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The Routledge handbook of indigenous environmental knowledge / edited by Thomas F. Thornton and Shonil A. Bhagwat.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge international handbooks
- Routledge handbooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnoecology.
- Traditional ecological knowledge.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- Handbook of indigenous environmental knowledge
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Thomas F. Thornton is Dean of Arts and Sciences and Vice-Provost for Research and Sponsored Programs at University of Alaska Southeast, USA, and Associate Professor (part-time) at the Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, UK. Shonil A. Bhagwat is Professor of Environment and Development, and Head of the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies at the Open University, UK. His research focuses on the links between environment and development in the context of global challenges.
- Summary:
- "This volume provides an overview of key themes in Indigenous Environmental Knowledge (IEK) and anchors them with brief but well-grounded empirical case studies of relevance for each of these themes, drawn from bioculturally diverse areas around the world. It provides an incisive, cutting-edge overview of the conceptual and philosophical issues, while providing constructive examples of how IEK studies have been implemented to beneficial effect in ecological restoration, stewardship, and governance schemes. It is a guide for graduate and advanced undergraduate teaching, and a key reference for academics in development studies, environmental studies, geography, anthropology and beyond with an interest in indigenous environmental knowledge"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 03, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version: The Routledge handbook of indigenous environmental knowledge
- ISBN:
- 9781315270845
- 1315270846
- 9781351983280
- 1351983288
- 9781351983273
- 135198327X
- 9781351983297
- 1351983296
- OCLC:
- 1163932108
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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