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Rainforest Corridors : The Transamazon Colonization Scheme /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Smith, Nigel J. H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]
Edición:Reprint 2020
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Genesis of the Transamazon scheme
  • Chapter 3. The ecological setting
  • Chapter 4. Agro-ecosystem productivity
  • Chapter 5. Settlement and disease
  • Chapter 6. Potential public health problems
  • Chapter 7. Public health services and alternative medicine
  • Chapter 8. The transamazon and regional development
  • Appendix 1. Monthly temperatures, rainfall, and relative humidity for Marabá, 1973-1978
  • Appendix 2. Monthly temperatures, rainfall, and relative humidity for Altamira, 1973-1978
  • Appendix 3. Rice yields along the transamazon in 1978
  • Appendix 4. Plants used for medicinal purpose along the transamazon
  • Bibliography
  • Index