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Through Amazonian eyes : the human ecology of Amazonian populations / / Emilio F. Moran



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Autore: Moran Emilio F Visualizza persona
Titolo: Through Amazonian eyes : the human ecology of Amazonian populations / / Emilio F. Moran Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c1993
Edizione: 1st ed.
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 populacoes da Amazonia.
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-58729-157-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
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