Télécharger le livre :  North-East India: Land, People and Economy

North-East India, comprising the seven contiguous states around Assam, the principal state of the region, is a relatively unknown, yet very fascinating region. The forest clad peripheral mountains, home to indigenous peoples like the Nagas, Mizos and the Khasis, the...
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Parution : 2013-10-21
Collection : Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
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Télécharger le livre :  Khazan Ecosystems of Goa

This book elaborates on the Khazan ecosystems of Goa, India. Khazans are human-managed ecosystems, which are reclaimed from coastal wetlands, salt marshes and mangrove areas, where tidal influence is regulated through a highly structured system of dykes, canals,...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2013-10-01
Collection : Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
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Télécharger le livre :  Glaciers of the Karakoram Himalaya

The Karakoram contains the greatest concentration of glaciers and most of the largest ice masses outside high latitudes. They comprise major stores and sources of fresh water in an otherwise extreme, continental, dry region. As many as 200 million people living...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2013-09-12
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Télécharger le livre :  Maturing Megacities

This edited volume covers the multiple changes concerning urban governance in the course of the progressive transformation of the Pearl River Delta mega-urban region in China. Looking at the megacities Guangzhou and Shenzhen, it analyzes the maturing of socio-economic,...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2013-08-19
Collection : Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
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Télécharger le livre :  Environmental Issues in China Today

Economic development and environmental issues in China are attracting more and more attention internationally as the country’s large population and vast demands for food, energy, water, minerals, and other resources play an increasingly important role in deciding the...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2013-07-01
Collection : Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
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Télécharger le livre :  Climate Change, Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods in Developing Countries

This book is about climate change and its relation to agriculture and rural livelihoods. It starts by providing a basic understanding of climate change science followed by the relation of climate change to agriculture, the impact of which is discussed based on the...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2013-05-13
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Télécharger le livre :  Water Civilization

Water Civilization: From Yangtze to Khmer Civilizations comprises three major topics: 1) Discovery of the origin of rice agriculture and the Yangtze River civilization in southern China was mainly based on investigation of the Chengtoushan archaeological site, the...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2012-10-23
Collection : Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
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Télécharger le livre :  Pastoral practices in High Asia

In conventional views, pastoralism was classified as a stage of civilization that needed to be abolished and transcended in order to reach a higher level of development.In this context, global approaches to modernize a rural society have been ubiquitous phenomena...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2012-03-26
Collection : Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
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Télécharger le livre :  Managing the Future of Southeast Asia's Valuable Tropical Rainforests

This book provides current knowledge about tropical rain forest genetics and its implications for the profitable and sustainable management of forest resources in Southeast Asia. Each chapter covers a major topic in the evolutionary biology of tropical rain forest trees...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2011-09-15
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Télécharger le livre :  The Lower Damodar River, India

Interweaving the human aspects of river control with analysis of hydro-physical data, including historical data over the last few centuries, this monograph is a comprehensive evaluation of the Damodar’s lower reaches. While the Damodar River isn’t an exceptional...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2011-03-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Malaria in South Asia

Malaria is one of the most widespread and devastating infectious diseases in the world. More than half the world population residing in over 100 countries is at risk of infection from this vector-borne disease. An estimated 250–500 million mal- ial cases occur each...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2009-12-04
Collection : Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
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