Restoring community connections to the land : building resilience through community-based rangeland management in China and Mongolia / edited by María E. Fernández-Giménez ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

C.A.B. International.

Fernández-Giménez, María Edith.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Range management--China--Case studies.

Range management.

Range management--Mongolia--Case studies.

China.

Mongolia.

Genre:

Case studies.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 245 pages) : illustrations, maps

Other Title:

Building resilience through community-based rangeland management in China and Mongolia

Restoring Community Connections to the Land. Building Resilience through Community-based Rangeland Management in China & Mongolia

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, [2012]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book contains 12 chapters providing information on case studies that describe the change, loss, re-emergence and resilience of seven herder communities located in distinct socio-ecological settings ranging from the Gobi Desert of Mongolia to the Tibetan Plateau regions of China's Sichuan and Gansu Provinces. It will be useful for policy makers within international development and conservation policy.

Contents:

A Participatory Framework for Building Resilient Social-Ecological Pastoral Systems / Julia A. Klein, Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez, Han Wei, Yu Changqing, Du Ling, Dulamsuren Dorligsuren and Robin S. Reid

Situational Geography, Case Studies and Cross-Cultural Collaborative Studies / Melinda Laituri and Jessica Thompson

The Eurasian Steppe : History of Utilization and Policies on the Rangeland / Dalintai, Batjav Batbuyan, Li Yanbo and Cao Jianjun

Adaptation and Innovation Under Re-Centralized Policies : Grassland Management through Democratic Consultation in an Agro-Pastoral Village / Wang Xiaoyi, Zhang Qian, Hong Jianjun, Wang Shuguo, Chi Xiqi, Li Xuemei, Na Ren and Li Jindong

The New Otor : Risk Management in a Desert Grassland / Dalintai, Naren Gauwau, Li Yanbo, J. Enkhee and Liu Shurun

A Case Study of Community-Based Rangeland Management in Jinst Soum, Mongolia / Baival Batkhishig, Ban di Oyuntulkhuur, Tsevlee Altanzul and María E. Fernández-Giménez

Customary Community-Based Rangeland Management : a Case Study of Kazak Nomadism and Rangeland Management in Xinjiang / Yu Changqing, Altay Taibazar, Wang Huijuan, Chen Xiangjun, Zhang Mi, Telek Yibat and Nurlan Hazaiz

Research on the Management Models in Pastoral Areas in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau : a Case Study of Maqu, Gansu Province / Cao Jianjun, Yang Yangyang and Du Guozhen

Lessons from a Territory-Based Community Development Approach in Mongolia : Ikhtamir Pasture User Groups / Dulamsuren Dorligsuren, Batjav Batbuyan, Bulgamaa Densambu and Steven R. Fassnacht

Slowing Grassland Degradation through Innovative Herder Community Management : Experiences from Huolonggou Tibetan Village / Han Wei and Du Ling

The Market, the State and the Environment : Implications for Community-Based Rangeland Management / Wang Xiaoyi and María E. Fernández-Giménez

Synthesis : Rangeland and Community Resilience in China and Mongolia / María E. Fernández-Giménez, Baival Batkhishig and Wang Xiaoyi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Restoring community connections to the land.

ISBN:

9781845938956

184593895X

9781845938949

1845938941

9781845938963

1845938968

OCLC:

768342074

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.