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Author Haller, Tobias

Title The contested floodplain : institutional change of the commons in the Kafue Flats, Zambia / Tobias Haller
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, c2013

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 555 p.)
Contents 1. Introduction: the role of institutions in the management of common pool resources -- 2. The Kafue Flats ecosystem: a rich floodplain in a semi-arid environment -- 3. A "fierce" people: ethnography of the Ila, Balundwe and Batwa -- 4. From Lozi raids to ineffective state control: the political economy of Southern Province and Zambia -- 5. Transformations in a pastoral commons: institutional change of cattle and pasture management -- 6. "We will throw the Lozi into the water": institutional change and conflict in the fisheries -- 7. From hunting to poaching: wildlife management from common property to de facto open access -- 8. Irrigation for the poor -- cattle for the rich? Contesting the institutional design of the floodplain -- 9. Conclusions: institutional change, bargaining power and conflicts
Summary The Contested Floodplain explains how institutional change in the African floodplain wetlands of Zambia (Kafue Flats) caused the area's resource management to fail. This work combines New Institutionalism approaches (predicated on notions of power and ideology) with political ecology and findings from local ecological studies, extending its appeal to scholars in African and environmental studies. It includes an in-depth social anthropological analysis of agro-pastoral and fishermen communities and also a foreword by Dr. Elizabeth Cols
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-550) and index
Notes English
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed
Subject Water resources development -- Zambia -- Kafue Flats
Floodplain management -- Zambia -- Kafue Flats
Natural resources, Communal -- Zambia -- Kafue Flats -- Management
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Economic history
Floodplain management
Natural resources, Communal -- Management
Water resources development
Bewässerung
Bewässerungsfeldbau
Bewässerungswirtschaft
Landwirtschaft
Wasserhaushalt
Überschwemmungsgebiet
SUBJECT Kafue Flats (Zambia) -- Economic conditions
Subject Zambia -- Kafue Flats
Sambia
Kafue-Gebiet
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021678730
ISBN 9780739169575
0739169572
1283940582
9781283940580