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Environmental Change in Lesotho

An Analysis of the Causes and Consequences of Land-Use Change in the Lowland Region

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  • © 2011

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Authors:
  1. Pendo Maro

    1. , Department of Geography, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

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  • This Lesotho case study discusses HIV/AIDS and ‘dependency syndrome’ in the context of human geography
  • Contributes policy-relevant knowledge for decision-making on sustainable land use
  • Challenges some commonly-held myths about land-use change

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Pendo Maro
    Pages 1-13

  3. The Wealth of Knowledge: Drivers and Consequencies of Land-Use Change

    • Pendo Maro
    Pages 15-32

  4. Lesotho: Macro to Micro Perspectives of Land-Use Change

    • Pendo Maro
    Pages 33-65

  5. Village Perceptions of Land-Use Change

    • Pendo Maro
    Pages 67-109

  6. Village Patterns of Land-Use Change

    • Pendo Maro
    Pages 111-148

  7. Discussing Causes and Consequences of Land-Use Change in the Lowland Region

    • Pendo Maro
    Pages 149-177

  8. Conclusions: So What?

    • Pendo Maro
    Pages 179-188

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 189-192
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Environmental Change in Lesotho identifies and analyzes the drivers of land-use change and the consequences of these changes on the livelihoods of rural land-users/managers. To accomplish this, a combination of tools from the social sciences and environmental fields were developed to identify causes and consequences of land-use change at selected levels, using a ‘nested’ approach. These methods were then applied to a case study of two villages in the Lowland region of Lesotho. This book is directed at environmental and social science experts, researchers, decision-makers, and development/aid workers interested in understanding the intricate human-environment relationship as it relates to land-use change in a changing biophysical, socio-economic, political and institutional context, coupled by HIV/AIDS, changing demographics, local perceptions and what is termed here ‘dependency syndrome’.

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  • , Department of Geography, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

    Pendo Maro

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