{"product_id":"9789401721059","title":"Local Environmental Change and Society in Africa","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLocal Environmental Change and Society in Africa\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eSalih, M.A.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial and natural scientists are currently obsessed with  globalization, but this has not been matched by an equal interest in  the societal consequences of local environmental change. Attention has  thus been withdrawn from community and locality and transferred to  global processes, with an indifference to the reality of those at the  receiving end of the social, economic and political problems that  globalization create. Local reality is obscured and conditions are  imposed that are often insensitive to or even distort local needs,  resource management, and production systems. \u003cbr\u003e  The case studies presented here illustrate how environmental  degradation has contributed to the distortion of local institutions  and economies, thus denying local communities the right to live in a  productive and healthy environment. The contributors highlight the  seriousness of the difficulties involved in conflating national  policies and local reality, and imposing global policy instruments on  local communities. \u003cbr\u003e  Understandably, the case studies demonstrate that local communities  resist putting their faith in environmental policies and plans imposed  on them by global or national institutions that often deprive them of  access to and control over their local environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2013-01-09\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789401721059\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-017-2103-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 203\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44352497418380,"sku":"9789401721059","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789401721059.jpg?v=1775825982","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789401721059","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}