Amites Mukhopadhyay

Living with Disasters

Communities and Development in the Indian Sundarbans

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a critical account of the disconnected nature of governance, conservation and livelihood initiatives in the Indian Sundarbans.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge-Hitachi
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 158mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9781107107281
• ISBN-10: 1107107288
• Artikelnr.: 44679928

Autorenporträt

Amites Mukhopadhyay teaches at the Department of Sociology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He specializes in environment, development and livelihood issues in India, and coastal wetlands in particular, and has published in various academic journals and edited volumes. His research interests include landscape, ecology and governance, identity politics and institutional histories of science and knowledge making in South Asia.

Inhaltsangabe

Maps and illustrations
Tables and charts
Glossary
Acronyms
Acknowledgements
Note on transliteration
1. Introduction
2. From wasteland to wonderland: the making of a heritage site
3. Governing the Sundarbans embankments today: between policies and practices
4. Treading a fine path between river and land: livelihoods around embankments
5. Beldars, embankments and governance: question of Aboriginality revisited
6. Catching prawns, endangering embankments: sustainability-unsustainability rhetoric
7. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.