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Book Land Use and Resources in Desert Homelands

Download or read book Land Use and Resources in Desert Homelands written by Scott Cane and published by Australian National University North Australia Research Unit. This book was released on 1985 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive survey of Pintupi, Luritja, Walpiri, Pitjantjatjara/Ngaanyatjara and Pitjantjatjara/Yangkuntjatjara outstations associated with Kintore, Papunya, Yuendumu, Docker River and Ernabella; includes detailed discussion of location, history and motivation, demographic characteristics (including population, stability and mobility), current traditional and European land management practices, availability and quality of land, water, animal; and vegetable resources, housing, water, transport and communication facilities; also includes general discussion of the economic environment in central Australia, comparative data and policy recommendations.

Book Sustainable Land Use in Deserts

Download or read book Sustainable Land Use in Deserts written by Siegmar-W. Breckle and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Changing desert areas for land use implies a lot of ecological problems. These and related ones are dealt with in this book covering various interdisciplinary and international aspects. Large areas in arid and semi-arid regions are already polluted in various ways. One of the biggest problems is the anthropogenic salinization by inadequate means of agriculture and irrigation. Additionally, most arid areas in the world are dramatically overgrazed. Methods and practices of a sustainable land use in deserts are urgently needed in many arid regions. This book gives a broad survey on some of the affected regions of the world as well as some case studies from elsewhere (Aral Sea, Negev desert, Namib desert etc.). Thus, basic and applied sciences are brought together. Water management in deserts, grazing systems or reclamation of desertified areas are among the topics of this book, as well as social and economic aspects.

Book Desert  Drought   Development

Download or read book Desert Drought Development written by Rakesh Hooja and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary: Contributed articles presented at various seminars and conferences.

Book Arid Land Resources and Their Management

Download or read book Arid Land Resources and Their Management written by Roderic W. Dutton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998. This volume contains papers from The Jordan Badia Research and Development Programme which has been an excellent collaborative venture between Jordan’s Higher Council for Science and Technology and the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) of London. It has brought together numerous Jordanian and British scientists, as well as those of other nations, to study a wide variety of aspects of the physical and human environment with a view towards sustainable development.

Book Mojave Lands

    Book Details:
  • Author : Elisabeth M. Hamin
  • Publisher : JHU Press
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book Mojave Lands written by Elisabeth M. Hamin and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Introducing the concept of "interpretive planning" - a method that takes into account conflicting views of all interested parties - she offers explicit steps for the planner and policy analyst to use. This book will appeal to scholars and students in environmental studies, planning and landscape architecture, and history, as well as professionals in planning, resource management, the National Park Service, and related conservation organizations, public and private."--BOOK JACKET.

Book Proposed Northern and Eastern Mojave Desert Management Plan  Without special title

Download or read book Proposed Northern and Eastern Mojave Desert Management Plan Without special title written by United States. Bureau of Land Management. California Desert District and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The California Desert Conservation Area Plan

Download or read book The California Desert Conservation Area Plan written by United States. Bureau of Land Management and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maps may include descriptions of map symbols, area designations, descriptive information, notes and legends. Map in pocket includes location map and list of ACEC designations. "Multiple use class guidelines" on verso.

Book Sustaining Eden

Download or read book Sustaining Eden written by Jocelyn Davies and published by IIED. This book was released on 1999 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report focuses on Australian indigenous peoples' use and management of terrestrial vertebrates and some marine species.

Book Experiments in self determination

Download or read book Experiments in self determination written by Nicolas Peterson and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2016-01-21 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outstations, which dramatically increased in numbers in the 1970s, are small, decentralised and relatively permanent communities of kin established by Aboriginal people on land that has social, cultural or economic significance to them. In 2015 they yet again came under attack, this time as an expensive lifestyle choice that can no longer be supported by state governments. Yet outstations are the original, and most striking, manifestation of remote-area Aboriginal people’s aspirations for self-determination, and of the life projects by which they seek, and have sought, autonomy in deciding the meaning of their life independently of projects promoted by the state and market. They are not simply projects of isolation from outside influences, as they have sometimes been characterised, but attempts by people to take control of the course of their lives. In the sometimes acrimonious debates about outstations, the lived experiences, motivations and histories of existing communities are missing. For this reason, we invited a number of anthropological witnesses to the early period in which outstations gained a purchase in remote Australia to provide accounts of what these communities were like, and what their residents’ aspirations and experiences were. Our hope is that these closer-to-the-ground accounts provide insight into, and understanding of, what Indigenous aspirations were in the establishment and organisation of these communities. This volume will be a great addition not only to the origins and history of outstations, but in light of the closing of over 100 Aboriginal communities in Western Australia, it should be a required bedtime reading for all politicians across Australia. The contributors do not simply concentrate on the so-called outstations movement of the 1970s, but rather help the reader understand why in the 1930s, ‘40, ‘50s, and ‘60s, Aboriginal people moved away from cattle stations, missions and settlements to reconstruct their moral compass in settings which made more contemporaneous sense, not only to them but often to the whites who were there as well. —Professor Francoise Dussart, University of Connecticut.

Book The Governance of Common Property in the Pacific Region

Download or read book The Governance of Common Property in the Pacific Region written by Peter Larmour and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With the inevitable lessening of the importance of traditional forms of management of land and water resources in Pacific island countries accompanying the development of the state and the internationalisation of these economies, common property problems have arisen in many natural resource areas. 'This publication covers many of the problem areas which have arisen and discusses various approaches to better management"--Foreword.

Book Death Valley National Park  N P   Timbasha Shoshone Homeland

Download or read book Death Valley National Park N P Timbasha Shoshone Homeland written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Land Tenure Adjustment Strategy

Download or read book Land Tenure Adjustment Strategy written by John Tillman Lyle and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Timbisha Shoshone Homeland  Legislative

Download or read book Timbisha Shoshone Homeland Legislative written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Third World in the First

Download or read book Third World in the First written by Elspeth Young and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European colonisation has marginalised the `first peoples' in industrialised countries such as Australia and Canada. In remote regions, still the homes of large Aboriginal, Indian and Inuit populations, this legacy remains strong. Modernisation - the `boom and bust' model of state and private development - and the partial and biased assistance provided by the state have eroded many communities through their disregard for socio-economic structures and the beliefs which underpin them. Third World in the First explores the past, present and future of these peoples, their treatment by the `West' and the alternative strategies of development which might be available to them.

Book Arid Land Systems  Sciences and Societies

Download or read book Arid Land Systems Sciences and Societies written by Troy Sternberg and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-08-19 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding deserts and drylands is essential, as arid landscapes cover >40% of the Earth and are home to two billion people. Today's problematic environment–human interaction needs contemporary knowledge to address dryland complexity. Physical dimensions in arid zones—land systems, climate and hazards, ecology—are linked with social processes that directly impact drylands, such as land management, livelihoods, and development. The challenges require integrated research that identifies systemic drivers across global arid regions. Measurement and monitoring, field investigation, remote sensing, and data analysis are effective tools to investigate natural dynamics. Equally, inquiry into how policy and practice affect landscape sustainability is key to mitigating detrimental activity in deserts. Relations between socio-economic forces and degradation, agro-pastoral rangeland use, drought and disaster and resource extraction reflect land interactions. Contemporary themes of food security, conflict, and conservation are interlinked in arid environments. This book unifies desert science, arid environments, and dryland development. The chapters identify land dynamics, address system risks and delineate human functions through original research in arid zones. Mixed methodologies highlight the vital links between social and environmental science in global deserts. The book engages with today's topical themes and presents novel analyses of arid land systems and societies.

Book Assessing the Evidence on Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes

Download or read book Assessing the Evidence on Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes written by Boyd Hunter and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aboriginal australian; Social conditions; Economic conditions.

Book The Desert Uplands

Download or read book The Desert Uplands written by M. S. Lorimer and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Desert Uplands Strategic Land Resource Assessment Project (DUSLARA) was initiated by the Desert Uplands Build-up and Development Strategy Committee and the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency to produce a comprehensive land resource database that would provide a basis for land owners and other stakeholders to address land management and land use issues" -- verso cd cover.