Bücher der Reihe NIAS Man and Nature in Asia

Among the themes discussed in this text are European and indigenous perceptions of the environment; historical processes of environmental change; the politics of resource use; ecotourism and development; deforestation and smallholding land-use strategies; and demography.

Contemporary thinking favours local participation and local stake-holding under a decentralized, democratic framework as the just and efficient solution to contemporary South Asian environmental dilemmas and crises. This work aims to substantiate, qualify or criticize this formula.