Building Resilience of Human-Natural Systems of Pastoralism in the Developing World Interdisciplinary Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dong, Shikui (Editor), Kassam, Karim-Aly S. (Editor), Tourrand, Jean François (Editor), Boone, Randall B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Environmental geography.; Landscape ecology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Life Sciences.; Landscape Ecology.; Sustainable Development.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Environmental Geography.; Environmental Management.

This edited volume summarizes information about the situational context, threats, problems, challenges and solutions for sustainable pastoralism at a global scale. The book has four goals. The first goal is to summarize the information about the history, distribution and patterns of pastoralism and...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Overview: Pastoralism in the world
• Chapter 2 Vulunerability and resilience of coupled HUMAN-NATURAL systems of worldwide pastoralism
• Chapter 3 Maintaining Coupled HUman-natural system of pastoralism in himalayas of South Asia
• Chapter 4 Sociocultural and Ecological Systems of Pastoralism in Central Asia: Cases from the Altay and Tianshanof Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia of China and the Pamir Mountains of Badakhshan, Afghanistan
• Chapter 5 Building New Coupled Human-natural Systems for Sustainable Pasture Management in South America
• Chapter 6 Adaptation and Resilience in Pastoral Management of Mediterranean Bedouin Socio-Ecosystem in the NWCZ, Egypt
• Chapter 7 Modelling Coupled Human-Natural Systems of Pastoralism in East Africa
• Chapter 8 Conclusion.