Research Catalog

Title

The contested floodplain : institutional change of the commons in the Kafue Flats, Zambia / Tobias Haller.

Author

Haller, Tobias.

Publication

Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2013.

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Details

Description

xx, 555 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Water resources development > Zambia > Kafue Flats
• Floodplain management > Zambia > Kafue Flats
• Natural resources, Communal > Zambia > Kafue Flats > Management
• Economic history
• Floodplain management
• Natural resources, Communal > Management
• Water resources development
• Bewässerung
• Bewässerungsfeldbau
• Bewässerungswirtschaft
• Landwirtschaft
• Wasserhaushalt
• Überschwemmungsgebiet
• Kafue Flats (Zambia) > Economic conditions
• Zambia > Kafue Flats
• Sambia
• Kafue-Gebiet

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-550) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction: the role of institutions in the management of common pool resources -- 2. The Kafue Flats ecosystem: a rich floodplain in a semi-arid environment -- 3. A "fierce" people: ethnography of the Ila, Balundwe and Batwa -- 4. From Lozi raids to ineffective state control: the political economy of Southern Province and Zambia -- 5. Transformations in a pastoral commons: institutional change of cattle and pasture management -- 6. "We will throw the Lozi into the water": institutional change and conflict in the fisheries -- 7. From hunting to poaching: wildlife management from common property to de facto open access -- 8. Irrigation for the poor -- cattle for the rich? Contesting the institutional design of the floodplain -- 9. Conclusions: institutional change, bargaining power and conflicts.

ISBN

• 9780739169568
• 0739169564
• 9780739169575
• 0739169572

LCCN

2012036855

OCLC

• ocn809616039
• 809616039
• SCSB-1673047

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library