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Imperial gullies : soil erosion and conservation in Lesotho /
Annotation "Once the grain basket for South Africa, much of Lesotho has become a scarred and degraded landscape. The nation's spectacular erosion and gullying have concerned environmentalists and conservationists for more than half a century. In Imperial Gullies, Kate B. Showers documents...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens :
Ohio University Press,
©2005.
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| Colección: | Ohio University Press series in ecology and history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Ch. 1 A history of Lesotho from a soil perspective, 1500-1980 (starting p. 9)
- Ch. 2 British perceptions and programs (starting p. 42)
- Ch. 3 Rain, hail, and drought (starting p. 71)
- Ch. 4 Cultural and physical geography of ha Tsilo Valley (starting p. 85)
- Ch. 5 Erosion in ha Tsilo Valley (starting p. 115)
- Ch. 6 Origins of soil erosion and British response, 1830s-1950s (starting p. 135)
- Ch. 7 Basotho responses to erosion and conservation (starting p. 177)
- Ch. 8 Soil conservation in Lesotho : science or ideology? (starting p. 235)