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almafu_9960860336802883
Umfang:
1 online resource (410 p.)
ISBN:
9780857450043
Inhalt:
Today human ecology has split into many different sub-disciplines such as historical ecology, political ecology or the New Ecological Anthropology. The latter in particular has criticised the predominance of the Western view on different ecosystems, arguing that culture-specific world views and human-environment interactions have been largely neglected. However, these different perspectives only tackle specific facets of a local and global hyper-complex reality. In bringing together a variety of views and theoretical approaches , these especially commissioned essays prove that an interdisciplinary collaboration and understanding of the extreme complexity of the human-environment interface(s) is possible.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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List of Maps, Figures and Tables --
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Preface --
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The Mutual Dynamics of Cultural and Environmental Change: An Introductory Essay --
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Part I: Evaluating, Attributing and Deciding --
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1. Antinomies of Environmental Risk Perception: Cognitive Structure and Evaluation --
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2. Risk Management and Morality in Agriculture: Conventional and Organic Farming in a German Region --
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3. Attributed Causes of Environmental Problems: A Cross-Cultural Study of Coping Strategies --
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4. Decision-Making in Times of Disaster: The Acceptance of Wet-Rice Cultivation among the Aeta of Zambales, Philippines --
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5. Drought and ‘Natural’ Stress in the Southern Dra Valley: Varying Perceptions among Nomads and Farmers --
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6. Local Environmental Crises and Global Sea-Level Rise: The Case of Coastal Zones in Senegal --
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7. Meshing a Tight Net: A Cultural Response to the Threat of Open Access Fishing Grounds --
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Part II: Knowledge, Meaning and Discourse --
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8. Dangers, Experience and Luck: Living with Uncertainty in the Andes --
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9. Transforming Livelihoods: Meanings and Concepts of Drought, Coping and Risk Management in Botswana --
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10. Cultural Politics of Natural Disasters: Discourses on Volcanic Eruptions in Indonesia --
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11. Knowing the Sea in the ‘Time of Progress’: Environmental Change, Parallel Knowledges and the Uses of Metaphor in Kerala (South India) --
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12. Mass Tourism and Ecological Problems in Seaside Resorts of Southern Thailand: Environmental Perceptions, Assessments and Behaviour Regarding the Problem of Waste --
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13. Local Experts – Expert Locals: A Comparative Perspective on Biodiversity and Environmental Knowledge Systems in Australia and Namibia --
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Notes on Contributors --
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Index
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In English.
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1515/9780857450043
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857450043
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780857450043
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857450043
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780857450043
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