Through Amazonian eyes [[electronic resource] ] : the human ecology of Amazonian populations / / Emilio F. Moran

• Autore: Moran Emilio F
• Pubblicazione: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.2/0981/1
• Soggetto topico: Human ecology - Amazon River Region; Indians of South America - Amazon River Region; Human ecology - Brazil; Nature - Effect of human beings on - Amazon River Region
• Note generali: Rev. and updated translation of: A ecologia humana das populações da Amazônia.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-226) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Amazonia: People and Environment; 2. Blackwater Ecosystems; 3. Upland Forests; 4. Floodplains; 5. Savannas; 6. Human Ecology as a Critique of Development; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this well-written, comprehensive, reasonable yet passionate volume, Emilio Moran introduces us to the range of human and ecological diversity in the Amazon Basin. By describing the complex heterogeneity on the Amazon's ecological mosaic and its indigenous populations' conscious adaptations to this diversity, he leads us to realize that there are strategies of resource use which do not destroy the structure and function of ecosystems. Finally, and most important, he examines ways in which we might benefit from the study of human ecology to design and implement a balance betwe
• Titolo autorizzato: Through Amazonian eyes
• ISBN: 1-58729-157-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778726103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II