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Lisa Ringhofer - Fishing, Foraging and Farming in the Bolivian Amazon - 9789048134861 - V9789048134861
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Fishing, Foraging and Farming in the Bolivian Amazon

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Description for Fishing, Foraging and Farming in the Bolivian Amazon Hardback. The society-nature interaction of the Tsimane', an indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon, is analyzed and presented as an empirical case study in this review. Socioecological research methods are used to address the challenges and constraints in the field. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.

Empirical in character, this book analyses the society-nature interaction of the Tsimane’, a rural indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon. Following a common methodological framework, the material and energy flow (MEFA) approach, it gives a detailed account of the biophysical exchange relations the community entertains with its natural environment: the socio-economic use of energy, materials, land and time. Equally so, the book provides a deeper insight into the local base of sociometabolic transition processes and their inherent dynamics of change. The local community described in this publication stands for the many thousands of rural systems in developing countries that, in ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
Number of Pages
249
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048134861
SKU
V9789048134861
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