Tropical deforestation : small farmers and land clearing in the Ecuadorian Amazon /

Tropical deforestation : small farmers and land clearing in the Ecuadorian Amazon /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rudel, Thomas K.
Imprint:	New York : Columbia University Press, 1993.
Description:	xv, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cases and methods in biological diversity
Subject:	Deforestation -- Ecuador. Deforestation -- Amazon River Region Deforestation -- Tropics Clearing of land -- Ecuador. Clearing of land -- Amazon River Region. Peasantry -- Ecuador. Peasantry -- Amazon River Region. Rain forests -- Ecuador. Rain forests -- Amazon River Region. Clearing of land. Deforestation. Peasants. Rain forests. Amazon River Region. Ecuador. Tropics.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1513224

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Other authors / contributors:	Horowitz, Bruce
ISBN:	0231080441 (cloth) 023108045X (paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword / Mary C. Pearl
1. The Changing Geography of Tropical Deforestation
2. A Theory of Tropical Deforestation
3. The Ecuadorian Amazon: Land, People, and Institutions
4. Regional Development and Deforestation in Morona Santiago
5. Trailblazing in a Large Forest: the Upano-Palora Plain in the 1960s
6. Clearing Forest Remnants: the Upano-Palora Plain in the 1980s
7. The Second Generation's Search for New Lands
8. Tropical Deforestation: An Assessment with Policy Implications
Appendix A. Research Methods
Appendix B. Shuar Landholdings by Region.