Urban growth and land degradation in developing cities : change and challenges in Kano, Nigeria

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    • Maconachie, Roy

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Urban growth and land degradation in developing cities : change and challenges in Kano, Nigeria

Roy Maconachie

(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

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