The Tropical Rain Forest - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Tropical Rain Forest write by Marius Jacobs. This book was released on 2012-12-06. The Tropical Rain Forest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In recent years, tropical forests have received more attention and have been the subject of greater environmental concern than any other kind of vegetation. There is an increasing public awareness of the importance of these forests, not only as a diminishing source of countless products used by mankind, nor for their effects on soil stabilization and climate, but as unrivalled sources of what today we call biodiversity. Threats to the continued existence of the forests represent threats to tens of thousands of species of organisms, both plants and animals. It is all the more surprising, therefore, that there have been no major scientific accounts published in recent years since the classic handbook by Paul W. Richards, The Tropical Rain Forest in 1952. Some excellent popular accounts of tropical rain forests have been published including Paul Richard's The Life of the Jungle, and Catherine Caulfield's In the Rainforest and Jungles, edited by Edward Ayensu. There have been numerous, often conflicting, assessments of the rate of conversion of tropical forests to other uses and explanations of the underlying causes, and in 1978 UNESCO/UNEPI FAO published a massive report, The Tropical Rain Forest, which, although full of useful information, is highly selective and does not fully survey the enormous diversity of the forests.
Tropical Africa
Tropical Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tropical Africa write by Tony Binns. This book was released on 2002-09-10. Tropical Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tropical Africa is a complex and dynamic region. Occupying a marginal position in the world economic system, the region has seemingly insurmountable problems. This book breaks through the complexities with a straightforward and systematic text supported by concise case studies. Covering topics such as population, environment and rural and urban Africa, it builds from an historical base to an understanding of present day patterns and processes and an assessment of future priorities and development strategies. Tropical Africa will prove an invaluable resource for those embarking on any study of this fascinating region.
Markets and States in Tropical Africa
Markets and States in Tropical Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Markets and States in Tropical Africa write by Robert H. Bates. This book was released on 2014-04-12. Markets and States in Tropical Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Following independence, most countries in Africa sought to develop, but their governments pursued policies that actually undermined their rural economies. Examining the origins of Africa’s “growth tragedy,” Markets and States in Tropical Africa has for decades shaped the thinking of practitioners and scholars alike. Robert H. Bates’s analysis now faces a challenge, however: the revival of economic growth on the continent. In this edition, Bates provides a new preface and chapter that address the seeds of Africa’s recovery and discuss the significance of the continent’s success for the arguments of this classic work.
Regimes in Tropical Africa
Regimes in Tropical Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Regimes in Tropical Africa write by Ruth Berins Collier. This book was released on 2021-01-08. Regimes in Tropical Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.
Demography of Tropical Africa
Demography of Tropical Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Demography of Tropical Africa write by William Brass. This book was released on 2015-12-08. Demography of Tropical Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This treatise on the demography of sub-Saharan Africa contains materials on age and sex composition, fertility, and mortality. Sets of demographic data are emerging that provide the completeness and specificity required for critical evaluation and analysis. The main body of the work consists of case studies on the Republic of the Congo, French-speaking territories, Portuguese territories, the Sudan, and Nigeria. Evidence is described in critical detail, methods of analysis are presented in full; and the reader is given the basis for judging the quality of the estimates. Originally published in 1968. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
