Deforestation - Social Dynamics in Watersheds and Mountain Ecosystems

List of contents

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Uncertainty on a Himalayan Scale 2. Development in the Face of Uncertainty 3. Soil and Water Impacts of Deforestation 4. Forestry and Watershed Management 5. The Explanation of Land Degradation in Nepal 6. Alternative Social Forestry Development Strategies 7. Poverty, Women and Young People 8. The Chipko Movement Conclusion

About the author

J Ives and D C Pitt

Summary

Originally published in 1988 Deforestation challenges the belief that deforestation is due to entirely rapid population growth and agricultural expansion and emphasises the effects of commercial exploitation and poor planning and management.

Product details

• Authors: J. Pitt Ives
• Assisted by: J. Ives (Editor), Ives J. (Editor), D.C. Pitt (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780367352172
• ISBN: 978-0-367-35217-2
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Ecology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, environmental science, engineering & technology, Botany & plant sciences, Physical geography & topography, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Botany and plant sciences, Physical geography and topography