Africa, Tropical Timber, Turfs, and Trade: Geographic Perspectives on Ghana's Timber Industry and Development

by J. Henry Owusu

This book examines development issues, particularly spatial integration, in Sub-Saharan Africa regarding its tropical timber trade, and the related formal-informal operational turf creation, control and dynamics. Focusing primarily on Ghana, it examines the scramble to control the timber trade by various political and socio-economic interests, from the colonial to the neo-liberal era, and identifies and distills lessons from Ghana's experience for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739174010
• ISBN13: 9780739174012
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher