Sustainable Land Management in the Tropics

Explaining the Miracle
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-7546-4455-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 511 g

Bringing together case studies from Kenya, Benin, Cameroon and the Philippines, this volume provides a multidisciplinary overview of the economics of natural resource management in Tropical regions, at household and village level. By comparing a wide array of climatic and economic conditions, it examines the effect of location and access to the market - as well as the importance of national policies - have on soil and water conservation. The book not only analyzes the benefits of soil and water conservation based on econometric studies, but also assesses the costs involved. In doing so it challenges commonly held assumptions about poorer community's ability to finance such measures.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zaal, Fred

Burger, Kees

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Preface; Optimistic determinism or explaining a miracle, Ton Dietz with Jan Willem Gunning, Andries Klaasse Bos and Adri Zuiderwijk; Beyond population growth: intensification and conservation in dryland small-scale agriculture: Machakos and Kitui districts, Kenya, Fred Zaal and Remco H. Oostendorp; Farm- and household-level drivers of agricultural innovation in Machakos and Kitui districts, Kenya, Remco Oostendorp and Fred Zaal; Impact of transaction costs and risks on terracing in Kenya, Samuel M. Mwakubo, Michael K. Bowen, Wilson K. Yabann and Henry K. Maritim; The productivity of indigenous soil and water conservation in Benin, Esaïe Gandonou and Remco Oostendorp; More market, less poverty, less erosion? The case of Benin, Esaïe Gandonou and Kees Burger; Agricultural intensification in the Koza plain drylands, Cameroon: ongoing trends and possible futures, Wouter T. de Groot and Adri B. Zuiderwijk; Forest fringe farmers on the way to sustainability: an econometric and cost-benefit analysis, Wouter T. de Groot and Marino R. Romero; Transition as induced innovation, Kees Burger; Lessons on land management, Fred Zaal and Kees Burger; References; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Kees Burger, Department of Development Economics, Wageningen University, The Netherlands and Dr Fred Zaal, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands