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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Geography and Development -- Part One: Physical Geography -- 2 Geology, Structure and Landforms -- 3 Climatology -- 4 Vegetation and Soils -- Part Two: Human Geography -- 5 Political Evolution -- 6 Population and Society -- 7 Settlement Patterns, Health and Education -- 8 Farming and Industry -- 9 Minerals, Power and Transport -- Part Three: North-West Africa and the Sahara -- 10 The Physical Background -- 11 Morocco -- 12 Algeria -- 13 Tunisia -- 14 Libya -- 15 The Sahara -- Part Four: The Nile Basin and Horn of Africa -- 16 Physical Geography -- 17 Egypt -- 18 Sudan -- 19 Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti -- Part Five: West Africa -- 20 Human and Physical Geography -- 21 The Dry Lands of West Africa -- 22 The Western Coastal States -- 23 Côte D'lvoire and Ghana -- 24 Togo and Benin -- 25 Nigeria -- Part Six: Equatorial Africa -- 26 Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon -- 27 Congo and the Central African Republic -- 28 Zaire, Rwanda and Burundi -- Part Seven: South-Western Africa -- 29 The Physical Framework -- 30 Angola, Namibia and Botswana -- Part Eight: South Africa -- 31 The Republic: Physical Framework -- 32 Population and Settlement in the Republic -- 33 Farming, Fishing and Forestry in the Republic -- 34 The Republic: Mining and Manufacturing -- 35 Lesotho and Swaziland -- Part Nine: The Zambezi and Limpopo Lands -- 36 Physical Geography -- 37 Zambia -- 38 Zimbabwe -- 39 Malawi -- 40 Mozambique -- Part Ten: East Africa and the Islands -- 41 Physical Geography -- 42 Kenya -- 43 Uganda -- 44 Tanzania -- 45 Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands -- 46 Conclusion: Change and Challenge in Africa -- Appendix -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements.

In retrospect the 1960s may be identified as a period of major innovation in maritime transport. The ever-increasing size of bulk carriers and the unitisation of general cargo are trends which are clearly gaining in momentum and which will leave few ports unaffected. The time is therefore opportune for economic geographers to analyse the existing port systems and to assess the potential for change. Nowhere is this more important than in the developing countries of the tropical world where the ports assume such a critical role in the development process.