Mapping Transition in the Pamirs : Changing Human-Environmental Landscapes / edited by Hermann Kreutzmann, Teiji Watanabe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kreutzmann, Hermann., Editor.

Watanabe, Teiji., Editor.

Series:

Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research, 1879-7180

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physical geography.

Sustainable development.

Anthropology.

Physical Geography.

Sustainable Development.

Local Subjects:

Physical Geography.

Sustainable Development.

Anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By emphasizing on the Pamir region a comprehensive overview of path-dependent and recent developments in a remote mountain region is provided in this book. Overall neglect in the mountainous periphery is contrasted by shifting the centre of attention to the Pamirs situated at the interface between South and Central Asia. From colonial times to now there has been a debate on grasping and locating the area. Here field-work based contributions are collected to provide a variety of perspectives on the Pamirs highlighting transformation and transition in Post-Soviet societies as well as in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The similar ecological environment across borders features the common ground while analyzing development processes in a set of case studies that aim at highlighting certain aspects of regional development.

Contents:

1. Pamirian Spaces – Mapping Process Geographies in the Mountainous Periphery

2. Pamir or Pamirs – Perceptions and Interpretations

3. Who is mapping the Pamirs? A Review on Plant and Vegetation Sciences

4. Geomorphic Features of the Eastern Pamirs, with a Focus on the Occurrence of Intermontane Basins

5. Water of the Pamir – Potential and Constraints

6. Khans, Kings, Communists, Warlords, and Presidents: Afghan Kirghiz Socio-economic Strategies for Extorting and Extracting from the State

7. Changes in the Relationship between Borders and Pastoral Mobility in Mountain Regions of Central Asia

8. Seasonal Pasture Use and Vegetation Cover Changes in the Alai Valley, Kyrgyzstan

9. Diversity of Seasonal Migration of Livestock in the Eastern Alai Valley, Southern Kyrgyzstan

10. Kezüü and Novad: A Form of Pastoralism in the Eastern Alai Valley, Southern Kyrgyzstan

11. External Support and Local Agency: Uncertain Transformations of Livelihoods in the Pamirian Borderland of Tajikistan

12. The Current Status of Lifestyle and Occupations in the Wakhan Area of Tajikistan

13. Political Ecology of Human-Environmental Change in Gojal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

14. The Changes in Regional Structure and Land Use related to External Factors in Hussaini Village, Northern Pakistan

15. Humanitarianism across Mountain Valleys: “Shia Aid” and Development Encounters in Northern Pakistan and Eastern Tajikistan

16. History of the Development of the Pamir Region of Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan)

17. Conclusions: Why do we need to make Efforts to Map the Transition?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

ISBN:

3-319-23198-7