Description |
1 online resource (x, 302 pages) |
Series |
Culture, place, and nature |
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Culture, place, and nature.
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Contents |
Foreword, by K. Sivaramakrishnan; Acknowledgments; 1. Environmental Crisis and the Crisis of Knowledge; 2. Mountains, Rivers, and Regulated Forests; 3. Upland People; 4. Forests and Water; 5. Water Demand; 6. Erosion; 7. Agrochemicals; 8. Biodiversity; 9. Rethinking Environmental Knowledge; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
Examining the environmental problems and politics in northern Thailand, this title analyzes deforestation, water supply, soil erosion, and biodiversity in order to challenge popularly held notions of environmental crisis. It argues that such crises have been used to support political objectives of state expansion and control in the uplands |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-288) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Forest management -- Thailand
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Forests and forestry -- Economic aspects -- Thailand
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Forest ecology -- Thailand
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NATURE -- Natural Resources.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Forest ecology
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Forest management
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Forests and forestry -- Economic aspects
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Forstschutz
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Umweltpolitik
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Thailand
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Thailand
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Walker, Andrew, 1961- author.
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LC no. |
2021694523 |
ISBN |
9780295800257 |
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0295800259 |
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