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Author Haller, Tobias.

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

Publication Info. Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 555 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references 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.
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Summary The Contested Floodplain explains how institutional change in the African floodplain wetlands of Zambia (Kafue Flats) caused the area's resource management to fail. This work combines New Institutionalism approaches (predicated on notions of power and ideology) with political ecology and findings from local ecological studies, extending its appeal to scholars in African and environmental studies. It includes an in-depth social anthropological analysis of agro-pastoral and fishermen communities and also a foreword by Dr. Elizabeth Cols.
Subject Water resources development -- Zambia -- Kafue Flats.
Floodplain management -- Zambia -- Kafue Flats.
Natural resources, Communal -- Zambia -- Kafue Flats -- Management.
Kafue Flats (Zambia) -- Economic conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
Floodplain management. (OCoLC)fst00927547
Natural resources, Communal -- Management. (OCoLC)fst01034518
Water resources development. (OCoLC)fst01171955
Zambia -- Kafue Flats. (OCoLC)fst01244195
Other Form: Print version: Haller, Tobias. Contested floodplain. Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2013 9780739169568 (DLC) 2012036855 (OCoLC)809616039
ISBN 0739169572 (electronic bk.)
9780739169575 (electronic bk.)
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