African Environmental Crisis: A History of Science for Development

ISBN-13: 9781032173085 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 260 str.

Gufu Oba

Opis

African Environmental Crisis explores how and why the idea of the African environmental crisis developed and persisted through colonial and post-colonial periods, and why it has been so influential in development discourse.

Spis treści

1 The African environmental crisis: Is it a myth? An introduction  PART 1 EMPIRE, SCIENCE, SOCIETY AND DEVELOPMENT  2 European exploration of East Africa: Textual analysis of travel narratives, 1831–1900  3 Imperial scientific infrastructure: Science for development, 1848–1960s  4 African environmental crisis narratives: Schemes, technology and development, 1904–1960  PART 2 ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH  5 Experimental science and development: A re-evaluation of the Environmental crisis hypothesis, 1939–1960  6 Social science research: Behavioral responses to development, 1919–1950  7 Administrative science for development dialogue: Three Kenyan case studies, 1943–1954  PART 3 VECTORS, PESTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE  8 Tsetse fly control in East Africa: Environmental and social impacts, 1880–1959  9 Locust invasion and control in East Africa: Economic and environmental impacts, 1890–1960s  10 A synthesis: Conclusions and epilog

O autorze

Gufu Oba is professor at the Faculty of Landscape and Society (LANDSAM) in the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. His work is interdisciplinary; combining natural sciences, pastoralism and environmental history. His previous books include; Nomads in the shadows of empires (2013), Climate change adaptation in Africa (2014) and Herder warfare in East Africa (2017).