Name: Bedouins by the Lake: Environment, Change, and Sustainability in Southern Egypt
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Author: Belal, Ahmed ; Briggs, John ; Sharp, Joanne
ISBN: 9789774161988

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Bedouins by the Lake: Environment, Change, and Sustainability in Southern Egypt

Type

Physical Book

Author

John Briggs

Joanne Sharp

Ahmed Belal

Publisher

American University in Cairo Press

Language

English

Pages

200

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.6 x 15.7 x 2.0 cm

Weight

0.52 kg.

ISBN

977416198X

ISBN13

9789774161988

Synopsis "Bedouins by the Lake: Environment, Change, and Sustainability in Southern Egypt"

Sustainable development and environmental change have become two of the watchwords of the new century. But what do they mean for ordinary people living in some of the harshest environments in the world where survival is the driving force? This book sets out to examine these issues and how they affect, and are affected by, Bedouin communities living in the arid areas of the Nubian Desert in southeastern Egypt. Written by a joint Egyptian, Russian, and British research team, this book seeks to examine how the Bedouin of this area have coped with the environmental changes brought about after the construction of the Aswan High Dam and resulting formation of Lake Nasser. After documenting the nature of these changes, the authors show the practical and strategic ways in which the Bedouin have responded by adapting both their use of environmental resources and the social and economic dimensions of their community. Bedouins by the Lake argues that people in these communities are active agents of change and must not be seen as passive victims. For them, sustainable development and environmental change are not abstract academic debates, but real-life, everyday issues around which they must organize their lives.

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