Environment and Land Use in Africa

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M. F. Thomas and G. W. Whittington were both lecturers in Geography at the University of St. Andrews.

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Originally published in 1969, the contributors to this volume examine the natural and social environments of selected areas in Africa and study in detail some particular problems and their solutions.

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1. Introduction The Editors. 2. Agricultural Geography in Tropical Africa J. T. Coppock Part 1: Studies of the Natural Environment
   3. A Simple Energy Balance Approach to the Moisture Balance Climatology of Africa J. A. Davies
      4. Rainfall Reliability S. Gregory
         5. The Dry Season Flow Characteristics of West African Rivers D. C. Ledger
            6. Geomorphology and Land Classification in Tropical Africa M. F. Thomas
               7. The Soil Resources of West Africa R. A. Pullan
                  8. The Ecological Background to Land-Use Studies in Tropical Africa, with special reference to the West R. P. Moss Part 2: Studies of the Social Environment
                     9. Peasant Agriculture in Tropical Africa W. B. Morgan
                        10. Population Density and Agricultural Systems in West Africa M. B. Gleave and H. P. White
                            11. The Zoning of Land Use Around Rural Settlements in Tropical Africa W. B. Morgan
                                12. Colonial Administrative Policies and Agricultural Patterns in Tropical Africa J. A. Hellen Part 3: Case Studies
                                    13. Natural Resource Survey in Malawi A. Young
                                        14. An Ecological Approach to the Study of Soils and Land Use in the Forest Zone of Nigeria R. P. Moss
                                            15. Man-Water Relations in the East Central Sudan Anne Graham
                                                16. Problems of Land Tenure and Ownership in Swaziland G. W. Whittington
                                                    17. Agricultural Change in Kikuyuland D. R. F. Taylor
                                                        18. Agricultural Progress in Zambia G. Kay.