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Author:   Randall Baker
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.521kg
ISBN:  

9780873716611

ISBN 10:   0873716612
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   18 December 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Some Common Themes 2. The Tropical Climate: The Great Heat Engine 3. Resource Constraints and Opportunities 4. Energy and Food 5. Some Principles of Traditional Land Use 6. Adaptations to the Environment 7. Population and Land Use: Adaptations of the Environment 8. Europe Annexes the Tropics 9. Colonial Agriculture in the 20th Century 10. The Development Dilemma 11. Changes in Research: Systems and Revolutions 12. The Administrative Trap 13. Environmental Degradation in Kenya: Two Conflicting “Explanations 14. The Destruction of the Rain Forest: Development in Action? 15. Desertification: What is it Really? 16. Prospects for a Sustainable Future in the Tropics 17. Index

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