John Briggs
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3754262 |
|---|---|
| NOME | John Briggs |
| PRENOMES | John |
| SOBRENOME | Briggs |
| ASSINATURA | BRIGGS J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Glasgow |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9832-5430 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 36 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 281 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 33 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1971 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
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Peri-urban Development in an Era of Structural Adjustment in Africa
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Peri-urban Development in an Era of Structural Adjustment in Africa
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Structural adjustment and the contemporary sub‐Saharan African city
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History of the Rise of the Mahommedan Power in India till the Year A. D. 1612
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Geography in a developing country
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An Exploratory Study of Farmers' Choice of Crops in Central Sudan
Because of the general lack of success of rural development in Africa, the paper suggests that repertory grid techniques could be used to provide a more useful insight into one aspect of rural life in Africa, that of choice of crops. A study of one community in central Sudan is undertaken in an attempt to identify the main factors underlying farmers' choice of crops. The importance of non-economic factors in crop choice, even in a markedly commer…
The third world in perspective
Drought and Hunger in Africa
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The Peri-Urban Zone of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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The changing geography of Africa and the Middle East
Incentives and Agriculture in East Africa
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Crime and Punishment in England
Ordering punishment
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Doing gender and development
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Changing women's roles, changing environmental knowledges
The aim of this paper is to investigate the ways in which changing gender roles in a Bedouin community in Upper Egypt, brought about by settlement over the last 20 years on the shores of Lake Nasser, have impacted on the accumulation and development of indigenous environmental knowledges by Bedouin women. The research was carried out among four groups of Ababda Bedouin in the Eastern Desert of Egypt and involved in-depth monthly conversations car…
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