Indigenous Environmental Knowledge Reappraisal /
This book examines comprehensively for the first time, the scope and accuracy of indigenous environmental knowledge. It shows that in some spheres, including agriculture, house design, fuel and water manipulation, the high reputation of local observers is well deserved and often sufficiently insight...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2017.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 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.
