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Title The mines of Southern and Central Africa: an ecological framework
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/1885/40927
Date 1992
Author(s) Fetter, Bruce
Abstract The mines of Southern and Central Africa can be seen as a congeries of microenvironments whose suitability for human habitation has been transformed as the result of capital investment as constrained by government policies. Mine managers sought improved living conditions to enhance productivity but minority governments imposed strict controls on African migration, which allowed only a unisex labour force in the gold mines of South Africa whilst permitting family settlement in the copper mines of what is today Zambia and Zaire. - no
Subject(s) Southern Africa; Cental Africa; mines; ecology; migration; social environment; biotic environment; microenvironment; colonial government policy; unisex labour force; envi-env; scls-demo
Language en_AU
Publisher Health Transition Centre, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University
Type of publication pjournal
Format 34051 bytes; application/pdf
Rights yes
Identifier Suppl.; 125-135; Health Transition Review; v.2; 1992; 326
Repository Canberra - Australian National University
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