New bibliography on the River Nile

["Centre for Development Studies, UoB" <post at sfu.uib.no>]

Dear recipient,

We are proud to inform you that a new major bibliographic work on the Nile
has been compiled by Prof. Terje Tvedt at the Centre for Development
Studies at the University of Bergen. The bibliography is entitled


THE RIVER NILE AND ITS ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ROLE. AN
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY.


The book is the result of more than 15 years of academic work in the
region, including visits to a great number of libraries both in the region
and beyond. A few of the basic facts about the contents and focal points of
the work may elucidate its importance for all interested in the region:


-541 pages
-3486 books, articles and reports about the region
-1532 of the entries with annotations
-All disciplines and topics are covered



To read more about the work, views excerpts and to order the book, please
go to CDS’ pages on the bibliography at

http://www.svf.uib.no/sfu/orderframe.htm


Alternatively, contact us to receive order information by ordinary mail or fax.



Prospective readers and scope
The book is a must for anybody interested in the River Nile in general and
in its regional role. But is should also be of interest to anybody
interested in resource management and the global issue of water control. To
NGOs, UN organisations, politicians, and researchers, it is a unique mine
of knowledge about the river valley and its hydrology, planning history,
flora and fauna, travel literature, transport and history. No-one
interested in the future of the river basin can do without this work
containing references on close to 3500 books, articles and reports written
about the river.


About the author
The book is written by professor Terje Tvedt. Tvedt has done extensive
research on the region, and has since 1997 been Research Director for
development research at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of
Bergen.
Tvedt has been President of the Norwegian Association for Development
Research, and has served on a number of committees for the Norwegian
Research Council. He has participated on a SIDA expert panel regarding
water research in Southern Africa, and been the Norwegian representative in
a number of international organisations, including the International Water
Resources Association. Tvedt has lectured at numerous universities in
Norway and abroad.
Presently he is leader of a multi-disciplinary and comparative research
program called 'Nature, Society and Water', which is a collaborative effort
among Makerere, Tribhuvan, Birzeit and Norwegian universities and research
institutions. He is also the chairman of the Norwegian research network on
water and development, established by the Norwegian Research Council in 1999.
Tvedt was also the chairman of the organising committee of the founding
congress of the International Water History Association in 2001, and is
elected Vice-President of IWHA.
Professor Tvedt has published extensively; co-editor of The Sudan: a
short-cut to decay (Uppsala 1994), editor of Conflicts in the Horn of
Africa: human and ecological consequences of warfare (Uppsala 1993), author
of An annotated bibliography on the Southern Sudan, 1850-2000 (Bergen 2000)
and of The River Nile in the age of the British. Political ecology and
water politics on a grand scale (London: I.B. Taurus, 2002), as well as a
number of scientific articles.
Professor Terje Tvedt has also won several national and international
awards for excellent research and popularisation.


Costs and shipping
Price:
USD 120 / NOK 1100

Postage and packing per order:
Norway: USD 8 / NOK 75
World:USD 24 / NOK 210



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