Books in the King's SOAS Studies in Development Geography series

As part of China's development and modernization process, the Three Gorges Project stands out above all others. Heggelund offers an analytical framework that explains how Chinese decision making has changed since the 1980s, to allow such a controversial scheme to go ahead.

This text covers the impact of water use and misuse on the environment. Using the water crisis, of the summer of 1995, in the Yemeni city of Ta'iz as a case study, it investigates the causes of, and possible solutions to, water stress on the environment.

The definition of agriculture and rural development is evolving as rural people earn their living in diverse ways compared to earlier times. H. David Akroyd assesses what governments are trying to achieve in terms of national development in a number of African states.

This study analyses an unconventional slum redevelopment strategy introduced by the state government of Maharashtra (India) in its capital city, Mumbai (formerly Bombay). It examines one particular redevelopment project over a period of 12 years.

Why do authorities in post-colonial African states continue to employ European or Western planning models? What are the implications for societal groups? Several decades following independence, this book provides empirical research to answer these questions.

Gerhard Lichtenthaler investigates the socio-economic and political contexts that influence approaches to water management practices amongst the tribal communities who dwell in the Sa'dah Basin of northern Yemen.