Research Catalog

Title

The biopolitics of the Danube Delta : nature, history, policies / edited by Constantin Iordachi and Kristof van Assche.

Publication

• Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]
• ©2015

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Additional Authors

• Iordachi, Constantin
• Assche, Kristof Van

Description

xxx, 452 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Alternative Title

Bio-politics of the Danube Delta

Subjects

• Danube River Delta (Romania and Ukraine) > History
• Biopolitics > Danube River Delta (Romania and Ukraine)
• Environmental policy > Danube River Delta (Romania and Ukraine)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Physical Landscape : Distribution of the Vegetation within the Danube Delta / Jenică Hanganu, Mihai Doroftei, Ion Sârbu and Nicolae Ștefan -- The Impact of the Hydrological Regime on the Diversity of Natural Habitats in the Danube Delta / Erika Schneider -- The Importance of Danube Delta Reed Beds - for the Environment and for Use by Humans / Jenică Hanganu and Mihai Doroftei -- The Danube Delta : Lessons Learned from Nature Restoration Projects / Erika Schneider -- Recent Development of the Danube Delta : Evaluation of Existing Cartographic Documents / Nicolae Panin and Willem Overmars -- Various Approaches to the Danube Delta : From Maps to Reality / Ștefan Constantinescu -- Pirates, Fish and Tourists. The Life of Post-Communist Sulina / Petruța Teampău and Kristof Van Assche -- (In)Accessible Land : The Changing Practice and Regulation of Gardening in the Reed Beds of Ukraine's Danube Delta / Tanya Richardson -- Fishing Traditions Among Old Believers in the Danube Delta : Survival Strategies during the 19th Century / Alexander Prigarin -- Romanians and Lippovans in Sulina : Prismatic Identifications and Contexts for Generating Cultural Comparison / Cosmina Timoce -- Traditional Medicine and its Evolution in Southern Bessarabia / Natalia Serebriannikova -- Birds, Fish and the Traumatic Nature of the Swamp: Concepts of Nature in Regards to the Romanian Danube Delta / Kristof Van Assche, Sandra Bell and Petruța Teampău -- Some Aspects of Water Management and Land Reclamation in the Danube Delta / Bart Schultz -- Evolution of Policies and Institutions for the Conservation of the Ukrainian Danube Delta / Paul Goriup, Natasha Goriup -- Towards a Master plan : Support for Sustainable Development in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve / Iulian Nichersu -- Integrated Management of the Lower Danube River : Experiences with the Application of Dutch Policy Concepts and Interactive Planning Methods / Joanne Vinke-de Kruijf, Hans Bressers and Denie C. M. Augustijn -- Circumscribing Locals : Transformations of Knowledge/ Power and the Governance of the Danube Delta / Kristof Van Assche, Martijn Duineveld, Raoul Beunen and Petruța Teampău.

ISBN

• 9780739195147
• 073919514X

OCLC

• ocn887858772
• 887858772
• SCSB-5785134

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries