TY - BOOK AU - Tiffen,Mary AU - Mortimore,Michael AU - Gichuki,Francis TI - More people, less erosion: environmental recovery in Kenya SN - 0471941433 AV - S625.K4 T54 1994 U1 - 333.76/16/096762 20 PY - 1994/// CY - Chichester, New York PB - J. Wiley KW - Soil conservation KW - Kenya KW - Machakos District KW - Water conservation KW - Land use, Rural KW - Management KW - Arid regions KW - Agricultural land KW - Conservation N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [286]-299) and index; Pt. I. Introduction. 1. Machakos Then and Now. 2. The District and the Study -- Pt. II. Profiles of Change. 3. Rainfall. 4. Population. 5. Land Use and Tenure. 6. Crop and Livestock Production. 7. Soils. 8. Vegetation -- Pt. III. Management and Managers. 9. Akamba Social Institutions. 10. Household Farming and Income Systems. 11. Soil Conservation. 12. Water Conservation. 13. Tree Management. 14. Technological Change -- Pt. IV. What Worked and Why. 15. Interactions and Policies. 16. Population Growth and Environmental Degradation: Revising the Theoretical Framework. 17. Replicability, Sustainability and Policy ER -