social dimensions of endangered ecosystems in the developing world Lohnert, Beate. Geist, Helmut 1958- text bibliography enk Aldershot Brookfield USA Ashgate c1999 1999 monographic eng

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xxi, 303 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Endangered ecosystems and coping strategies : towards a conceptualization of environmental change in the developing world / Beate Lohnert and Helmut Geist -- Coping with vulnerability and unsustainability : the case of Nepalese upland farmers / Hans-Georg Bohle -- Hydropower, rice farmers and the state : the case of deforestation in Laos / Thomas Krings -- Debating vulnerability, environment and housing : the case of rural-urban migrants in Cape Town, South Africa / Beate Lohnert -- Soil mining and societal responses : the case of tobacco in eastern Miombo highlands / Helmut Geist -- Changes of land use and institutions in natural resource management : the case of the Tanzanian Maasailand / Sven Schade -- Drought hazards and threatened livelihoods : environmental perceptions in Botswana / Fred Krüger -- Environmental conservation, land tenure and migration : the case of the Atlantic rainforest in southeast Brazil / Florian Dünckmann -- Why herd animals die : environmental perception and cultural risk management in the Andes / Barbara Göbel -- Risks and coping strategies of a vulnerable group in the Dominican Dry Forest : the case of charcoal burners in Chalona / Veronika Ulbert -- Actors, structures and environments: a comparative and transdisciplinary view on regional case studies of global environmental change / Gerhard Petschel-Held, Matthias K.B. Lüdeke and Fritz Reusswig. edited by Beate Lohnert, Helmut Geist. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Includes bibliographical references and index. Endangered ecosystems Developing countries Endangered ecosystems Developing countries Developing countries Social conditions Developing countries Social conditions QH77.D44 C675 1999 333.72 COP 1840149582 99073621 UKM 990709 20140814121714.0 208517