Conservation Landscapes and Human Well-Being: Sustainable Development in the Eastern Himalayas (Transition in Northeastern India)

Synopsis

The Himalayas are said to be the youngest mountain ranges in the world. This book studies the well-being of the eastern Himalayan forest-dwellers in terms of their capabilities and functioning. Using Amartya Sen’s and Martha Nussbaum’s Capabilities Approach, it examines the educational and health opportunities and substantial freedoms afforded to farmers and pastoralists living and working in the Senchal and Singalila Protected Areas of North Bengal, India. It also discusses the challenges and potential of the Forest Rights Act as a well-being delivery mechanism. The book adopts a comparative narrative of socio-ecological information generated from interviews, ecological field methods, remote sensing and participatory rural appraisals to provide insight on human development in conservation contexts. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers of conservation biology, development studies, socio-ecological systems studies, political ecology, human development index, ecological economics, environmental sociology, and South Asian studies. It will also be useful to policy-makers and NGOs in the conservation and livelihoods sector.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

160 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000168204

Related ISBNs:

9781003083597, 9781138313972, 9780367538842

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

08/06/20

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Siddhartha Krishnan

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Social Studies, Earth Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Sociology

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Siddhartha Krishnan