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100 _aJodha, N.S.
245 0 _aLife on the edge: sustaining agriculture and community resources in fragile environments/
_cN.S. Jodha
260 _aNew Delhi:
_bOxford University Press,
_c2001.
300 _axxvi, 327 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c22 cm.
440 _a(Studies in social ecology and environmental history)
505 _aIntroduction: The Challenges and Opportunities in Fragile Resource Areas -- I. Towards Abundance -- 1. Famine Policies: How Apt? -- 2. Farmers' Strategy and Its Relevance for Drought Management -- 3. Sustainable Agriculture in Fragile Resource Zones: Technological Imperatives -- 4. Food Security in Fragile Resource Zones -- II. CPR Perspective -- 5. Common Property Resources in Crisis -- 6. Grazing Lands and Biomass Management in Western Rajasthan: Micro-level Field Evidence -- 7. Biophysical and Social Stresses on Common Property Resources -- III. Ecosystem Revival -- 8. Biodiversity Management in Agricultural Landscapes -- 9. Reviving the Social System-Ecosystem Links in the Himalayas -- 10. Poverty and Environmental Resource Degradation: Alternative Explanation and Possible Solutions -- 11. Globalization: Repercussions for Fragile Ecosystems and Society.
650 _aSustainable development
650 _aAgriculture--Environmental aspects
650 _aHill farming
942 _cWB16