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Author Howorth, Chris

Title Rebuilding the Local Landscape : Environmental Management in Burkina Faso
Published Milton : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (185 pages)
Series Routledge Revivals Ser
Routledge Revivals Ser
Contents Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Boxes Figures, and Tables; Preface; 1 The Resilience of the Peasantry in Burkina Faso (or les paysannes sont fortes); Introduction; Burkina Faso; History, Environment and Movement in West Africa; The Peasant Mode of Production; 2 The Province of Sissili; Introduction; Physical Environment; Human Resources and Human Systems; Issues of Resource Use in Sissili; An Introduction to the Three Case Study Villages; Islam in Sissili; Summary; 3 Culturally Locating Production Patterns; The Nuni; The Mossi; The Fulani; Summary
4 LonIntroduction; Legal Arrangements and Administrative Decision Making; Ethnic Interrelationships in Lon; 5 Boutiourou; Introduction; Legal Arrangements and Administrative Decision Making; Ethnic Interrelationships in Boutiourou; 6 Saboué; Introduction; Legal Arrangements and Administrative Decision Making; Ethnic Interrelationships in Saboué; 7 Conclusion: African Realities and Western Dreams; Introduction; Local Environmental Management and the Emerging Development Paradigm; Appendix: Land Classification Units According to de Boer, 1992; References
Summary First published in 1999, this volume emerged in the context of a recent willingness to understand what Africa's peasant farmers are designing and building in their local landscapes, in contrast to the meta-narratives which were relatively distant from the lives and livelihoods of Africans. Based on author Chris Howorth's fieldwork as a UNAIS technical assistant, this book combines academic rigour with a commitment to participatory development action and encourages interaction between universities and field agencies for understanding the landscape. The first part of the book explores the efficiency of peasant modes of production. This is followed by culturally locating production patterns along with three village case studies in the province of Sissili: Lon, Boutiourou and Saboué. Building on ecological and farming systems research in these three villages, Howorth examines the case in Burkina Faso, analysing environmental land management strategies
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Subject Land use, Rural -- Environmental aspects -- Burkina Faso
Environmental management -- Burkina Faso
Conservation of natural resources -- Burkina Faso
Conservation of natural resources.
Conservation of Natural Resources
Land use, Rural -- Environmental aspects
Environmental management
Conservation of natural resources
Burkina Faso
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429816925
0429816928