KANO

Kano Environment Society and Development is a collection of research works on Kano and its environs Though largely a rural economy the region is known for its huge population extensive landmass and abundant natural resources As a richly endowed part of Nigeria it is not surprising that it has attracted several scholarly studies on its physical and human environments including the regions potential for leading the charge in the countrys quest for economic development Contributions in this volume cover a wide range of critical environmental economic political demographic cultural and health issues The diversity of the themes explored attests to the complexity and breadth of the curriculum of contemporary academic studies of geography The authors worked on the principle that there is a dynamic relationship between man and his environment and noted that in the Kano region environmental resources play a great role in supporting and developing peoples livelihoods They also explored the complex pattern of relationships between the physical and human environmental resources utilised in the area They equally interrogated the current policies and management of environmental resources in Nigeria which are too frequently underpinned by a perspective that views African societies primarily as backward and lacking in livelihood sustainability ________________________________________ Adamu Idris Tanko PhD is a Professor of Geography and the Dean Faculty of Social and Management Sciences at Bayero University Kano Nigeria He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers FRGSIBG He has managed field research in Northern Nigeria and beyond for about 25 years and has led a number of funded researches His main areas of research are environment and development and irrigation management He has published widely in the Social Sciences and has written four books He won a number of fellowships including the Ron Listers at the University of Otago Dune