Coping with changing environments: social dimensions of endangered ecosystems in the developing world

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11 papers are presented on various topics associated with the social aspects of developing country endangered ecosystems. Titles of the papers are: endangered ecosystems and coping strategies towards a conceptualization of environmental change in the developing world; coping with vulnerability and unsustainability: the case of Nepalese upland farmers; hydropower, rice farmers and the state: the case of deforestation in Laos; debating vulnerability, environment and housing: the case of rural-urban migrants in Cape Town, South Africa; soil mining and societal responses: the case of tobacco in eastern Miombo highlands; changes of land use and institutions in natural resource management: the case of the Tanzanian Maasailand; drought with hazards and threatened livelihoods: environmental perceptions in Botswana; environmental conservation, land tenure, and migration: the case of the Atlantic rainforest in southeast Brazil; why herd animals die: environmental perception and cultural risk management in the Andes; risks and coping strategies of a vulnerable group in the Dominican dry forest: the case of charcoal burners in Chalona; and, actors, structures and environments: a comparative and transdisciplinary view on regional case studies of global environmental change.
Author(s)

Lohnert B., Geist H.,

Year

1999

Secondary Title

Coping with changing environments: social dimensions of endangered ecosystems in the developing world.

Publisher

Ashgate Publishing Ltd.

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charcoal, climatic change, deforestation, environmental degradation, environmental management, environmental protection, farming systems, forests, hydroelectric schemes, land use, migration, natural resources, resource management, rice, rural development, soil conservation, tobacco, tropical forests, tropical rain forests, Botswana, Brazil, Developing Countries, Dominica, Laos, Nepal, South Africa, Tanzania, Nicotiana, Oryza, Solanaceae, Solanales, dicotyledons, angiosperms, Spermatophyta, plants, eukaryotes, Poaceae, Cyperales, monocotyledons, ACP Countries, Anglophone Africa, Africa, Commonwealth of Nations, Least Developed Countries, SADC Countries, Southern Africa, Africa South of Sahara, Latin America, America, South America, Threshold Countries, countries, Caribbean Community, Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles, Antilles, Caribbean, ASEAN Countries, Indochina, South East Asia, Asia, South Asia, East Africa, agricultural systems, climate change, Lao People's Democratic Republic, paddy, Tanganyika, Third World, Underdeveloped Countries, Environmental Economics (EE150) (Discontinued March 2000), Community Development (UU460) (Discontinued March 2000), Participation and Self Help (UU470) (Discontinued March 2000), Pollution and Degradation (PP600), Natural Resources (General) (PP000), Farming Systems and Management (EE200) (Discontinued March 2000), Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology) (KK100), Biological Resources (Plant) (PP720), Water Resources (PP200), Land Resources (PP300)

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Form: Book
Geographical Area: Laos, Other

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