Towards an environmental communication conceptual model for enabling socio-economic development in Africa

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Title:	Towards an environmental communication conceptual model for enabling socio-economic development in Africa
Author:	Kwansah-Aidoo, Kwamena
Year:	2004
Periodical:	Africa Media Review (ISSN 0258-4913)
Volume:	12
Issue:	2
Pages:	57-71
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs.
Geographic term:	Africa
Subjects:	communication environment development Communication in the environmental sciences Mass media and the environment Economic development--Environmental aspects
Abstract:	Africa has vast natural and human resources and thus great potential for socioeconomic development. Yet, very few countries on the continent have been able to utilize their resources fully and to reap the expected benefits from that potential. Many of the factors for this failure to boost socioeconomic development and improve the lives of individuals and groups on the continent have been well documented. However, one factor that is often glossed over is the role of negative environmental behaviour on development. This paper argues that there is a strong relationship between the two and suggests a viable framework for integrating these two issues/areas by providing a theoretical model for incorporating environmental communication, and subsequently environmental consciousness, into socioeconomic development programmes. Bibliogr., ref., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract]