Disputing the Floodplains: Institutional Change and the Politics of Resource Management in African Wetlands

by Tobias Haller

African Floodplains in semi-arid areas are important for local livelihoods as they harbor many common-pool resources such as fisheries, pasture, wildlife, veldt products, water and land for irrigation. However, in many of these areas resources are under pressure. This book is presenting seven case studies from Mali, Cameroon, Tanzania, Zambia and Botswana based on anthropological fieldwork (2002-08) and explores how these common-pool resources have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004185321
• ISBN13: 9789004185326
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"