The Political Ecology of Malaria von Matian van Soest | Emerging Dynamics of Wetland Agriculture at the Urban Fringe in Central Uganda | ISBN 9783837650532

The Political Ecology of Malaria

Emerging Dynamics of Wetland Agriculture at the Urban Fringe in Central Uganda

von Matian van Soest
Buchcover The Political Ecology of Malaria | Matian van Soest | EAN 9783837650532 | ISBN 3-8376-5053-7 | ISBN 978-3-8376-5053-2
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The Political Ecology of Malaria

Emerging Dynamics of Wetland Agriculture at the Urban Fringe in Central Uganda

von Matian van Soest
Malaria remains one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa. Matian van Soest looks at the malaria epidemic in the peri-urban zones of Uganda's capital Kampala against the backdrop of recent socio-ecological transformations.
Based on long-term ethnographic research, the book provides a holistic picture of the malaria epidemic in central Uganda, revealing the highly localized character of an epidemic that once spanned across almost the entire globe. Understanding, and ultimately tackling the disease, requires an appreciation of the social, political, as well as ecological circumstances that frame this epidemic.