Urban growth and land degradation in developing cities : change and challenges in Kano, Nigeria
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Urban growth and land degradation in developing cities : change and challenges in Kano, Nigeria
(SOAS studies in development geography)
Ashgate, c2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-192) and index
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Contents of Works
- Introduction
- Sustainability, land degradation and peri-urban expansion
- Historical background to farming in the Kano close-settled zone
- The area of study : the Kano close-settled zone
- Land, soil and sustainable livelihoods
- Urban pressure and woodland degradation : perceptions of tree cover change in the Kano close-settled zone
- Water quality, urban waste and sustainability
- Sustainability challenged? seeing beyond Kano's ʿpolitical-ecological footprintʼ