Uplands and Lowlands
Author | : Rose Porter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1872 |
Genre | : American fiction |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Rose Porter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1872 |
Genre | : American fiction |
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Author | : François Ruf |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0821352059 |
The most traditional and widely used farming systems in the humid upland tropics are based on fallowing and various forms of slash and burn agriculture. Their sustainability depends on the duration of the fallow. When fallow duration drops below the threshold of seven or eight years crop yield usually declines. A concept described as "forest rent". Given the plight of millions of farmers the development of upland agriculture has become increasingly important. This book reports the results of fieldwork conducted by the editors and other experts in some 40 regions of Indonesia from 1989 to 2001. It finds that some of the most successful improvements have been the result of innovations by the farmers themselves.
Author | : Tania Li |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 2005-06-27 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1135296537 |
Drawing upon current theoretical debates in social anthropology, development studies and political ecology, and presenting original research from across the Archipelago, this book addresses the changing histories and identities of upland people as they relate in new ways to the natural resource base, to markets and to the state. It is an engaged study, which fills important analytical gaps and addresses real-world concerns, exploring the uplands as components of national and global systems of meaning, power, and production. It offers a significant re-assessment of concepts, processes, histories, relationships and discourses, many of which are not unique to either the uplands or Indonesia, making the book essential and compelling reading for both scholars and practitioners.
Author | : Rose Porter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1872 |
Genre | : Country life |
ISBN | : |
Author | : William Morris Davis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1896 |
Genre | : Geography |
ISBN | : |
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 1986 |
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Author | : Aletta Bonn |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 643 |
Release | : 2009-01-13 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1134061633 |
The uplands are a crucial source of ecosystem services, such as water provision, carbon retention, maintenance of biodiversity, provision of recreation value and cultural heritage. This puts them in the focus of both environmental and social scientists as well as practitioners and land managers.. This volume brings together a wealth of knowledge of the British uplands from diverse but interrelated fields of study, clearly demonstrating their importance in 21st Century Britain, and indicating how we may through interdisciplinary approaches meet the challenges provided by past and future drivers of environmental change. The upland environments are subject to change. They face imminent threats as well as opportunities from pressures such as climate change, changes in land management and related changes in fire risk, increases in erosion and water colour, degradation of habitats, altered wildlife and recreational value, as well as significant changes in the economy of these marginal areas. This book presents up-to-date scientific background information, addresses policy related issues and lays out pressing land management questions. A number of world-class experts provide a review of cutting-edge natural and social science and an assessment of past, current and potential future management strategies, policies and other drivers of change. After appraisal of key concepts and principles, chapters provide specific examples and applications by focussing on UK upland areas and specifically the Peak District National Park as a key example for other highly valuable upland regions.
Author | : Meta Systems Inc |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Agricultural pollution |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Geological Survey (U.S.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1965 |
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Author | : Agnes C. Rola |
Publisher | : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9814345156 |
All over Southeast Asia, rural communities are in transition to a sustainable status. This book explores how an environmentally fragile upland community in rural Philippines coped with and responded to economic and environmental tensions brought about by a globalized economy and decentralization. This in turn gave rise to local power especially in the management of natural resources.