Political Ecology and the Role of Water - Environment, Society and Economy in Northern Yemen (Hardcover, New edition)

How can we explain the over-exploitation and degradation of natural resources in the countries of the South? Population growth, poverty and problems associated with common property resource management have been common themes in this debate, yet insufficient attention has been paid to how traditional political relations and local perceptions affect natural resource capture and resource allocation. This is especially evident with respect to groups and communities at the political and geographical peripheries of state influence and control for whom self-identity is constructed around notions of autonomy and food self-sufficiency. This informative book addresses this omission by discussing water resource allocation and management. It focuses in particular on the socio-economic and political contexts which influence approaches to and determine practices of water management. Taking the example of the tribal communities of the Sa'dah basin in the northern Yemen, it analyzes the politics of environmental change, with particular reference to groundwater resource degradation, within the conceptual framework of political ecology .

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	King's SOAS Studies in Development Geography
Release date:	May 2003
First published:	2003
Authors:	Gerhard Lichtenthaler
Dimensions:	157 x 222 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-0908-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources
LSN:	0-7546-0908-1
Barcode:	9780754609087

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