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7 - A Hydrological Revolution in an African Savannah

from Part 4 - The State, Intervention, and Local Appropriations between the 1950s and 1980s

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2020

Michael Bollig
Affiliation:
University of Cologne
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Chapters 7 and 8 deal with the 1950s to 1980s. The South African colonial administration's stand towards pastoral communities in northern Namibia changed profoundly. While the focus before was on control and encapsulation, now development and intensification were lead themes. The administration urged a comprehensive borehole-drilling programme upon the population. Within three decades two hundred boreholes were taken into operation. This hydrological revolution grossly changed the environmental infrastructure of the region. As a consequence livestock numbers rapidly increased, mobility patterns changed, and herding practices were altered.

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Shaping the African Savannah
From Capitalist Frontier to Arid Eden in Namibia
, pp. 153 - 195
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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