World Savannas

About this book

An interdisciplinary text on the worlds savannas covering the geography ecology economics and politics of savanna regions. Savannas are a distinct vegetation type covering a third of the worlds land surface area and supporting a fifth of the worlds population. There has been a wide range of literature on the subject but the majority of work has focused on the ecology or development of savanna areas ignoring the wider interdisciplinary issues affecting contemporary savannas. World Savannas aims to buck this trend providing students with an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to the global importance of savannas.