic theories and authoritarian solutions. Professor Mortimore demonstrates a parallel between the observable resilience of semi-arid ecosystems and the adaptive strategies of the human communities that inhabit them and suggests policy directions for strengthening that resilience.