Overview
- Offers an empirical study of shifting cultivation in Mizoram
- Includes 50 color figures and 10 black and white figures along with a number of tables
- Examines in detail the economic and ecological implications of shifting cultivation in Mizoram
Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)
Part of the book sub series: Environmental Science (ENVSCIENCE)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book presents the first empirically tested, comprehensive study on shifting cultivation in Mizoram. Shifting cultivation is a unique and centuries-old practice carried out by the people of Mizoram in Northeast India. Today, it is a non-economic activity as it does not produce sufficient crops, and as a result, the area under shifting cultivation is decreasing. Such cultivation leads to the burning and degradation of vast areas of forestland and therefore has adverse impacts on the floral and faunal resources. This book is a valuable resource for government workers, policymakers, academics, farmers and those who are directly or indirectly associated with practical farming, or with framing and implementing policies. It is equally important to master’s and Ph.D. students of geography, resource management, development, and environmental studies who are involved in research and development.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Economic and Ecological Implications of Shifting Cultivation in Mizoram, India
Authors: Vishwambhar Prasad Sati
Series Title: Environmental Science and Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36602-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36601-8Published: 02 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36604-9Published: 02 January 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-36602-5Published: 11 December 2019
Series ISSN: 1863-5520
Series E-ISSN: 1863-5539
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 149
Topics: Economic Geography, Environmental Geography, Regional Development