Synopses & Reviews
African scholars, policymakers, and environmental scientists focus on the declining resource base in developing countries on that continent. The resource base includes renewable and nonrenewable natural resources as well as social, cultural, and educational resources. While the 1992 Earth Summit did not satisfactorily address the underlying causes of underdevelopment, this volume offers new perspectives and paradigms from a forum of international and local experts. Subjects covered include environmental impact, technology transfer, human welfare, poverty and environmental degradation, population explosion, foreign investment, capital development, capital flight, economic crisis, political instability, declining nationalism, traditional leadership, and the role of African women. West African, and particularly Nigerian, examples abound.
Synopsis
A multidisciplinary approach to the problems of Africa's declining resource base, written by a group of eminent West African scholars and scientists.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-232) and index.
About the Author
VALENTINE U. JAMES is Assistant Professor in Environmental Planning at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
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Introduction: The Significance of Economic and Environmental Impact Studies in Africa's Development by Valentine U. James
Impacts on the Environment
Environmental Impact Assessment of Aid-Assisted Projects in Africa: Problems and Prospects by Michael A. Burayidi
Third World Resource Base and Technology Transfer: Environmental Dilemmas of African Extractive Economy by Felix M. Edoho
The Conflicting Choice between Environmental Quality, Development, and Human Welfare in Africa: Socioeconomic, Environmental, and Legal Aspects of Gas Flaring in the Nigerian Oil Industry by Augustine A. Ikein and Akpezi Eleyae Ogbuigwe
Population, Poverty, and the Environment
The Link between Poverty and Environmental Degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa by Victor Ukpolo
Population Explosion and Associated Environmental Problems in Nigeria by Donald E. Mbosowo
Economic Impacts of Resource Decline
The Case of the Missing Refinery: Can Ghana Attract Foreign Investments to Integrate Its Aluminum Industry? by David A. Yamoah
Capital Flight from Sub-Saharan Africa: The Experiences of Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria by Akorlie A. Nyatepe-Coo
Economic Crisis in Nigeria: Educational Implications by James Etim
Political Implications of Development Processes
Conservation and Political Decision Making in Nigeria by Valentine U. James and Jonathan N. Nwomonoh
Political Instability and Declining Nationalism in Nigeria by Donald E. Mbosowo
The Role of Traditional Leadership in Political Development: The Nigerian Case by Jonathan N. Nwomonoh
Custodians of the Environment
The Role of African Women in Rural Development: The Nigerian Case by Jonathan N. Nwomonoh
The Socioeconomic Impact of European Reforms on Gender and Development in Africa by Augustine A. Ikein
A Better Life Program for Rural Women in a Developing Nation by A.O.I. Gabriel
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