North-East India: Land, People and Economy

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Dikshit, K.R (Συγγραφέας), Dikshit, Jutta K. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research,
• Θέματα: Geography.; History.; Structural geology.; Economic geography.; Environmental economics.; Anthropology.; Economic Geography.; Structural Geology.; History, general.; Environmental Economics.

North-East India, comprising the seven contiguous states around Assam, the principal state of the region, is a relatively unknown, yet very fascinating region. The forest clad peripheral mountains, home to indigenous peoples like the Nagas, Mizos and the Khasis, the densely populated Brahmaputra val...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Part I: Historical Outline
• North-eastern India through the Ages
• Part II: The Land
• North-East India – Structural Framework
• Physical Setting of Northeast India
• The Drainage System of Northeast India
• Weather and Climate of the North-East
• Natural Hazards in the Northeast Region
• The Resource Endowment of the North-Eastern Region
• Forest and Grasslands of the North-East Region
• Part III:The People
• Early Colonisation of Northeast India
• People of the North-East
• Population of the North-eastern States
• Migration and its Impact on the Society and the Economy of the North-East
• Human Habitat in the North-East India.-Urbanisation and Urban Landscape in North-East India
• Part IV: The Economy
• Agriculture: Past and Present.- Industries and Associated Economic Activities
• Transport and Trade in Northeast India
• Socio-Economic Development of the North-East: An Assessment
• Part V: The Future
• Epilogue.      .