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Africa, tropical timber, turfs and trade : geographic perspectives on Ghana's timber industry and development /

This book examines development issues, particularly spatial integration, in Sub-Saharan Africa regarding its tropical timber trade, and the related formal-informal operational turf creation, control and dynamics. Focusing primarily on Ghana, it examines the scramble to control the timber trade by va...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Owusu, J. Henry (John Henry), 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham [Md.] : Lexington Books, 2012.
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505 0 |a Africa, turfs and trade : theoretical and historical framework -- Turf establishment and the development process : structural foundations of Ghana's timber industry -- Independence, instability and contested turfs : structural changes in the timber industry -- Turf reclamation strategies : neo-liberalism and the timber industry -- Turf recapture and consolidation for the timber trade : Ghana's economic recovery program -- Structural adjustment, the timber trade and turf degradation : political convenience and desperate deforestation -- Turf dynamics and conflicts, the timber trade and spatial integration -- Debt, dependence, turf control and Ghana's economy -- Conclusions and lessons for twenty-first century Africa. 
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