Pastoralist livelihoods in Asian drylands environment, governance and risk /

""Pastoralist Livelihoods in Asian Drylands"" brings together the work of scholars from across Asia to discuss the transforming boundaries, agencies and risks involved in pastoralist livelihoods. The authors challenge common ecological approaches to understanding social change am...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ahearn, Ariell (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Winwick, Cambridgeshire, UK : The White Horse Press, [2017]
Colección:Indigenous perspectives on pastoralism, policy and the environment
Temas:
Pastoral systems > Asia > Economic conditions.
Pastoral systems > Asia > Environmental conditions.
Arid regions agriculture > Asia.
Transhumance > Asia > Social conditions.
Pastoralisme > Asie > Conditions économiques.
Pastoralisme > Asie > Conditions environnementales.
Agriculture des régions arides > Asie.
Transhumance > Asie > Conditions sociales.
Arid regions agriculture.
Asia.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • List of illustrations and tables
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Afterlife of Nomadism: Pastoralism, environmentalism, civilisation and identity in Mongoliaand China
  • 3. Environment as Commodity and Shield: Reshaping Herders' Collective Identity in Mongolia
  • 4. From Reform to Revolt: Bashar al-Assad and the Arab Tribes in Syria
  • 5. Herder participation in modern markets: the issues of the credit loan trap
  • 6. Indigenous Systems of Ecological Knowledge and Conservation Initiatives in Jabal Akhdar Mountain, Oman
  • 7. Afghan/Pakistan Border Politics: What Future for Kuchi Nomads?
  • 8. Transhumance and Change Among the Rungs of Uttarakhand Himalayas
  • 9. From Stewards to Trespassers: Pastoralist Management of Forest Resources
  • 10. Conservation of Tangible and Intangible Properties of the Tent in Jordanian Badia
  • Index

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