Urban growth and land degradation in developing cities [electronic resource] : change and challenges in Kano, Nigeria / Roy Maconachie.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: BookBookSeries: King's SOAS studies in development geographyPublication details: Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.Description: xx, 194 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 307.7609669/77 22
LOC classification:
  • HT384.N52 K366 2007eb
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Contents:
Introduction -- Sustainability, land degradation and peri-urban expansion -- Historical background to farming in the Kano close-settled zone -- The area of study : the Kano close-settled zone -- Land, soil and sustainable livelihoods -- Urban pressure and woodland degradation : perceptions of tree cover change in the Kano close-settled zone -- Water quality, urban waste and sustainability -- Sustainability challenged? seeing beyond Kano's political-ecological footprint.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-192) and index.

Introduction -- Sustainability, land degradation and peri-urban expansion -- Historical background to farming in the Kano close-settled zone -- The area of study : the Kano close-settled zone -- Land, soil and sustainable livelihoods -- Urban pressure and woodland degradation : perceptions of tree cover change in the Kano close-settled zone -- Water quality, urban waste and sustainability -- Sustainability challenged? seeing beyond Kano's political-ecological footprint.

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