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Khazan Ecosystems of Goa Building on Indigenous Solutions to Cope with Global Environmental Change /
This book elaborates on the Khazan ecosystems of Goa, India. Khazans are human-managed ecosystems, which are reclaimed from coastal wetlands, salt marshes and mangrove areas, where tidal influence is regulated through a highly structured system of dykes, canals, furrows, and sluice gates using resou...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2014. |
| Colección: | Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research,
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Indigenous traditional knowledge and Global Environmental Change
- An introduction to Goa and Khazan ecosystems
- Traditional ecological knowledge and environmental sustainability in Khazan
- Management of khazan ecosystems: contested environments, competing interests and changing institutions
- Erosion of indigenous resource base: causes and challenges
- A framework for ecosystem performance, ecological vulnerability, ecosystem valuation and local livelihoods using Khazan example
- Building on indigenous resource management systems: key to finding solutions.