Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
International Forum on Development of Poor Mountain Areas
Author: China
Author: Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821349250
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
'China: Overcoming Rural Poverty' assesses the state of poverty in China at the end of the 1990s. The book also evaluates the most effective and efficient means of overcoming the remaining absolute poverty in the new decade. It focuses on China's absolute poor who are increasingly concentrated in remote and mountainous townships and villages. The report places considerable emphasis on the macroeconomic context, and finds that the trends in poverty reduction in the 1990s have been partly determined by larger macroeconomic trends.
Livelihood Security in Northwestern Himalaya
Author: R.B. SinghPublisher: Springer Science & Business
ISBN: 4431548688
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This book identifies and analyzes livelihood impacts of recent environmental and socio-economic changes in urban and rural settings of the mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh, north western Himalaya, India. The findings of the research deal with the broader objectives of the changing patterns of agricultural production with special reference to diversification, as well as forest-based livelihood outcomes, Clean Development Mechanism forest project activities, the roles of different ethnic groups and non-governmental organizations and the benefits and shortcomings of tourism as a livelihood source. These tasks are studied by using an exploratory approach, with participant observation, interviews through random and cluster sampling among villagers, local land users and officials, as well as with land cover interpretation and secondary statistical data. This book is relevant for educational use together with policy input on the issues exploring livelihood security in a rapidly growing developing country.
World Soil Resources and Food Security
Author: Rattan LalPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439844518
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Soil-The Basis of All Terrestrial LifeAncient civilizations and cultures-Mayan, Aztec, Mesopotamian, Indus, and Yangtze-were built on good soils, surviving only as long as soils had the capacity to support them. In the twenty-first century, productive soil is still the engine of economic development and essential to human well-being. The quality of
Mountain Environments in Changing Climates
Author: Martin BenistonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134852363
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
Home to large numbers of people, sources of water, centres of tourism, and sensitive ecological zones, mountain environments share distinctive climactic characteristics. Once regarded as economically non-viable regions, mountains now attract major investment as sites of tourism, hydro-power and communication routes. This book brings together some of the current work on the physical and human ecology of mountain environments, the impacts of climate change, the processes involved and their observation and prediction.
Mountain Research and Development
Author: Annual Report
Author: International Centre for Integrated Mountain DevelopmentPublisher:
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Category : Hill farming
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
Rural Development Abstracts
Author: Life on the Edge
Author: N. S. JodhaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
With A Foreword By Partha Dasgupta, This Volume Is A Significant Contribution To Many Ongoing Scholarly Debates In The Fields Of Agrarian Economics, Human Ecology, And Sustainability.
Key Issues for Mountain Areas
Author: Martin F. PricePublisher: United Nations University Press
ISBN: 9280811029
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Mountain areas cover almost one quarter of the earth's land surface, with a quarter of the global population living on them or very close by, and they are sources of water, food, timber, minerals and other natural resources. They provide many opportunities for recreation, as well as being centres of biological and cultural diversity and religious significance. Unfortunately, mountain environments and populations are also particularly threatened by climate change and political conflicts, and their inhabitants include many of the poorest and most vulnerable in the world. This publication includes a number of papers which explore a range of sustainable development challenges for mountain regions.