Environmental Planning, Policies and Politics in Eastern and Southern Africa [Hardcover]

Caught between underdevelopment, poverty and environmental degradation, and the need for exploiting their natural resources for development, Africa has, during the last two decades, been engaged in a serious effort to integrate environment and development. The nine case studies (Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Tanzania, Sudan, Uganda and Zambia) presented in this book explore the complexity involved in environmental planning and policy in one of the World's poorest regions. The authors articulate an informed debate, with new conclusions and alternative policy recommendations.Foreword; J.B. Opschoor Note on Contributors Introduction: Environmental Planning, Policies and Politics in Eastern and Southern Africa; M.A.M.Salih National Environmental Management in Ethiopia; In Search of People's Space; S.Telda & K.Lemma National Resource Management Policies in Kenya: The Politics Within; W.N.Wamicha & J.I.Mwanje Environmental Management in Malawi: Lessons from Failure; W.M. Kasweswe-Mwafongo & L.M.Kapila Environmental Management in Lesotho: The Limitations of Legal Instruments; M.V.Mareke & P.A.Molumeli Effectiveness of Environmental Planning in Sudan; H.A.A.Ati & N.M.Awad National Environmental Planning in Tanzania: Processes and Politics; R.B.B.Mwalyosi & H.Sosovele Environmental Management in Uganda: A Critique; H.Sengendo & P.K.Musali Environmental Conservation Planning in Zambia; D.D.Theo & H.N.Chabwela Desertification and Environmental Management in Botswana; M.B.K.Darkoh Map Tables IndexHASSAN AHMED ABDEL ATI PhD in Development Studies, University of Wales, Swansea, UKNADIR M. AWAD PhD in Biology, University of North CarolinaHARRY N. WEZA CHABWELA Lecturer at the School of Natural Sciences, University of ZambiaMICHAEL B. K. DARKOH Professor of Geography at the Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Botswana, GabaroneSENGENDO HANNINGTON Head of Geography Department, Makere University, UgandaKIFLE LEMMA Head of tlCÜ