Khazan Ecosystems of Goa Building on Indigenous Solutions to Cope with Global Environmental Change
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, furrows, and sluice gates using resou...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2014, 2014
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014 |
| Series: | Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Indigenous traditional knowledge and Global Environmental Change
- An introduction to Goa and Khazan ecosystems
- Traditional ecological knowledge and environmental sustainability in Khazan
- Management of khazan ecosystems: contested environments, competing interests and changing institutions
- Erosion of indigenous resource base: causes and challenges
- A framework for ecosystem performance, ecological vulnerability, ecosystem valuation and local livelihoods using Khazan example
- Building on indigenous resource management systems: key to finding solutions