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Human Activities and the Tropical Rainforest

Past, Present and Possible Future

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Bernard K. Maloney

    1. The Palaeoecology Centre, The Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Part of the book series: GeoJournal Library (GEJL, volume 44)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Bernard K. Maloney
    Pages 1-15

  3. Landscape Sensitivity in the Humid Tropics — A Geomorphological Appraisal

    • Michael F. Thomas
    Pages 17-47

  4. Human Activity and the Tropical Rainforest: Are the Soils the Forgotten Component of the Ecosystem ?

    • Stephen Nortcliff
    Pages 49-64

  5. The Long-Term History of Human Activity and Rainforest Development

    • Bernard K. Maloney
    Pages 65-85

  6. Indigenous Knowledge of the Rainforest

    • Roy F. Ellen
    Pages 87-99

  7. History and Destiny of Middle American Forests: The Inheritors of the Mayan Landscape

    • Peter A. Furley
    Pages 101-132

  8. Social, Economic and Political Aspects of Forest Clearance and Land-Use Planning in Indonesia

    • Alastair I. Fraser
    Pages 133-150

  9. Diversity Destroyed?

    • Christopher J. Barrow
    Pages 151-168

  10. Modelling Climatic Impacts of Future Rainforest Destruction

    • Kenneth McGuffie, Ann Henderson-Sellers, Huqiang Zhang
    Pages 169-193

  11. Conclusion

    • Bernard K. Maloney
    Pages 195-206

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 207-209
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About this book

Arising initially from a conference, the papers published here have been integrated into book form to provide information on human activities and the tropical rainforest in the past and present, and on the possible future of the rainforest, in a unique way. Other books have considered some, but not all, of these themes; however, none has stressed the continuity of change over time and its possible outcome for the people of the forest as well as for the forest itself.
Because of the approach taken, this book should appeal across traditional disciplinary boundaries. Indeed a prime aim has been to suggest that rainforest, because of its complexity and the complexity of people-rainforest relationships throughout time, deserves study from a broad perspective. This book poses more questions than answers about the rainforest and it is hoped that it will encourage readers to think about the rainforest in a wider way than hitherto.
This book is aimed at geographers (physical and human), social anthropologists, archaeologists, pedologists, foresters and tropical botanists and will be of value to graduates of various disciplines setting out to research the rainforest.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Palaeoecology Centre, The Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

    Bernard K. Maloney

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Human Activities and the Tropical Rainforest

  • Book Subtitle: Past, Present and Possible Future

  • Editors: Bernard K. Maloney

  • Series Title: GeoJournal Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1800-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature B.V. 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4858-0Published: 30 November 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4952-0Published: 28 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-1800-4Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-5499

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0072

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 206

  • Topics: Physical Geography, Forestry Management, Archaeology, Anthropology

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