| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 224 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Afrika-Studiecentrum series, 1570-9310 ; v. 17 |
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Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 17.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Maps; Photos; 1 . Approaches to environmental change; 2 . Tree castles and population bombs; 3. Conquest of Nature: Imperial political ecologies; 4. Fierce species: Biological imperialism; 5. Guns, hoes and steel: Techno-environmental determinism; 6. Naturalizing cattle culture: Colonialism as a deglobalizing and decommodifying force; 7. The Palenque paradox: Beyond Nature-to-Culture; 8. The Ovambo paradox and environmental pluralism; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Descriptions of the late 1800s landscape in the Ovambo floodplain in north-central Namibia closely match the area's late 1900s appearance, suggesting that little change occurred between the pre-colonial baseline and the postcolonial outcome. Yet, paradoxically, colonial conquest, population pressure, biological invasions, new technology, and economic globalization caused both dramatic deforestation and reforestation in less than a century. The paradox stems from the fact that the prevailing global environmental models obscure and homogenize the process of environmental change: different and co |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-216) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Deforestation -- Namibia
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Reforestation -- Namibia
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Environmental policy -- Namibia
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Global environmental change.
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NATURE -- Natural Resources.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
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Deforestation
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Ecology
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Environmental policy
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Global environmental change
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Reforestation
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Aufforstung
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Rodung
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Umweltveränderung
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| SUBJECT |
Namibia -- Environmental conditions
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| Subject |
Namibia
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Namibia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789047444206 |
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9047444205 |
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1282951270 |
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9781282951273 |
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9786612951275 |
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6612951273 |
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