1st Edition
Deforestation Social Dynamics in Watersheds and Mountain Ecosystems
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1988 Deforestation examines deforestation as a major environmental and development problem. It examines the issues of forests being cut in tropical and mountain areas, and how acid rain, pollution and disease wreak havoc in temperate zones. Some of the worst effects of deforestation have been changes in the world’s climate system, erosion and flooding, desertification,... Read more
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction, D.C. Pitt
1. Uncertainty on a Himalayan Scale, M. Thompson and M. Warburton
2. Development in the Face of Uncertainty, J. Ives
3. Soil and Water Impacts of Deforestation, L.S. Hamilton and A.J. Pearce
4. Forestry and Watershed Management, L.S. Hamilton
5. The Explanation of Land Degradation in Nepal, P. Blaikie
6. Alternative Social Forestry Development Strategies, M. Cernea
7. Poverty, Women and Young People, D.C. Pitt
8. The Chipko Movement, V. Shiva and J. Bandyopadhyay
Conclusion, M.E.D. Poore
Biography
J Ives and D C Pitt
