Rivers and Society (eBook, PDF)

Landscapes, Governance and Livelihoods
Redaktion: Cooper, Malcolm; Chakraborty, Shamik; Chakraborty, Abhik

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Rivers and their watersheds constitute some of the most dynamic and complex landscapes. Rivers have sustained human communities, and human societies have utilized and altered river flows in a number of ways for millennia. However, the level of human impact on rivers, and on watershed environments, has become acute during the last hundred years or so.

This book brings together empirical research and theoretical perspectives on the changing conditions of a range of river basin environments in the contemporary world, including the history and culture of local societies living in these river basins. It provides theoretical insights on the patterns and nature of the interaction between rivers and their use by human communities. The chapters are written from a variety of positions, including environmental science, hydrology, human ecology, urban studies, water management, historical geography, cultural anthropology and tourism studies.

The case studies span different geographical regions, providing valuable insight on the multifaceted interactions between rivers and our societies, and on the changing riverscapes in different parts of the world. Specific detailed examples are included from Australia, Brazil, France, India, Iran, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, UK and USA.

Chapter 11 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317396123
• Artikelnr.: 50531394

Autorenporträt

Malcolm Cooper PhD is Emeritus Professor, College of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan. Abhik Chakraborty PhD is Lecturer in the Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University, Japan. Shamik Chakraborty PhD is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, United Nations University, and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science, Japan.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Rivers and Society 2. Rivers as Socioecological Landscapes
3. Rivers and Communities: Can We Drought Proof a Catchment or an Entire
Country? 4. Arid Lands, Saline Lands: Water in the form of a major river
under stress, the Murray-Darling System in Australia 5. Life, Identity and
Work in an Arid River Basin: The Case of the Zayandeh-Rud (Life-Giving
River) in Central Iran 6. Rivers and Water Security: Supply adaptation
strategies in the City of Chennai, India 7. The Velho Chico: perceptions
and conflicts 8. Rivers as Vernacular Landscapes 9. Keep it Flowing: The
Restoration Ecology of Indigenous Culture and Language Along the Missouri
River 10. The End of the Los Angeles River: A paradox 11. The River's
Embrace: The Rhine-Meuse Delta (Re)Imagined Chapter 12: Art Custodians of
Our Rivers: Basia Irland: Watershed Sculpture and Ichi Ikeda 1 13.
Hydrocitizenship: Concepts and Insights from the Lee Valley, UK 14. River
Tourism 15. Rivers and Regional Development: The Case of the Herault River
in South-western France 16. Rivers and Society: A Synthesis