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Africa, tropical timber, turfs, and trade : geographic perspectives on Ghana's timber industry and development
Title
Africa, tropical timber, turfs, and trade : geographic perspectives on Ghana's timber industry and development / J. Henry Owusu.
ISBN
9780739174012 (cloth : alk. paper)
0739174010 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780739174029 (electronic)
0739174029 (electronic)
Published
Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.
Physical Description
xxv, 256 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 14, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Africa, turfs and trade : theoretical and historical framework
Turf establishment and the development process : structural foundations of Ghana's timber industry
Independence, instability and contested turfs : structural changes in the timber industry
Turf reclamation strategies : neo-liberalism and the timber industry
Turf recapture and consolidation for the timber trade : Ghana's economic recovery program
Structural adjustment, the timber trade and turf degradation : political convenience and desperate deforestation
Turf dynamics and conflicts, the timber trade and spatial integration
Debt, dependence, turf control and Ghana's economy
Conclusions and lessons for twenty-first century Africa.
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