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Landscape ethnoecology : concepts of biotic and physical space / edited by Leslie Main Johnson & Eugene S. Hunn.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology.
- Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Landscape assessment.
- Landscape ecology.
- Human geography.
- Ethnoecology.
- Traditional ecological knowledge.
- Geographical perception.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (332 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Although anthropologists and cultural geographers have explored "place" in various senses, little cross-cultural examination of "kinds of place," or ecotopes, has been presented from an ethno-ecological perspective. In this volume, indigenous and local understandings of landscape are investigated in order to better understand how human communities relate to their terrestrial and aquatic resources. The contributors go beyond the traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) literature and offer valuable insights on ecology and on land and resources management, emphasizing the perception of landscape a
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Theoretical perspectives
- pt. 2. Landscape classification : ecotopes, biotopes, landscape elements, and forest types
- pt. 3. Linkages and meanings of landscapes and cultural landscapes
- pt. 4. Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-80758-735-5
- 0-85745-631-8
- 1-84545-804-4
- OCLC:
- 733040228
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