Mapping transition in the Pamirs : changing human-environmental landscapes
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Mapping transition in the Pamirs : changing human-environmental landscapes
（Advances in Asian human-environmental research）
Springer : Springer International Publishing, c2016
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
Pamir or Pamirs - Locating the Mountain Region.- History of Environmental Research in the Pamirs.- Regional Differences in the Geomorphic Landscapes of the Pamir and Related Issues.-Water of the Pamirs - Potential and Constraints.-Kings, Republicans, Communists, Warlords, and Presidents: Afghan Kyrgyz Socio-economic Strategies for Extorting and Extracting from the State.- Changes in the Relationship between Borders and Pastoral Mobility in Mountain Regions of Central Asia.-Grazing Intensity and Slope Status in the Pastures of the Alai Valley, Kyrgyzstan.- Characteristics of Transhumance in the Eastern Alai Valley, Southern Kyrgyzstan.- Dynamics of Summer Grazing in the Eastern Alai Valley, Southern Kyrgyzstan.- External Support and Local Agency: Uncertain Transformations of Livelihoods in the Pamirian Borderland of Tajikistan.- The Current Status of Lifestyle and Industry in the Wakhan Area of Tajikistan.- A Political Ecology of Road Construction and Mobility in Shimshal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.- The Shimshal Pamir. Challenges and Constraints of Remoteness.- Changes of Regional Structure and Land Use caused by External Conditions in Hussaini Village of the Northern Pakistan.-Humanitarianism across Mountain Valleys: Faith-Based Organisations and Development in Eastern Tajikistan and Northern Pakistan.-Development Agency.- A Historical Perspective on Pamir - Repeat Photography in Sven Hedin's Footsteps.- Conclusion.
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