LEADER 03609nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910778897903321 005 20230222223958.0 010 $a0-585-22997-X 035 $a(CKB)111004365860992 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000157782 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11160347 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000157782 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10139183 035 $a(PQKB)11353476 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3039641 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3039641 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10605373 035 $a(OCoLC)923704499 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004365860992 100 $a19960325h19951995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe fragile tropics of Latin America $esustainable management of changing environments /$feditors, Toshie Nishizawa, Juha I. Uitto 210 1$aTokyo :$cUnited Nations University Press,$d1995. 210 4$aŠ1995 215 $a1 online resource (x, 325 pages) $cillustrations, maps 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a92-808-0877-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $apt. 1. The ecological outlook: Ecological prospective for tropical Latin America / Gilberto C. Gallopi?n and Manuel Winograd. Rich and poor ecosystems of Amazonia : an approach to management / Emilio F. Moran. Archaeological perspectives on the potential of Amazonia for intensive exploitation / Betty J. Meggers. Distribution and interannual variability of rainfall in Brazil / Minoru Tanaka, Akio Tsuchiya, and Toshie Nishizawa -- pt. 2. The Brazilian Amazon: Waters and wetlands of Brazilian Amazonia : an uncertain future / Hilgard O'Reilly Sternberg. A fragile capitalism in a fragile environment : entrepreneurs and state bureaucracies in the free zone of Manaus / Roberto Motta -- pt. 3. The Peruvian Amazon: Aquatic and land fauna management among the floodplain riberen?os of the Peruvian Amazon / Mario Hiraoka. Subsistence-and market-oriented agroforestry in the Peruvian Amazon / Christine Padoch and Wil de Jong. Local management of forest resources in a rural community in north-east Peru / Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez, Daniel Zarin and Peter Jipp -- pt. 4. The semi-arid North-East: White sand soils in North-East Brazil / Eiji Matsumoto. Changing aspects of drought-deciduous vegetation in the semi-arid region of North-East Brazil / Ichiroku Hayashi. Characteristics and utilization of tree species in the semi-arid woodland of North-East Brazil / Toshie Nishizawa, Akio Tsuchiya and Maria Magdalena Vieira Pinto. Drought, irrigation, and changes in the serta?o of North-East Brazil / Isao Saito and Noritaka Yagasaki. 330 1 $a"Amazonia and adjacent lands have tremendous environmental variations, and approaches to the sustainable management of these fragile lands must be different. Geographers Hiraoka, Nishizawa, Sternberg, and Yagasaki have important contributions among the 14 articles"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.$uhttp://www.loc.gov/hlas/ 606 $aEcology$zLatin America 606 $aEcology$zTropics 606 $aEnvironmental policy$zLatin America 615 0$aEcology 615 0$aEcology 615 0$aEnvironmental policy 676 $a363.7/0098 701 $aNishizawa$b Toshie$f1929-$01530227 701 $aUitto$b Juha I$0297991 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778897903321 996 $aThe fragile tropics of Latin America$93775127 997 $aUNINA