Rivers and society : landscapes, governance and livelihoods / edited by Malcolm Cooper, Abhik Chakraborty and Shamik Chakraborty.

Rivers and society :
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9781315680088 (e-book : PDF)
9781317396109 (e-book: Mobi)
9781138930902 (hardback)
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yayın Bilgisi
London : Routledge, 2018.
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource (xiii, 327 pages)
Dizi
Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
İçindekiler Notu
chapter 1 Introduction: the rivers and society debate revisited / ABHIK CHAKRABORTY -- chapter 2 Rivers as socioecological landscapes / ABHIK CHAKRABORTY -- chapter 3 Rivers and communities: can we drought proof a catchment or an entire country? / RONNIE MCKENZIE -- chapter 4 Arid lands, saline lands: water in the form of a major river under stress, the Murray-Darling system in Australia / MALCOLM COOPER -- chapter 5 Life, identity and work in an arid river basin: the case of the Zayandeh-Rud (life-giving river) in central Iran / KAZEM VAFADARI MEHRIZI -- chapter 6 Rivers and water security: supply adaptation strategies in the city of Chennai, India / SHARANYA SETHURAM -- chapter 7 The Velho Chico: perceptions and conflicts / LUCIGLEIDE NERY NASCIMENTO1 -- chapter 8 Rivers as vernacular landscapes: place and experience in making the Clutha River, New Zealand ANDREA FARMINER -- chapter 9 Keep it flowing: the restoration ecology of indigenous culture and language along the Missouri River / DEAN P. GOOD EAGLE FOX AND ALESIA MALTZ -- chapter 10 The end of the Los Angeles River: a paradox / T.S. MCMILLIN -- chapter 11 The river’s embrace: the Rhine-Meuse delta (re)imagined / EVELINE R. DE SMALEN -- chapter 12 Art custodians of our rivers: Basia Irland, Daniel McCormick and Mary O’Brien / VALERIE BEHIERY -- chapter 13 Hydrocitizenship: concepts and insights from the Lee Valley, UK / GRAEME EVANS -- chapter 14 River Tourism / MALCOLM COOPER -- chapter 15 Social landscape and environment: the Herault River in Southern France / JEREMY S. EADES -- chapter 16 Concluding remarks and the way forward / SHAMIK CHAKRABORTY.
Özet, vb.
"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, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, UK and USA (Los Angeles and Missouri)."--Provided by publisher.
Konu
Rivers.
Human geography.
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