Geography of sub-Saharan Africa

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Title:

Geography of sub-Saharan Africa

Author:

Aryeetey-Attoh, Samuel.

ISBN:

9780133756845

Publication Information:

Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1997.

Physical Description:

xx, 379 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Ch. 1. The Physical Environment / William Yaw Osei and Samuel Aryeetey-Attoh -- Ch. 2. Human-Environmental Impacts: Forest Degradation and Desertification / William Yaw Osei -- Ch. 3. Historical Background of Sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunities and Constraints / Ian E. A. Yeboah -- Ch. 4. Culture, Conflict, and Change in Sub-Saharan Africa / Joseph Ransford Oppong -- Ch. 5. Population Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa / Samuel Aryeetey-Attoh -- Ch. 6. Medical Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa / Joseph Ransford Oppong -- Ch. 7. Urban Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa / Samuel Aryeetey-Attoh -- Ch. 8. Geography and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa / Samuel Aryeetey-Attoh -- Ch. 9. Geography and Gender in Sub-Saharan Africa / Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo -- Ch. 10. Agricultural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa / Godson Chintuwa Obia -- Ch. 11. Industry, Business Enterprises, and Entrepreneurship in the Development Process / Barbara Elizabeth McDade.

Ch. 12. Political Landscape of Sub-Saharan Africa / Ian E. A. Yeboah and Samuel Aryeetey-Attoh.

Geographic Term:

Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Geography.

Added Author:

Aryeetey-Attoh, Samuel.

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This text provides a systematic, thematic approach to the multi-faceted aspects of the physical and human geography of Sub-Saharan Africa. Designed to fill the void between the available synoptic and descriptive volumes and highly-specialized texts that are customized for specific topics on Africa, it presents a variety of geographic concepts and theories in clear language - and uses significant detail, case studies, and examples to show how they relate to real-world situations in Sub-Saharan Africa. *Offers a systematic, thematic approach: - Begins with a general overview of Sub-Saharan Africas physical environment, its colonial history, and its people and cultures. - Then examines a variety of themes - all with a development emphasis - associated with the regions human geography: e.g., its population geography, medical geography, urban geography, gender inequality, agricultural and industrial development, and political geography. *Provides self-contained chapters - each presenting key definitions and basic geographic principles, and then discussing the relevant geographic themes, concepts, and issues within the context of Sub-Saharan Africa. *Features comprehensive coverage on re