1st Edition

Coping with Changing Environments Social Dimensions of Endangered Ecosystems in the Developing World

Edited By Beate Lohnert, Helmut Geist Copyright 1999
324 Pages
by Routledge

326 Pages
by Routledge

324 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1999. A collection of empirical research and theoretical reflection on the modelling of environmental change from a social perspective. The focus is on the endangered ecosystems in the developing world and examples are given from Asia, Africa and Latin America. After Regions at Risk (Kaspersons et al, 1995 UNO University Press) it is the second compilation that focuses on... Read more

1. Endangered Ecosystems and Coping Strategies Towards a Conceptualization of Environmental Change in the Developing World Beate Lohnert and Helmut Geist  2. Coping with Vulnerability and Unsustainability, The Case of Nepalese Upland Farmers Hans-Georg Bohle  3. Hydropower, Rice Farmers and the State, The Case of Deforestation in Laos Thomas Krings  4. Debating Vulnerability, Environment and Housing, The Case of Rural-Urban Migrants in Cape Town, South Africa Beate Lohnert  5. Soil Mining and Societal Responses, The Case of Tabaco in Eastern Miombo Highlands Helmut Geist  6. Changes of Land Use and Institutions in Natural Resource Management, The Case of the Tanzanian Maasailand Sven Schade  7. Drought Hazards and Threatened Livelihoods, Environmental Perceptions in Botswana Fred Kruger  8. Enviromental Conversation, Land Tenure and Migration, The Case of the Atlantic Rainforest in Southeast Brazil Florian Duckmann  9. Why Herd Animals Die, Environmental Perception and Cultural Risk Management in the Andes Barbara Gobel  10. Risks and Coping Strategies of a Vulnerable Group in the Dominican Dry Forest, The Case of Charcoal Burners in Chalona Veronika Ulbert  11. Actors, Structures and Environments, A Comparative and Transdisciplinary View on Regional Case Studies pf Global Environment Change Gerhard Petschel-Held, Matthais K.B Ludeke and Fritz Reusswig

Biography

Beate Lohnert, Helmut Geist