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Author Ringhofer, Lisa.

Title Fishing, foraging and farming in the Bolivian Amazon : on a local society in transition / Lisa Ringhofer
Published Dordrecht [Netherlands] ; London ; New York : Springer, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 249 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents Introduction : setting the stage -- Sociometabolic transitions and the MEFA toolkit : concepts and methods -- Exploring an Indigenous world in the Bolivian Amazon : the case of the Tsimane' -- Stocks, flows and land use : the metabolic profile of Campo Bello -- Time, work, and other functions -- Comparing local transitions across the developing world -- Local visions of a global future
Summary Empirical in character, this book analyses the society-nature interaction of the Tsimane', a rural Indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon. Following a common methodological framework, the material and energy flow (MEFA) approach, it gives a detailed account of the biophysical exchange relations the community entertains with its natural environment: the socio-economic use of energy, materials, land and time. Equally so, the book provides a deeper insight into the local base of sociometabolic transition processes and their inherent dynamics of change. The local community described in this publication stands for the many thousands of rural systems in developing countries that, in light of an ever more globalising world, are currently steering a similar - but maybe differently-paced - development course. This book presents insightful methodological and conceptual advances in the field of sustainability science and provides a vital reader for students and researchers of human ecology, ecological anthropology, and environmental sociology. It equally contributes to improving professional development work methods
Analysis population ecology
antropologie
anthropology
sociologie
sociology
demografie
demography
levenswetenschappen
life sciences
milieueconomie
environmental economics
duurzame ontwikkeling
sustainable development
Biology (General)
Biologie (algemeen)
Notes Expanded version of the author's thesis (doctoral)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Chimane Indians -- Social life and customs
Chimane Indians -- Social conditions
Ethnoecology -- Bolivia -- Beni
Human ecology -- Bolivia -- Beni
Chimane Indians -- Time management
Chimane Indians -- Ethnobiology
Economic anthropology -- Bolivia -- Beni
Social change -- Bolivia -- Beni
Land use -- Bolivia -- Beni
Social history.
Ecology.
Ethnology.
Social Conditions
Ecology
Indians, South American
Ethnology
social history.
ecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
Biomédecine.
Sciences de la vie.
Social history
Ethnology
Ecology
Chimane Indians -- Social life and customs
Economic anthropology
Human ecology
Ethnoecology
Land use
Rural conditions
Social change
SUBJECT Bolivia -- Rural conditions
Beni
Bolivia
Subject Bolivia
Bolivia -- Beni
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009942031
ISBN 9789048134878
9048134870