Bashir A Datoo
Biographic Data
| ID | 4513515 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bashir A Datoo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bashir A |
| FAMILY NAME | Datoo |
| SIGNATURE | DATOO B A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Dar es Salaam |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Underdevelopment and Regional Planning in the Third World
Toward a Reformulation of Boserup's Theory of Agricultural Change
The paper first summarizes Boserup's theory of agricultural change and dispels the misconceptions to which it has given rise. It then attempts to recast the theory in a systems framework and thereby to eliminate certain fundamental weaknesses in it. Specifically, the concept of a system's boundary leads to an analysis of the determinants of process in agricultural change, while that of the environment leads to consideration of constraints which c…
Peasant Agricultural Production in East Africa
East African Ports
Rhapta
The first extant document on the East African coast, The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, signifies Rhapta as its only trading port. It subsequently became a “metropolis” in Ptolemy's Geographia. First, the chief topographical clues in the location of Rhapta are reviewed against a background of meteorological conditions in the western Indian Ocean. It is shown that it is not possible to identify a site but merely to delimit a locality, which is de…
Rhapta
The first extant document on the East African coast, The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, signifies Rhapta as its only trading port. It subsequently became a “metropolis” in Ptolemy's Geographia. First, the chief topographical clues in the location of Rhapta are reviewed against a background of meteorological conditions in the western Indian Ocean. It is shown that it is not possible to identify a site but merely to delimit a locality, which is de…
Peasant Agricultural Production in East Africa
Toward a Reformulation of Boserup's Theory of Agricultural Change
The paper first summarizes Boserup's theory of agricultural change and dispels the misconceptions to which it has given rise. It then attempts to recast the theory in a systems framework and thereby to eliminate certain fundamental weaknesses in it. Specifically, the concept of a system's boundary leads to an analysis of the determinants of process in agricultural change, while that of the environment leads to consideration of constraints which c…
Rhapta
The first extant document on the East African coast, The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, signifies Rhapta as its only trading port. It subsequently became a “metropolis” in Ptolemy's Geographia. First, the chief topographical clues in the location of Rhapta are reviewed against a background of meteorological conditions in the western Indian Ocean. It is shown that it is not possible to identify a site but merely to delimit a locality, which is de…
East African Ports
Peasant Agricultural Production in East Africa
Toward a Reformulation of Boserup's Theory of Agricultural Change
The paper first summarizes Boserup's theory of agricultural change and dispels the misconceptions to which it has given rise. It then attempts to recast the theory in a systems framework and thereby to eliminate certain fundamental weaknesses in it. Specifically, the concept of a system's boundary leads to an analysis of the determinants of process in agricultural change, while that of the environment leads to consideration of constraints which c…
Underdevelopment and Regional Planning in the Third World
Archaeology (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 work) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (1 work) · Agricultural economics (1 work)