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  GEOG 444: African Resources and Development
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  Fall
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  University Park (UP)
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Journals

Books

  • Indistrialisation, mining resources and energy in Africa. Codesria Books, 1992.
  • Ephemeral rivers and their catchments : sustaining people and development in western Namibia. By Peter J. Jacobson. Desert Research Foundation of Namibia,1995.
  • Global change and subsistence rangelands in Southern Africa : the impacts of climatic variability and resource access on rural livelihoods. By Eric O. Odada. Canbera, A.C.T. : GCTE Core Project Office, 1996
  • El Dorado in West Africa: the gold mining frontier, African labor, and colonial capitalism in the Gold Coast, 1875-1900. By Raymond E. Dumett. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1998.
  • Dar es Salaam water demand : an end-use perspective. Dar es Salaam: Centre for Energy, Environment, Science, and Technology, 1998.
  • Culture, historyand science and technology-based economic strategies in Africa: a view from political economy. SAPES Books, 1999.
  • Proceedings of the Workshop on Engineering Development and the Environment. Prost Pub, 1999.
  • Advances in planning and management of watersheds and wetlands in eastern and southern Africa. Weaver Press, 1999.
  • Compendium on best practices in small-scale mining in Africa. UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2002.
  • Breaking new ground: mining, minerals and sustainable development: the report of the MMDS project. Earthscan, 2002.
  • Digital atlas of Namibia.
  • Mining for sustainable development in Tanzania. Dar es Salaam University Press, 2003.
  • Climate change, trade and modes of production in sub-Saharan Africa. Dar es Salaam University Press, 2003.
  • Extractive industries in arid and semi-aird zones. IUCA, 2003.
  • Mining and critical ecosystems: mapping the risks. World Resources Institute, 2003.
  • The great lakes of Africa: two thousand years of history. MIT Press, 2003.
  • Artisanal and small-scale mining: challenges and opportunitites. World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2003.
  • The socio-economic impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining in developing countries. Balkema, 2003.
  • Mineral exploration and sustainable development : proceedings of the Seventh Biennial SGA Meeting, Athens, Greece, 24-28 August 2003. Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits. Meeting (7th : 2003 : Athens, Greece), Millpress, 2003.
  • Finding common ground : indigenous peoples and the association with the mining sector : a report based on the work of the Mining Minerals and Sustainable Development Project at the International Institute for Environment and Development. International Institute for Environment and Development, 2003.
  • Regulating mining in Africa: for whose benefit? Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2004.
  • Re-creating Eden : land use, environment, and society in southern Angola and northern Namibia. Heinemann, 2004.
  • Africa's blessing, Africa's curse: the legacy of resource extraction in Africa. Third World Network Africa, Ghana, 2004.
  • The impact of climate change on drylands : with a focus on West Africa / edited by A.J. Dietz, R. Ruben, and A. Verhagen. Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, c2004.
  • Sustainable utilization of mineral resources in Sub-Saharan Africa: a comparative appraisal of the mining regime in Nigeria. G. A. Oke. Master's thesis, York University, 2004.
  • Sustainable energy in developing countries : policy analysis and case study of Sri Lanka. Peter Meier. Edward Elgar Pub., 2005.
  • Small-scale mining, rural subsidence and poverty in West Africa. Rugby, Warwickshire : Practical Action Publishing, 2006.
  • Women miners in developing countries : pit women and others. By Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Marsha McIntyre. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Pub., 2006.
  • Africa - Up in Smoke?: The Second Report from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development. 2006.
  • Environmental Sensitivity Atlas for Coastal Areas of Kenya. 2006.
  • Regional climate variability and its impacts in the Mediterranean area. Springer, 2006.
  • Climate change in developing countries. CABI, 2006.
  • Atlas of cultural and environmental change in arid Africa. Köln : Heinrich-Barth-Institut, 2007.
  • Untapped: the scramble for Africa's oil. By John Ghazvinian. Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace, 2007.
  • Crude continent : the struggle for Africa's oil prize.  By Duncan Clarke.  London : Profile, 2008.
  • Political economy of oil and gas in Africa: the case of Nigeria.  By Soala Ariweriokuma.  London: Routledge, 2009.
  • The political impact of the Sino-U.S. oil competition in Africa : an international political explanation of the resource curse in African petro-states. By Didier T Djoumessi. London: Adonis & Abbey, 2009.
  • Understanding climate change adaptation: lessons from community-based approaches.  By Jonathan Ensor and Rachel Berger.  Warwickshire, UK: Practical Action Publishing, 2009.

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