Showing papers by "Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati published in 1970"
01 Jan 1970
TL;DR: The Political Ecology of Survival: Life and Labour in the River Islands of East and North-East India is a much needed effort to understand these questions and the many challenges confronting both the people who inhabit the flood prone regions.
Abstract: How has humankind benefitted from our relentless pursuits to dominate and control Nature? For instance, are there long-term ecological benefits from those massive embankments which now crisscross much of the Indian subcontinent’s sprawling flood plains? On the other hand, many argue for more prudent strategies like living with the seasonal flooding that overwhelms much of Eastern and North-Eastern India. The Volume under review, Political Ecology of Survival: Life and Labour in the River Islands of East and North-East India is a much needed effort to understand these questions and the many challenges confronting both the people who inhabit the flood prone
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