Urban growth and land degradation in developing cities change and challenges in Kano, Nigeria /

Main Author: Maconachie, Roy.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
Series:King's SOAS studies in development geography
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10211477
LEADER 01602nam a2200265 a 4500
001 1840111
005 20171111234624.0
008 140717s2007 enkab sb 001 0 eng
020 |z 9780754648284 (alk. paper) 
040 |a CaPaEBR  |z 0754648281 (alk. paper) 
050 1 4 |a HT384.N52  |b K366 2007eb 
100 1 |a Maconachie, Roy. 
245 1 0 |a Urban growth and land degradation in developing cities  |b change and challenges in Kano, Nigeria /  |c Roy Maconachie. 
260 |a Aldershot ;  |b Ashgate,  |c c2007.  |a Burlington, VT : 
300 |a xx, 194 p. :  |b ill., maps. 
490 1 |a King's SOAS studies in development geography 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-192) and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction -- Sustainability, land degradation and peri-urban expansion -- Historical background to farming in the Kano close-settled zone -- The area of study : the Kano close-settled zone -- Land, soil and sustainable livelihoods -- Urban pressure and woodland degradation : perceptions of tree cover change in the Kano close-settled zone -- Water quality, urban waste and sustainability -- Sustainability challenged? seeing beyond Kano's political-ecological footprint. 
650 0 |a Urbanization  |z Nigeria  |z Kano Metropolitan Area. 
650 0 |a Regional planning  |z Nigeria  |z Kano Metropolitan Area. 
650 0 |a Land degradation  |z Nigeria  |z Kano Metropolitan Area. 
650 0 |a Sustainable development  |z Nigeria 
710 2 |a ebrary, Inc.  |z Kano Metropolitan Area. 
856 4 0 |u http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10211477 
952 |a CY-NiOUC  |b 5a045e9c6c5ad14ac1edd749  |c 998a  |d 945l  |e -  |t 1  |x m  |z Books