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Mapping Transition in the Pamirs

Changing Human-Environmental Landscapes

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Editors:
  1. Hermann Kreutzmann

    1. Centre for Development Studies, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Haus K, Berlin, Germany

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  2. Teiji Watanabe

    1. Faculty of Environmental Earth Scie, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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  • Provides evidence from recent empirical research
  • A comprehensive overview of a neglected mountain region in the interface between South and Central Asia
  • Analyzes development processes in a set of case studies

Part of the book series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research (AAHER)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Pamirian Spaces: Mapping Process Geographies in the Mountainous Periphery

    • Hermann Kreutzmann
    Pages 1-16

  3. Pamir or Pamirs: Perceptions and Interpretations

    • Hermann Kreutzmann
    Pages 17-40

  4. Who Is Mapping the Pamirs? A Review on Plant and Vegetation Sciences

    • Kim André Vanselow
    Pages 41-54

  5. Geomorphic Features of the Eastern Pamirs, with a Focus on the Occurrence of Intermontane Basins

    • Tetsuya Komatsu
    Pages 55-68

  6. Water of the Pamir – Potential and Constraints

    • Wilfried Hagg, Christoph Mayer
    Pages 69-78

  7. Khans, Kings, Communists, Warlords and Presidents: Afghan Kirghiz Socioeconomic Strategies for Extorting and Extracting from the State

    • Ted Callahan
    Pages 79-93

  8. Changes in the Relationship Between Borders and Pastoral Mobility in Mountain Regions of Central Asia

    • Andrei Dörre
    Pages 95-112

  9. Seasonal Pasture Use and Vegetation Cover Changes in the Alai Valley, Kyrgyzstan

    • Jie Liu, Teiji Watanabe
    Pages 113-126

  10. Diversity of Seasonal Migration of Livestock in the Eastern Alai Valley, Southern Kyrgyzstan

    • Shigeru Shirasaka, Feng Song, Teiji Watanabe
    Pages 127-143

  11. Kezüü and Novad: A Form of Pastoralism in the Eastern Alai Valley, Southern Kyrgyzstan

    • Teiji Watanabe, Shigeru Shirasaka
    Pages 145-158

  12. External Support and Local Agency: Uncertain Transformations of Livelihoods in the Pamirian Borderland of Tajikistan

    • Tobias Kraudzun
    Pages 159-179

  13. The Current Status of Lifestyle and Occupations in the Wakhan Area of Tajikistan

    • Yasuhiro Ochiai
    Pages 181-195

  14. Political Ecology of Human-Environment Change in Gojal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

    • David Butz, Nancy Cook
    Pages 197-214

  15. The Changes in Regional Structure and Land Use Related to External Factors in Hussaini Village, Northern Pakistan

    • Kazuo Mizushima
    Pages 215-227

  16. Humanitarianism Across Mountain Valleys: “Shia Aid” and Development Encounters in Northern Pakistan and Eastern Tajikistan

    • Till Mostowlansky
    Pages 229-244

  17. History of the Development of the Pamir Region of Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan)

    • Robert Middleton
    Pages 245-265

  18. Conclusions: Why Do We Need to Make Efforts to Map the Transition?

    • Teiji Watanabe
    Pages 267-274
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Development Studies, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Haus K, Berlin, Germany

    Hermann Kreutzmann

  • Faculty of Environmental Earth Scie, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

    Teiji Watanabe

About the editors

Prof. Hermann Kreutzmann has been a professor of human geography at Freie Universität Berlin since April 2005. He had previously completed his doctorate at the Department of Earth Sciences at Freie Universität Berlin in 1989. Kreutzmann’s research focuses on geographical development studies. He conducts his research mainly in high mountain areas, especially in South and Central Asia, in the context of globalization and climate change debates. His research also focuses on sustainable resource use as well as minority studies and migration research.

Hermann Kreutzmann is a recipient of the Tianshan Prize China from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. He received the award for his “outstanding contribution to the economic and social progress” of this region located in northwest China. For more than 25 years Kreutzmann has been conducting research there on issues of resource use and the development of mountain regions. In addition, he was honored for his contribution to scientific cooperation and his support of German-Chinese cooperation in the education of young scientists. This award is the highest that can be awarded to a foreign expert in Xinjiang.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mapping Transition in the Pamirs

  • Book Subtitle: Changing Human-Environmental Landscapes

  • Editors: Hermann Kreutzmann, Teiji Watanabe

  • Series Title: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23198-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-23197-6Published: 01 February 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79458-7Published: 31 March 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-23198-3Published: 25 January 2016

  • Series ISSN: 1879-7180

  • Series E-ISSN: 1879-7199

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 274

  • Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 80 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Physical Geography, Sustainable Development, Anthropology

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