Perspectives on African Environment, Science and Technology

This inter-disciplinary and multidisciplinary book contributes to our understanding of environmental issues in both urban and rural areas. From Nigeria and Cameroon in West Africa to Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa, the book provides a continental treatment of the environment in a number of new ways. Utilizing a variety of approaches, the contributors discuss the uses of land, land rights, food production, poverty, diseases, slums, climate change, technologies, science, the impact of external ideas, the intersections of the environment and culture, gender, and imperialism.