TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maconachie,Roy
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Urban growth and land degradation in developing cities: change and challenges in Kano, Nigeria 
T2  - King's SOAS studies in development geography
AV  - HT384.N52 K366 2007eb
U1  - 307.7609669/77 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Aldershot, Burlington, VT
PB  - Ashgate
KW  - Urbanization
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - Kano Metropolitan Area
KW  - Regional planning
KW  - Land degradation
KW  - Sustainable development
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-192) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2014; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10211477
ER  -