African Savannas by Thomas J. Bassett PAPERBACK 9780852554241

African Savannas\nby Thomas J. Bassett\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Thomas J. Bassett\nTitle: African Savannas\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Anthologies: general\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd\nPublication year: 2003\nISBN-13: 9780852554241\nISBN-10: 0852554249\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis work outlines the importance of local knowledge for understanding environmental change.African farmers and herders modify landscapes in far more subtle and unexpected ways than commonly depicted in environment and development debates. This interdisciplinary collection uses collaborative research from the major savanna regions which stretch across Africa to make its case, and covers topics such as land users and landscapes, pastoral ecologies and policy, producers and .