Fishing, Foraging and Farming in the Bolivian Amazon On a Local Society in Transition /

Empirical in character, this book analyses the society-nature interaction of the Tsimane', a rural indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon. Following a common methodological framework, the material and energy flow (MEFA) approach, it gives a detailed account of the biophysical exchange rela...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ringhofer, Lisa (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edición:1st ed. 2010.
Temas:
Biotic communities.
Population biology.
Environmental economics.
Anthropology.
Sociology.
Sustainability.
Demography.
Population.
Community and Population Ecology.
Environmental Economics.
Population and Demography.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Setting the Stage
  • Sociometabolic Transitions and the MEFA Toolkit: Concepts and Methods
  • Exploring an Indigenous World in the Bolivian Amazon: The Case of the Tsimane'
  • Stocks, Flows and Land Use: The Metabolic Profile of Campo Bello
  • Time, Work, and Other Functions
  • Comparing Local Transitions Across The Developing World
  • Local Visions for a Global Future.

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