The contested floodplain : institutional change of the commons in the Kafue Flats, Zambia /

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The Contested Floodplain explains how institutional change in the African floodplain wetlands of Zambia (Kafue Flats) caused the area's resource management to fail. This work combines New Institutionalism approaches (predicated on notions of power and ideology) with political ecology and findin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haller, Tobias
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, c2013.
Temas:
Water resources development > Zambia > Kafue Flats.
Floodplain management > Zambia > Kafue Flats.
Natural resources, Communal > Zambia > Kafue Flats > Management.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Zambie > Kafue, Plaines de la.
Plaines inondables > Gestion > Zambie > Kafue, Plaines de la.
Ressources naturelles communales > Zambie > Kafue, Plaines de la > Gestion.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Economic history
Floodplain management
Natural resources, Communal > Management
Water resources development
Bewässerung
Bewässerungsfeldbau
Bewässerungswirtschaft
Landwirtschaft
Wasserhaushalt
Überschwemmungsgebiet
Kafue Flats (Zambia) > Economic conditions.
Kafue, Plaines de la (Zambie) > Conditions économiques.
Zambia > Kafue Flats
Sambia
Kafue-Gebiet
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: the role of institutions in the management of common pool resources
  • 2. The Kafue Flats ecosystem: a rich floodplain in a semi-arid environment
  • 3. A "fierce" people: ethnography of the Ila, Balundwe and Batwa
  • 4. From Lozi raids to ineffective state control: the political economy of Southern Province and Zambia
  • 5. Transformations in a pastoral commons: institutional change of cattle and pasture management
  • 6. "We will throw the Lozi into the water": institutional change and conflict in the fisheries
  • 7. From hunting to poaching: wildlife management from common property to de facto open access
  • 8. Irrigation for the poor
  • cattle for the rich? Contesting the institutional design of the floodplain
  • 9. Conclusions: institutional change, bargaining power and conflicts.

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