Description
Indigenous People and Nature: Insights for Social, Ecological, and Technological Sustainability examines today's environmental challenges in light of traditional knowledge, linking insights from geography, population, and environment from a wide range of regions around the globe. Organized in four parts, the book describes the foundations of human geography and its current research challenges, the intersections between environment and cultural diversity, addressing various type of ecosystem services and their interaction with the environment, the impacts of sustainability practices used by indigenous culture on the ecosystem, and conservation ecology and environment management.Using theoretical and applied insights from local communities around the world, this book helps geographers, demographers, environmentalists, economists, sociologists and urban planners tackle today's environmental problems from new perspectives.- Includes in-depth case studies across different geographic spaces- Contains contributions from a range of young to eminent scholars, researchers and policymakers- Highlights new insights from social science, environmental science and sustainable development- Synthesizes research on society, ecology and technology with sustainability, all in a single resource
Table of Contents
Part 1: Introduction: Structural view and Distribution of Ecosystem Population1. Concepts and Approaches of ecosystem population and sustainability2. Structural view of ecosystem population3. Ethno-ecological distribution of population4. Livelihood issues and challenges of ecosystem peoplePart 2: Intersection between environment and cultural diversity5. Environment and traditional culture6. Interdependence between nature and people7. Cultural diversity and social-ecological systems8. Self-sufficiency in food and farmingPart 3: indigenous and traditional culture impact on the ecosystem and population9. Human activities on ecosystems and sustainable development10. Ancient knowledge impact on the ecosystem and population11. Habitat changes, biodiversity and sustainabilityPart 4: Conservation ecology and ecosystem people12. Nature conservation and forest dwellers13. Ethno-medicine and ecosystem population14. Ecosystem population mapping and Sustainable use of natural resources15. Conclusion
