Khazan Ecosystems of Goa Building on Indigenous Solutions to Cope with Global Environmental Change /

• Main Author: Sonak, Sangeeta M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research,
• Subjects: Geography.; Coasts.; Physical geography.; Sustainable development.; Physical Geography.; Coastal Sciences.; Sustainable Development.

This book elaborates on the Khazan ecosystems of Goa, India. Khazans are human-managed ecosystems, which are reclaimed from coastal wetlands, salt marshes and mangrove areas, where tidal influence is regulated through a highly structured system of dykes, canals, furrows, and sluice gates using resou...

Table of Contents:

• Indigenous traditional knowledge and Global Environmental Change
• An introduction to Goa and Khazan ecosystems
• Traditional ecological knowledge and environmental sustainability in Khazan
• Management of khazan ecosystems: contested environments, competing interests and changing institutions
• Erosion of indigenous resource base: causes and challenges
• A framework for ecosystem performance, ecological vulnerability, ecosystem valuation and local livelihoods using Khazan example
• Building on indigenous resource management systems: key to finding solutions.