Africa, tropical timber, turfs and trade [electronic resource] : geographic perspectives on Ghana's timber industry and development / J. Henry Owusu
- Author
- Owusu, J. Henry (John Henry), 1953-
- Published
- Lanham [Md.] : Lexington Books, c2012.
- Physical Description
- xxv, 256 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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- Contents
- 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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- ISBN
- 9780739174012 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780739174029 (electronic) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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