Floating economies : the cultural ecology of the Dal Lake in Kashmir, India
Casimir, Michael J
Floating economies : the cultural ecology of the Dal Lake in Kashmir, India - New York Berghahn 2021 - 320p
"In the Himalayas of the Indian part of Kashmir three communities depend on the ecology of the Dal lake: market gardeners, houseboat owners and fishers. Floating Economies describes for the first time the complex intermeshing economy, social structure and ecology of the area against the background of history and the present volatile socio-political situation. Using a holistic and multidisciplinary approach, the author deals with the socioeconomic strategies of the communities whose livelihoods are embedded here and analyses the ecological condition of the Dal, and the reasons for its progressive degradation"--
9781800730298
Human ecology
Ecology
Agriculture
Tourism
304.20954 / CAS
Floating economies : the cultural ecology of the Dal Lake in Kashmir, India - New York Berghahn 2021 - 320p
"In the Himalayas of the Indian part of Kashmir three communities depend on the ecology of the Dal lake: market gardeners, houseboat owners and fishers. Floating Economies describes for the first time the complex intermeshing economy, social structure and ecology of the area against the background of history and the present volatile socio-political situation. Using a holistic and multidisciplinary approach, the author deals with the socioeconomic strategies of the communities whose livelihoods are embedded here and analyses the ecological condition of the Dal, and the reasons for its progressive degradation"--
9781800730298
Human ecology
Ecology
Agriculture
Tourism
304.20954 / CAS