Terje Tvedt

The greatest river in the world has a long and fascinating history. Professor Terje Tvedt, one of the world's leading experts on the history of waterways, travels upstream along the river's mouth to its sources. The result is a travelogue through 5000 years and 11 countries, from the Mediterranean to Central Africa. This is the fascinating story of the immense economic, political and mythical significance of the river. Brimming with accounts of central characters in the struggle for the Nile – from Caesar and Cleopatra, to Churchill and Mussolini, and on to the political leaders of today, The Nile is also the story of water as it nourished a civilization.

History's Greatest River

The Nile

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Nilen

Terje Oestigaard

Major changes in policy and management , across the entire agricultural production chain, will be needed to ensure the best use of available water resources in meeting growing demands for food and other agricultural products. This new volume in the successful History of Water Series focuses on the African continent to address this key issue. Humanity has its roots in Africa and many of our food systems developed there. All types of agricultural production are present and the sheer size of the continent offers wide ecological variation from extreme desert to dense rainforest. Drawing together leading international contributors from a wide variety of disciplines Water and Food offers new insights into the evolution of food systems, from early hunter gatherers to the global challenges of the modern world.

Water and Food

A History of Water: Series III, Volume 3

A Bibliography

Norwegian Development Aid Evaluations, 1980-1989

Kjell Hødnebø

This volume has detailed reports produced by consultants, governments, NGOs and UN and International Aid Organizations. There is also an inventory of NGO and UN organizations working in the region and a chronology of events to put the bibliographical information in context.

An Annotated Bibliography

Southern Sudan: Pt.1 V.2

These three volumes present an original exploration of all aspects of water – social, cultural, political, religious, historical, economic and technological – from ancient times until the present day. Among the varied themes, the contributors examine the changing histories of water as a private or common good, the politics of water at local, urban, national and international level. With empirical and ethnographic case studies from around the world the three volumes together represent one of the most complete and up to date accounts of the central role of water in the history and development of humanity.

Water and Urbanization

A History of Water: Series III, Volume 1

The River Nile and Its Economic, Political, Social and Cultural Role

Sharif Harir

Raphael K. Badal

The Sudan can demonstrate that while there is no short-cut to progress there is one to decay and misery. After eleven years of peace, the second civil war has now lasted for more than ten years. Regional, ethnic and religious conflicts are intensifying all over the country. The economy is in shambles while a small lite is enriching itself.

The Case of the Sudan

Short-cut to Decay

tekster 2002-2016

Norske tenkemåter

den norske modellen

Utviklingshjelp, utenrikspolitikk og makt

Omtrent samtidig som Norge debuterte på den globale arena som rådgiver i utvikling, kom verden til Norge som migranter og flyktninger fra Asia, Latin-Amerika og Afrika. Terje Tvedt beskriver hvordan samspillet mellom disse to verdenshistoriske bevegelsene førte til en radikal endring av landets befolkning, religioner og kulturer. Forfatteren diskuterer det som skjedde og viser hvordan Norges møte med verden og verdens møte med Norge ble styrt av det han omtaler som en ny humanitærpolitisk elite. Boken stiller spørsmål som: Finnes det norske verdier og norsk kultur? Og finnes Norge? Omtalen er utarbeidet av BS.

fra "ettpartistat" til flerkulturell stat

Det internasjonale gjennombruddet

Despite the central importance that water has held for civilizations both ancient and modern, its social significance has made surprisingly little impact on our contemporary understanding of human history and development. Dominant interpretations of the relationship between society and nature have remained water blind. In Water and Society historian and leading water expert Terje Tvedt argues for a change that acknowledges the significant role played by water in societal development. Reflecting his expertise as a geographer, historian and a political scientist, and drawing on his wide experience of water issues around the world, Terje Tvedt s Water and Society provides a long overdue reappraisal of the relationship between water and society, one that gives water its rightful place as central to any true understanding of human history and development."

Terje Tvedt

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