Uncertainty On A Himalayan Scale
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Uncertainty On A Himalayan Scale
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Author : Michael Thompson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Uncertainty On A Himalayan Scale written by Michael Thompson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Deforestation categories.
Himalayan Perceptions
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Author : Jack Ives
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-08-05
Himalayan Perceptions written by Jack Ives and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-05 with Science categories.
In the 1970s and 1980s many institutions, agencies and scholars believed that the Himalayan region was facing severe environmental disaster, due primarily to rapid growth in population that has caused extensive deforestation, which in turn has led to massive landsliding and soil erosion. This series of assumptions was first challenged in the book: The Himalayan Dilemma (1989: Ives and Messerli, Routledge). Nevertheless, the environmental crisis paradigm still commands considerable support, including logging bans in the mountain watersheds of China, India, and Thailand, and is constantly being promoted by the news media. Himalayan Perceptions identifies the confusion of misunderstanding, vested interests, changing perceptions, and institutional unwillingness to base development policy on sound scientific knowledge. It analyzes the large amount of new research published since 1989 and totally refutes the entire construct. It examines recent social and economic developments in the region and identifies warfare, guerrilla activities, and widespread oppression of poor ethnic minorities as the primary cause for the instability that pervades the entire region. It is argued that the development controversy is further confounded by exaggerated reporting, even falsification, by news media, environmental publications, and agency reports alike.
Himalayan Perceptions Environmental Change And The Well Being Of Mountain Peoples Enhanced Hardcover
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Author : Jack D. Ives
language : en
Publisher: Himalayan Journal of Scienc
Release Date : 2006
Himalayan Perceptions Environmental Change And The Well Being Of Mountain Peoples Enhanced Hardcover written by Jack D. Ives and has been published by Himalayan Journal of Scienc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Culture and tourism categories.
The Himalayan Dilemma
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Author : Jack D. Ives
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-09-02
The Himalayan Dilemma written by Jack D. Ives and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-02 with Science categories.
`This is an important book that deserves to be read by everyone concerned with presenting major environmental issues.' Geography ` ... an essential text for policy makers and aid professionals, as well as for students of environmental studies and international development ... It is indeed, a book appropriate to the urgent and critical issues which it addresses.' - Journal of Environmental Management
Study Week On A Modern Approach To The Protection Of The Environment
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Author : G. B. Marini-Bettòlo
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2017-01-31
Study Week On A Modern Approach To The Protection Of The Environment written by G. B. Marini-Bettòlo and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-31 with Business & Economics categories.
These Proceedings consider all aspects of the environmental problems facing the world today - scientific, social, economic, philosophical and historical. Many of the discussions which followed paper presentations are included in the text. Along with scientific discussions of solutions to particular problems, the book argues for a new approach to thought and action in the use of natural resources. If a constructive global strategy towards the protection of the environment is to be socially compatible and economically sound, then it must be developed through an interdisciplinary approach which will avoid the impractical solutions which might be suggested by theoretical or unilateral considerations. Ecological, economic, social and cultural research must be accompanied by the development of a new mentality of respect for the environment which will inculcate a reasonable and moderate use of natural resources.
Cultural Analysis
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Author : Aaron Wildavsky
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-02-06
Cultural Analysis written by Aaron Wildavsky and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-06 with Political Science categories.
As a result of a lifetime of incomparably wide-ranging investigations, Aaron Wildavsky concluded that politics in the United States and elsewhere was a patterned activity, exhibiting recurring regularities. Political values, beliefs, and institutions were neither endlessly varied, nor haphazardly organized. They tended to exhibit a limited range of variation, and were organized in discoverable, predictable ways. In Cultural Analysis, the fourth collection of his essays posthumously published by Transaction, Wildavsky argues that American politics, public law, and public administration are the contested terrain of rival, inescapable political cultures.Analysts of American politics distinguish liberals from conservatives and Democrats from Republicans, but do not explain how these categories of political allegiance develop, maintain themselves, or change. Wildavsky offers a cultural-functional explanation for ideological and partisan coherence and realignment. Wildavsky also felt that these dualisms did not adequately capture the ideological and partisan variation he observed on the political landscape. Like others, he detected another recurring strain of political allegiance: that of classical liberalism or libertarianism. People of this political stripe valued freedom more than equality (the primary political value of contemporary liberals), and also more than order, the primary political value of conservatives.The value of Wildavsky's reconceptualization of the ideological and social foundations of political conflict, compromise, and coalition is assessed here by Wildavsky's former colleagues and students at the University of California, Berkeley: Dennis Coyle, Richard Ellis, Robert Kagan, Austin Ranney, and Brendon Swedlow.
Geoenvironmental Hazards In Himalaya
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Author : Bindhy Wasini Pandey
language : en
Publisher: Mittal Publications
Release Date : 2002
Geoenvironmental Hazards In Himalaya written by Bindhy Wasini Pandey and has been published by Mittal Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Beās River Watershed (India) categories.
Culture And The Environment In The Himalaya
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Author : Arjun Guneratne
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-12-24
Culture And The Environment In The Himalaya written by Arjun Guneratne and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-24 with Political Science categories.
This book is concerned with human-environment relations in the Himalaya. It explores how different populations and communities in the region understand or conceive of the concept of environment, how their concepts vary across lines of gender, class, age, status, and what this implies for policy makers in the fields of environmental conservation and development. The chapters in this book analyse the symbolic schema that shape human-environment relations, whether that of scientists studying the Himalayan environment, public officials crafting policy about it, or people making a living from their engagement with it, and the way that natural phenomena themselves shape human perception of the world. A new approach to the study of the environment in South Asia, this book introduces the new thinking in environmental anthropology and geography into the study of the Himalaya and uses Himalayan ethnography to interrogate and critique contemporary theorizing about the environment.
The Mountain
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Author : Bernard Debarbieux
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2015-09-10
The Mountain written by Bernard Debarbieux and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-10 with History categories.
In The Mountain, geographers Bernard Debarbieux and Gilles Rudaz trace the origins of the very concept of a mountain, showing how it is not a mere geographic feature but ultimately an idea, one that has evolved over time, influenced by changes in political climates and cultural attitudes. To truly understand mountains, they argue, we must view them not only as material realities but as social constructs, ones that can mean radically different things to different people in different settings. From the Enlightenment to the present day, and using a variety of case studies from all the continents, the authors show us how our ideas of and about mountains have changed with the times and how a wide range of policies, from border delineation to forestry as well as nature protection and social programs, have been shaped according to them. A rich hybrid analysis of geography, history, culture, and politics, the book promises to forever change the way we look at mountains.
Dynamics Of Mountain Geosystems
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Author : Ram Bali Singh
language : en
Publisher: APH Publishing
Release Date : 1992
Dynamics Of Mountain Geosystems written by Ram Bali Singh and has been published by APH Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Environmental degradation categories.