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Title: | Burning in Eastern Africa |
Author: | Langlands, B.W. |
Year: | 1967 |
Periodical: | East African Geographical Review |
Issue: | 5 |
Period: | April |
Pages: | 21-38 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | East Africa |
Subjects: | shifting cultivation Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment |
Abstract: | This essay reviews the reasons why burning takes place, and what effects it may have. The practice is viewed from the standpoint of different specialist disciplines in a survey of various conflicting interests. An attempt is made to investigate the role of burning as an ecological agent in East Africa and its bearing upon economic development and land-use. Notes. |