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1 online resource (xiii, 375 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps |
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Environmental health--physical, chemical and biological factors |
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African political, economic, and security issues |
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Environmental health (Nova Science Publishers)
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African political, economic, and security issues series.
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| Contents |
RURAL LIVELIHOODS, RISK AND POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ACCESS TO NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA ; RURAL LIVELIHOODS, RISK AND POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ACCESS TO NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA ; CONTENTS ; FOREWORD ; PREFACE ; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES ; FIGURES ; TABLES ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; PART ONE: INTRODUCTION ; INTRODUCTION AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ; INTRODUCTION ; RURAL LIVELIHOODS AND THEIR DIVERSITY; RISK AND ACCESS TO LIVELIHOOD SYSTEMS; INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS ; STUDY AREAS, METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS ; The WERRD Research Project |
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The START Research Project FOCUS AND STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK ; Part Two: Livelihood Patterns ; Part Three: Access to Natural Resources and Environmental Outcomes ; Part Four: Institutions for Management of Natural Resources ; Part Five: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations ; REFERENCES ; PART TWO: LIVELIHOOD PATTERNS IN THE OKAVANGO DELTA ; HISTORICAL TRENDS IN LIVELIHOODS PATTERNS IN THE OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; HISTORICAL TRENDS IN LIVELIHOOD PATTERNS ; Subsistence Agriculture ; Livestock Farming ; Commercial Irrigation Farming ; Fishing ; Craft Production |
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Veldt Products Hunting ; Tourism ; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF LIVELIHOOD ACTIVITIES ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; LIVELIHOOD ACTIVITIES AND INCOME PORTFOLIOS IN RURAL AREAS OF THE OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; RELEVANT CONCEPTS ; Livelihood ; Livelihood Diversification ; Non-Farm Versus Off-Farm Incomes ; STUDY AREAS AND RESEARCH METHODS ; Study Areas ; Methods ; REESULTS ; Access to Assets in All the Study Villages; Natural Capital ; Human Capital; Financial Capital ; Social Capital ; Physical Capital ; Frequencies of Livelihood Activities in All the Villages |
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Frequencies of Livelihood Activities in Each Sampled Village Livelihood Activities in Gudigwa ; Livelihood Activities in Etsha 6 ; Livelihood Activities in Seronga ; Livelihood Activities in Sehitwa ; Livelihood Activities in Shorobe; Summary and Synthesis ; LIVELIHOOD INCOME PORTFOLIOS ; Income Portfolios ; CATEGORIES OF HOUSEHOLDS ACCORDING TO LIVELIHOOD ACTIVITIES ; Ethnicity ; Socio-Economic Status ; Gender ; CONCLUSION ; Access to Capitals ; Patterns of Livelihood Activities ; Dependence on Social Welfare Programmes ; Implications For Policy ; REFERENCES |
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SHOCKS AND RURAL LIVELIHOODS IN THE OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA* ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS FRAMEWORK ; THE STUDY AREAS ; METHODS -- THE STUDY ; Data Collection; Data Analysis ; RESULTS ; Overview of the Patterns of Livelihoods ; Impacts of Shocks and Household Responses ; Desiccation of River Channels ; Impacts of Desiccation ; Adaptive Strategies ; Internal Migration and Local Mobility ; ERADICATION OF CATTLE LUNG DISEASE; IMPACTS OF THE KILLING OF CATTLE ; HOUSEHOLD COPING MECHANISMS ; HIV/AIDS ; Magnitude and Impacts of the Epidemic |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Natural resources -- Botswana -- Okavango River Delta
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Rural development -- Botswana -- Okavango River Delta
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NATURE -- Natural Resources.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
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Natural resources
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Rural development
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Botswana -- Okavango River Delta
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kgathi, D. L
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Ngwenya, Barbara Ntombi
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Darkoh, M. B. Kwesi
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| ISBN |
9781611226997 |
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1611226996 |
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