Indigenous environmental knowledge : reappraisal /: reappraisal. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Edington.
• Authors: Edington, John
• Contents: 1. PREFACE -- 2. FARMING -- Origins.-Responding to site and soil variations -- Coping with seasonal variations -- Maintaining soil fertility -- Coping with weeds and pests -- Cultural and religious for change -- 3. FOOD SUPPLIES AND NUTRITION -- Traditional diets -- Insights from nutritional science -- Input patterns for different classes of nutrients -- Starvation and malnutrition The paradoxical efficacy of traditional diets -- 4. HOUSE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION -- Design criteria -- The humid tropics -- The tropical highlands -- The desert fringe -- The temperate zone -- Pressures for change -- A future for traditional designs?- 5. FUEL SUPPLIES -- Traditional wood harvesting -- Disruptive influences -- Alternative energy sources -- Better ways of burning wood -- Rehabilitating forests -- Overall sustainability of firewood production systems -- 6. HERBAL MEDICINE -- Mixed expectations -- Patterns of village use -- Residual difficulties -- Remedial strategies -- 7. WATER SUPPLY AND WASTE DISPOSAL -- Water use -- Water quality issues -- Other water and waste related hazards -- Remedial strategies -- 8. PROSPECTS FOR VILLGE DEVELOPMENT -- Quality of life shortfalls -- External factors -- Influences arising from within communities -- Constructive interventions -- Augmenting incomes -- Comprehensive development plans -- 9. LESSONS FOR THE WORLD AT LARGE -- Contemporary issues -- Energy economies in agriculture and food distribution -- Energy economies in architecture and household management -- Protecting crop diversity -- Lessons from traditional medicine -- Improving dietary balance -- Attitudes to wild species -- REFERENCES.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 630; Traditional ecological knowledge; Indigenous peoples -- Ecology; Life sciences; Agriculture; Ecology; Anthropology; Life Sciences; Agriculture; Ecology; Anthropology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 3319624911; 9783319624914
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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