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Amazonia : resiliency and dynamism of the land and its people
- Title
- Amazonia : resiliency and dynamism of the land and its people / Nigel J.H. Smith [and others].
- Publication
- Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, ©1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | QH77.A53 A47 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Smith, Nigel J. H., 1949-
- Description
- xiv, 253 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Balanced, worthwhile book includes chapters on threats to the environment, change and societal response, conservation and management, plantation crops, agroforestry, ranching, floodplain dynamics, and trends and opportunities"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
- "This book is the third in a series from the United Nations University (UNU) research project, Critical Zones in Global Environmental Change, itself part of the UNU programme on the Human and Policy Dimensions of Global Change. Both endeavours explore the complex linkages between human activities and the environment. The project views the human causes of and responses to major changes in biogeochemical systems--global environmental change broadly defined--as consequences of cumulative and synergistic actions (or inactions) of individuals, groups, and states, occurring in their local and regional settings. The study examines and compares nine regional cases in which large-scale, human-induced environmental changes portend to threaten the sustainability of an existing system."--Publisher description.
- Series Statement
- UNU studies on critical environmental regions
- Uniform Title
- UNU studies on critical environmental regions
- Subject
- Environmental protection > Amazon River Valley
- Natural resources > Amazon River Valley
- Land use > Amazon River Valley
- Agriculture > Amazon River Valley
- Agriculture
- Environmental protection
- Land use
- Natural resources
- Landwirtschaft
- Umweltveränderung
- Écologie humaine > Amazonie
- Écologie des forêts pluviales > Amazonie
- ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
- CLIMATE CHANGE
- BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
- FOREST CONSERVATION
- FOREST MANAGEMENT
- SILVICULTURE
- AGROFORESTRY
- RANGE MANAGEMENT
- LAND USE
- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
- AMAZON REGION
- Amazon River Valley
- Amazonastiefland
- Amazonie
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-253).
- Contents
- 1. Amazonia under siege -- 2. Environmental threats: The myth of virginity ; Climatic change ; The environmental impact of smoke ; Soil erosion and floods ; Hydroelectric dams ; The environmental impacts of mining ; Petroleum extraction ; A blizzard of cocaine ; Habitat destruction and the loss of biodiversity -- 3. Forces of change and societal responses: Population change ; Technological change ; Socio-economic and institutional change ; Beliefs and attitudes towards development ; Inocme and wealth issues ; Societal responses -- 4. Forest conservation and management -- 5. Silviculture and plantation crops -- 6. Agro-forestry and perennial cropping systems -- 7. Ranching problems and potential on the uplands -- 8. Land-use dynamics on the Amazon flood plain -- 9. Trends and opportunities.
- ISBN
- 9280809067
- 9789280809060
- LCCN
- 96213182
- OCLC
- ocm33724960
- 33724960
- SCSB-2114384
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library