Claiming the high ground : Sherpas, subsistence, and environmental change in the highest Himalaya / / Stanley F. Stevens [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Stevens Stanley F |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 537 p., [16] p. of plates ) : ill. ; |
Disciplina | 304.2/095496 |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Nepal - Khumbu Valley
Sherpa (Nepalese people) - Economic conditions Landscape changes - Nepal - Khumbu Valley Human ecology - Economic conditions - Nepal - Khumbu Valley Sherpa (Nepalese people) - Khumbu Valley - Nepal Landscape changes Anthropology Social Sciences Anthropogeography & Human Ecology |
ISBN | 0-585-10825-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; pt. 1. Sherpa Cultural Ecology -- ; 1. Sherpa Country -- ; 2. High-Altitude Economy -- ; 3. Farming on the Roof of the World -- ; 4. Good Country for Yak -- ; 5. Sacred Forests and Fuel Wood -- ; pt. 2. Economic and Environmental Change -- ; 6. Four Centuries of Agropastoral Change -- ; 7. Subsistence, Adaptation, and Environmental Change -- ; 8. Local Resource Management: Decline and Persistence -- ; 9. From Tibet Trading to the Tourist Trade -- ; 10. Tourism, Local Economy, and Environment. Appendix A: Major Himalayan Peaks -- Appendix B: The Sherpa/Tibetan Calendar -- Appendix C: Chronology of Khumbu History. |
Altri titoli varianti | Claiming the high ground |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910495872203321 |
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Himalayan perceptions : environmental change and the well-being of mountain peoples / / Jack D. Ives |
Autore | Ives Jack D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2/095496 |
Collana | Routledge studies in physical geography and environment |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Himalaya Mountains Region
Indigenous peoples - Ecology - Himalaya Mountains Region Mountain people - Himalaya Mountains Region - Social conditions Deforestation - Himalaya Mountains Region Culture and tourism - Himalaya Mountains Region Environmental degradation - Himalaya Mountains Region Environmental policy - Himalaya Mountains Region |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-134-36908-5
1-138-86713-6 1-280-05088-8 0-203-59756-7 |
Classificazione |
43.47
74.21 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The myth of Himalayan environmental degradation -- The Himalayan region : an overview -- Status of the mountain forests -- Geomorphology of agricultural landscapes -- Flooding in Bangladesh : causes and perceptions of causes -- Mountain hazards -- Tourism and its impacts -- Conflict, tension, and the oppression of mountain peoples -- Prospects for future development : assets and obstacles -- What are the facts? misleading perceptions, misconceptions, and distortions -- Redefining the dilemma : is there a way out? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450769003321 |
Ives Jack D.
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
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Himalayan perceptions : environmental change and the well-being of mountain peoples / / Jack D. Ives |
Autore | Ives Jack D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2/095496 |
Collana | Routledge studies in physical geography and environment |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Himalaya Mountains Region
Indigenous peoples - Ecology - Himalaya Mountains Region Mountain people - Himalaya Mountains Region - Social conditions Deforestation - Himalaya Mountains Region Culture and tourism - Himalaya Mountains Region Environmental degradation - Himalaya Mountains Region Environmental policy - Himalaya Mountains Region |
ISBN |
1-134-36907-7
1-134-36908-5 1-138-86713-6 1-280-05088-8 0-203-59756-7 |
Classificazione |
43.47
74.21 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The myth of Himalayan environmental degradation -- The Himalayan region : an overview -- Status of the mountain forests -- Geomorphology of agricultural landscapes -- Flooding in Bangladesh : causes and perceptions of causes -- Mountain hazards -- Tourism and its impacts -- Conflict, tension, and the oppression of mountain peoples -- Prospects for future development : assets and obstacles -- What are the facts? misleading perceptions, misconceptions, and distortions -- Redefining the dilemma : is there a way out? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783856403321 |
Ives Jack D.
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Himalayan perceptions : environmental change and the well-being of mountain peoples / / Jack D. Ives |
Autore | Ives Jack D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2/095496 |
Collana | Routledge studies in physical geography and environment |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Himalaya Mountains Region
Indigenous peoples - Ecology - Himalaya Mountains Region Mountain people - Himalaya Mountains Region - Social conditions Deforestation - Himalaya Mountains Region Culture and tourism - Himalaya Mountains Region Environmental degradation - Himalaya Mountains Region Environmental policy - Himalaya Mountains Region |
ISBN |
1-134-36907-7
1-134-36908-5 1-138-86713-6 1-280-05088-8 0-203-59756-7 |
Classificazione |
43.47
74.21 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The myth of Himalayan environmental degradation -- The Himalayan region : an overview -- Status of the mountain forests -- Geomorphology of agricultural landscapes -- Flooding in Bangladesh : causes and perceptions of causes -- Mountain hazards -- Tourism and its impacts -- Conflict, tension, and the oppression of mountain peoples -- Prospects for future development : assets and obstacles -- What are the facts? misleading perceptions, misconceptions, and distortions -- Redefining the dilemma : is there a way out? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821748103321 |
Ives Jack D.
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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