Mapping transition in the Pamirs : changing human-environmental landscapes /: changing human-environmental landscapes. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hermann Kreutzmann, Teiji Watanabe, editors.
• Editors: Kreutzmann, Hermann; Watanabe, Teiji
• Contents: 1. Pamirian Spaces – Mapping Process Geographies in the Mountainous Periphery -- 2. Pamir or Pamirs – Perceptions and Interpretations -- 3. Who is mapping the Pamirs? A Review on Plant and Vegetation Sciences -- 4. Geomorphic Features of the Eastern Pamirs, with a Focus on the Occurrence of Intermontane Basins -- 5. Water of the Pamir – Potential and Constraints -- 6. Khans, Kings, Communists, Warlords, and Presidents: Afghan Kirghiz Socio-economic Strategies for Extorting and Extracting from the State -- 7. Changes in the Relationship between Borders and Pastoral Mobility in Mountain Regions of Central Asia -- 8. Seasonal Pasture Use and Vegetation Cover Changes in the Alai Valley, Kyrgyzstan -- 9. Diversity of Seasonal Migration of Livestock in the Eastern Alai Valley, Southern Kyrgyzstan -- 10. Kezüü and Novad: A Form of Pastoralism in the Eastern Alai Valley, Southern Kyrgyzstan -- 11. External Support and Local Agency: Uncertain Transformations of Livelihoods in the Pamirian Borderland of Tajikistan -- 12. The Current Status of Lifestyle and Occupations in the Wakhan Area of Tajikistan -- 13. Political Ecology of Human-Environmental Change in Gojal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan -- 14. The Changes in Regional Structure and Land Use related to External Factors in Hussaini Village, Northern Pakistan -- 15. Humanitarianism across Mountain Valleys: “Shia Aid” and Development Encounters in Northern Pakistan and Eastern Tajikistan -- 16. History of the Development of the Pamir Region of Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan) -- 17. Conclusions: Why do we need to make Efforts to Map the Transition?
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, color illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 958.6086; Geography; Human geography -- Pamir; Population geography -- Pamir; HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia; HISTORY / Asia / General; Boundaries; Human geography; Population geography; Geography; Physical Geography; Sustainable Development; Anthropology; Science -- Environmental Science; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Sustainability; Anthropology; Physical geography; Sustainable development; Anthropology; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Physical geography & topography; Pamir -- Boundaries; Asia -- Pamir; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319231983; 3319231987
• Related ISBNs: 9783319231976; 3319231979
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 01, 2016).
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