1. CHAPTER FOUR: A Land out of Balance.
- Author
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Wilson, Francis
- Subjects
ENVIRONMENTAL degradation ,POPULATION & the environment ,ENVIRONMENTAL deficit - Abstract
Chapter 4 of the book "Restoring the Land: Environment and Change in Post-Apartheid South Africa" is presented. It presents the causes of environmental problems in South Africa such as apartheid, poor farming techniques, and coercive resettlement policies. It discusses how resettlement, where blacks were forced into overcrowded reserves and were prevented from entering urban areas, increased population densities in rural areas and overburdened the environment. Strategies for repairing environmental destruction in South African reserves.
- Published
- 1991