Doctoral Dissertation Research: Population, Environment, and the Social History of Smallholder Tree Planting in Malawi

sgr -9506005这个论文改进奖为学生提供现场设备和援助，以研究19世纪后期以来马拉维的人口、环境和社会变化。理论上的论点是，特定人口和自然资源情况相互作用的结果变化是符合历史解释的。本研究的中心假设是，19世纪后期的人口和制度变化共同作用，为现代马拉维的资源短缺提供了基础。本研究将通过三部分的研究设计进行探索：社会调查、历史研究和环境分析。有两个研究地点，一个在马拉维南部（Zomba区），另一个在马拉维中部（Kasungu区）。将于1995年8月至1996年7月进行实地研究。该研究旨在通过将马尔萨斯对生态系统的人口需求的关注与博塞鲁派对资源使用和供应的社会和制度决定因素的关注联系起来，推动人口和资源理论的发展。

SBR-9506005 This dissertation-improvement award provides field equipment and assistance for the Student's research into demographic, environmental, and social change in Malawi since the late 19th century. The theoretical argument is that the outcome variation from interactions of particular demographic and natural-resource situations is amenable to historical explanation. The central hypothesis, that a confluence of demographic and institutional changes in the late-19th century provided the basis for current resource scarcity in modern Malawi, will be explored via a three-part research design: a social survey, historical research, and environmental analyses. There are two research sites, one in southern Malawi (the Zomba district) and one in central Malawi (the Kasungu district). Field research is to be undertaken from August 1995 through July 1996. The research seeks to advance population and resource theory by bridging the Malthusian focus on demographic demand on ecosystems and the Boserupian focus on social and institutional determinants of resource use and supply.