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The image of Africa in the modern world has come to be shaped by perceptions of the drylands and their problems of poverty, drought, degradation, and famine. Michael Mortimore offers an alternative and revisionist thesis, dismissing on theoretical and empirical grounds the conventional view of runaway desertification, driven by population growth and inappropriate land use. In its place he suggests a more optimistic model of sustainable land use, based on researched case studies from East and West Africa where indigenous technological adaptation has put population growth and market opportunities to advantage. He also proposes a more appropriate set of policy priorities to support dryland peoples in their efforts to sustain land and livelihoods. The result is a remarkably clear synthesis of much of the best work that has emerged over past years.

Arid regions agriculture --- Desertification --- Desert resources development --- Sustainable development --- Earth Sciences --- Geography --- Arid regions agriculture - Africa, Sub-Saharan. --- Desertification - Africa, Sub-Saharan. --- Desert resources development - Africa, Sub-Saharan. --- Sustainable development - Africa, Sub-Saharan. --- Desert development --- Development of desert resources --- Deserts --- Natural resources --- Aridization of land --- Desertization --- Climatology --- Dryland agriculture --- Dryland farming --- Agriculture --- Crop zones --- Desert reclamation

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An argument that the perception of arid lands as wastelands is politically motivated and that these landscapes are variable, biodiverse ecosystems, whose inhabitants must be empowered.

Deserts. --- Deserts --- Arid regions. --- Desert ecology. --- Desert resources development. --- History. --- Desert development --- Development of desert resources --- Arid lands --- Arid zones --- Dry lands --- Dryland regions --- Drylands --- Lands, Arid --- Regions, Arid --- Regions, Semiarid --- Semi-arid regions --- Semi-arid zones --- Semiarid regions --- Sub-humid lands --- Zones, Arid --- Ecology --- Natural resources --- Arid regions ecology --- Xeric ecology --- Extreme environments --- Arid regions --- Landforms --- ENVIRONMENT/General --- HUMANITIES/History --- Sociology of environment --- Social geography --- Economic geography