Africa, tropical timber, turfs and trade
Subtitle: geographic perspectives on Ghana's timber industry and development
By: J. Henry Owusu
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham [Md.]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780739174012; 9780739174029
Subjects: Economic conditions; Structural adjustment (Economic policy); Lumber trade; Economic policy; Neoliberalism; Timber
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Africa, turfs and trade : theoretical and historical framework; title: Turf establishment and the development process : structural foundations of Ghana's timber industry; title: Independence, instability and contested turfs : structural changes in the timber industry; title: Turf reclamation strategies : neo-liberalism and the timber industry; title: Turf recapture and consolidation for the timber trade : Ghana's economic recovery program; title: Structural adjustment, the timber trade and turf degradation : political convenience and desperate deforestation; title: Turf dynamics and conflicts, the timber trade and spatial integration; title: Debt, dependence, turf control and Ghana's economy; title: Conclusions and lessons for twenty-first century Africa.