E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 280 Seiten
Fratkin / Roth As Pastoralists Settle
2005
ISBN: 978-0-306-48595-4
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
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Social, Health, and Economic Consequences of the Pastoral Sedentarization in Marsabit District, Kenya
E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 280 Seiten
Reihe: Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation
ISBN: 978-0-306-48595-4
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Throughout the world's arid regions, and particularly in northern and eastern Africa, formerly nomadic pastoralists are undergoing a transition to settled life. This reference shows that although pastoral settlement is often encouraged by international development agencies and national governments, the social, economic and health consequences of sedentism are not inevitably beneficial.




