Industrial Geography of Kenya


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Monograph on aspects of the economic geography of Kenya, with particular reference to the geographic distribution and location of industry - describes the industrial structure (incl. The manufacturing, agriproduct processing and service sectors) of the country, etc. Bibliography pp. 299 to 301, illustrations, maps and statistical tables.




Studies in East African Geography and Development


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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived




Progress in Industrial Geography (Routledge Revivals)


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This edited collection, first published in 1985, deals with a number of the major themes central to the study of industrial geography. Topics under discussion include new methodologies, the growing service industries, foreign investment and the industrial geography of the developing world. With a detailed introduction from Michael Pacione and comprehensive coverage, the title reflects the extent to which the field of industrial geography changed over the second half of the twentieth century in response to economic change, incorporating the growth of multinational enterprises and the influence of globalisation, alongside traditional discussion of the manufacturing industry. Providing an essential background to developments in industrial geography, this title will be valuable to students with an interest in the economics, characteristics and advancement of industrial change.




Kenya


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First Published in 2018. This book captures the self-confident spirit that characterizes Kenya and provides unique insights into how this nation of contemporary Africa is faring in its continuing quest for prosperity, focusing on the contemporary period, beginning with the rise to power of President Daniel arap Moi in 1978.




Handbook of Industry Studies and Economic Geography


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This unique Handbook examines the impacts on, and responses to, economic geography explicitly from the perspective of the behaviour, mechanics, systems and experiences of different firms in various types of industries. The industry studies approach all




Kenya


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municable Disease Control, Dr. Itotia, Director of the The geomedical monograph on Kenya continues the National Public Health Laboratories, Dr. J. M. D. Ro series of Regional Studies in Geographical Medicine berts, Head of the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, founded by Ernst Rodenwaldt in 1965, which may be considered as supplementing the World Atlas of Epidem and to Mr. Ted Abukuse, Chief Statistician at the Minis ic Diseases of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences. Since try of Health, Nairobi. The authors offer their particular thanks for support the appearance of the first volume in 1967 the series has and valuable suggestions to Dr. 1. C. Vogel, formerly been edited by Helmut]. Jusatz under the aegis of the Professor of Community Health in the Medical Faculty Mathematical and Natural Sciences Class of the Heidel berg Academy of Sciences. at the University of Nairobi and member of the Royal The authors wish to express their thanks to the edi Tropical Institute, Amsterdam. Thanks are due to the Survey of Kenya for their willingness to allow the au tor for his suggestion that they should undertake this thors to reproduce some maps in the National Atlas of kind of teamwork, and to acknowledge with gratitude Kenya. The authors extend their thanks to their col the manner in which Professor Jusatz ensured the most league, Professor S. H.




Africa


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First published in 1988, Africa examines the varied pattern of development in the continent, the progress and the disappointments experienced, and the prospects. This picture is set firmly within the frame of the continent’s geography. From a general synthesis, the books moves to a country by country analysis of the interdependence of geography and economic development. The authors’ analysis of the effects of varied development strategies in Africa leads them, in the final section, to discuss what lessons maybe learned from these earlier initiatives and to assess the changes in development policies that were later implemented. This book will be of interest to students of geography, economics and development studies.




The Geography of Tropical African Development


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This best selling textbook focuses on the changes in geographical patterns that have taken place in recent years i.e. on the geographical pattern of recent and current economic change. The area covered includes the countries lying between the limits of the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. In this second edition substantial changes have been made in every chapter in order to keep up to date in respect of both the geographical pattern of development and prevailing attitudes towards it. The discussion is still largely confined to the twenty year period between 1956 and 1976, and to the economic component of development




The Kenyan Cut Flower Industry and Global Market Dynamics


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Investigates the production, trade and consumption of the bouquets sold in European supermarkets and the consequences of this for the globalised economy.