Environmental Intimacies from India's North East (eBook, PDF)

Psycho-Social Implications for Pro-Environment Behaviour
Redaktion: Borooah, Indranee Phookan; Choudhury, Sabiha Alam; Das, Bidita

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the intimate relationship of the people of North East India with the environment evinced from their traditional beliefs, cultural practices, livelihood. It offers insights into the challenges and adaptability of communities through actions ensuring conservation of the environment yet sustaining their livelihood.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040258279
• Artikelnr.: 72316192

Autorenporträt

Indranee Phookan Borooah teaches in the Department of Psychology at Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India, as a professor. During her long career her focus in research has been positive psychology. The positive social and cultural experiences of people have attracted curiosity in her, especially in the context of positive cultural psychology of North East India. Her current research is on some cultural aspects of Assam. She has been awarded for her contributions to school psychology in India, with special focus on North East India, and for teaching, research, and administration. Bidita Das is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Handique Girls' College, Guwahati, Assam, India. She is a certified Positive Psychology Practitioner from School of Positive Transformation, USA. Her core research interest lies in positive psychological aspects of human behaviour. She is involved in several non-governmental organizations working in the areas of mental health and youth. Sabiha Alam Choudhury teaches in the Department of Psychology Mizoram University, Aizawl India as an assistant professor. Her area of specialization is positive psychology and marriage and family counselling. She is a certified CBT therapist and motivational interviewing trainer. She has been conducting training and awareness programs in several areas in North East India and was awarded the best performance award for extraordinary contribution to school psychology in India.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures ix List of Tables x List of Contributors xi Foreword xv
Preface xvii PART I Ecological Status Today 1 1 Way We Are: Introduction 3
BIDITA DAS, SABIHA ALAM CHOUDHURY AND INDRANEE PHOOKAN BOROOAH 2 Climate
Impact in North East India 17 TSENBENI N LOTHA, KETIYALA, VEVOSA NAKRO AND
LATONGLILA JAMIR 3 Status and Management of Water: Assam 35 PALLAVI SHARMA,
JYOTI PRAKASH DEKA AND RUNTI CHAUDHURY 4 Climate Change and Tribal
Livelihood of North East India 51 SOMENATH BHATTACHARJEE 5 Environmental
Attitudes and Behaviour among Mizo Adolescents 68 LALDINPUIA, RINPARI RALTE
AND C. ZOTHANMAWIA PART II Embracing Environmental Intimacies 87 6 Bodo
Community and Its Intimacy with the Environment 89 MAYURI BARMAN 7 The Folk
Culture and Ritual Practices of the Karbi 103 BAMONKIRI RONGPI 8 Luh and
the Monpas of Arunachal Pradesh 116 PEMA DROMA AND LEEYIR ETE 9 Paying Back
to Nature: Concerns for Trees in Hijan Hirao 125 M. C. ARUNKUMAR 10 The
Sacred Groves of Meghalaya 135 BAHARUL ISLAM LASKAR 11 Nature-Based
Livelihood and Economy: Tripura 147 BISWENDU BHATTACHARJEE 12 Eco-Feminism
in the Context of the Khasi of Meghalaya 162 REKHA M. SHANGPLIANG PART III
Conservation Practices 177 13 Coal Mining versus Oikophilia: Changi
Village, Nagaland 179 AMRI TIASUNEP 14 Conservation at Selbalgre Wildlife
Reserve: Garo Hills, Meghalaya 190 LOBENI KIKON AND JESMIN BEGUM 15
Community-Based Ecotourism and Conservation of Nature: Manas National Park
208 ANNESHA BORAH 16 Re-envisioning Disaster Management in Assam 224 HAPPY
BAGLARI AND MOUSUM DUARI 17 Conclusion: The Way Forward 241 INDRANEE
PHOOKAN BOROOAH, SABIHA ALAM CHOUDHURY AND BIDITA DAS Index 243