| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Tokyo : , : United Nations University Press, , 1995
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (x, 325 pages) : illustrations, maps
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| Disciplina |
363.7/0098
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| Altri autori (Persone) |
NishizawaToshie <1929->
UittoJuha I
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| Soggetto topico |
Ecology - Latin America
Ecology - Tropics
Environmental policy - Latin America
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| ISBN |
0-585-22997-X
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
pt. 1. The ecological outlook: Ecological prospective for tropical Latin America / Gilberto C. Gallopín 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 ribereños 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 sertão of North-East Brazil / Isao Saito and Noritaka Yagasaki.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778897903321 |
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The fragile tropics of Latin America [[electronic resource] ] : sustainable management of changing environments / / edited by Toshie Nishizawa and Juha I. Uitto