The North African environment at risk
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The North African environment at risk
（State, culture, and society in Arab North Africa）
Westview Press, c1996
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This volume explores the broad range of human activities causing the deterioration of North Africa's fragile environment, including population pressure and poverty, urbanization, competition for land and water, and mismanagement of natural resources. Looking in particular at the conflict between economic development and environmental sustainability, contibutors analyze the historical roots of environmental problems, the underlying socio-economic causes, potential solutions, and differences in policies among various countries. This provides a portrait of a developing region attempting to reconcile traditional methods of land use with growing demands for resources and the limitations of its natural-resource base.
Table of Contents
- Introduction - environmental degradation in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, Salah Zaimeche and Will D. Swearingen. Part 1 Historical perspectives on environmental deterioration: sustained past and risky present - the Tafilalt oasis of south-eastern Morocco, James A. Miller
- is drought increasing in North Africa? - an historical analysis, W.D. Swearingen
- development trends and environmental deterioration in the agro-pastoral systems of the central Middle Atlas, Morocco, Douglas Johnson. Part 2 Desertification: sedentarization of nomads and increasing risks of desertification in Morocco, Abdellatif Bencherifa
- desertification and degradation of Algeria's environmental resources, Keith Sutton and S. Zaimeche
- pastoralism and desertification in Mauritania, Dah Salihi
- desertification in Tunisia - causes and sustainable solutions, Sadok Bouzid. Part 3 Soil degradation: environmental degradation in northern Africa - an ecological modelling approach with implications for sustainable development and global change, Chris Potter
- the paradox of soil degradation in recently mechanized regions of central Morocco, Driss Fassi
- Morocco's mountain environments - socio-economic development versus environmental protection, Abdellah Louina. Part 4 Threatened eco-systems and economic development: forest preservation versus socio-economic development in Morocco, Abdelmalek Banabid
- endangered wetlands and environmental management in North Africa, Barbara Parmenter
- the human impact on the hydrological system of the southern Atlas Mountains, Brahim Akdim
- disappearing species - the case of the monk seal in Algeria, Zitouni Boutiba. Part 5 Environment and quality-of-life issues: urban pollution in Tunisia - the deteriorating quality of life, Belgacem Henchi
- desert locust control, public health and environmental sustainability in North Africa, Allan Showler
- environmental impacts of tourism along the Moroccan Mediterrancean coast, Mohammed Berraine: North Africa in world fora: the internationalization of North African environmental concerns, Pamela Chasek.
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