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Environmental Uncertainty and Local Knowledge
. Ed(S): Hornidge, Anna-Katharina; Antweiler, Christoph
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Paperback. Editor(s): Hornidge, Anna-Katharina; Antweiler, Christoph. Num Pages: 284 pages, 43 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AMCR; JFFS; JPQB; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Southeast Asia is a laboratory showing current worldwide ecological issues. Environmental change, natural resource exploitation as well as global climate change increasingly threaten people's livelihoods. Environmentally-based uncertainties foster a high level of knowledge uncertainty. This poses a constantly growing threat to agricultural production. Vulnerable communities with a low degree of resilience are most severely affected. But local communities have abilities to innovate and develop locally embedded coping strategies. The contributors of this volume are most interested in environmental change that fosters knowledge uncertainties. Regions discussed include the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, Moluccas, Central Kalimantan, West Sumatra and South Sulawesi in ... Read more
Southeast Asia is a laboratory showing current worldwide ecological issues. Environmental change, natural resource exploitation as well as global climate change increasingly threaten people's livelihoods. Environmentally-based uncertainties foster a high level of knowledge uncertainty. This poses a constantly growing threat to agricultural production. Vulnerable communities with a low degree of resilience are most severely affected. But local communities have abilities to innovate and develop locally embedded coping strategies. The contributors of this volume are most interested in environmental change that fosters knowledge uncertainties. Regions discussed include the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, Moluccas, Central Kalimantan, West Sumatra and South Sulawesi in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837619591
SKU
V9783837619591
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About . Ed(S): Hornidge, Anna-Katharina; Antweiler, Christoph
Anna-Katharina Hornidge (Dr.) is a sociologist and currently Senior Researcher at the Center of Development Research, Bonn University, Germany. Der Kulturanthropologe Prof. Dr. Christoph Antweiler leitet die Abteilung fÃ"r SÃ"dostasienwissenschaft am Institut fÃ"r Orient- und Asienwissenschaften der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Seine Hauptforschungsregion ist SÃ"dostasien. Zu seinen Forschungsschwerpunkten gehören Rationalität, lokales Wissen, Urbanität, Entwicklung, Ethnizität, Kulturuniversalien sowie biokulturelle Themen.
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