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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Malcolm Cooper (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan) , Abhik Chakraborty (Izu Peninsula Geopark Promotion Council, Japan) , Shamik Chakraborty (United Nations University, Japan)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.526kg ISBN: 9781138930902ISBN 10: 1138930903 Pages: 258 Publication Date: 19 December 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction Rivers and Society 2. Rivers as Socioecological Landscapes 3. Rivers and Communities: Can We Drought Proof a Catchment or an Entire Country? 4. Arid Lands, Saline Lands: Water in the form of a major river under stress, the Murray-Darling System in Australia 5. Life, Identity and Work in an Arid River Basin: The Case of the Zayandeh-Rud (Life-Giving River) in Central Iran 6. Rivers and Water Security: Supply adaptation strategies in the City of Chennai, India 7. The Velho Chico: perceptions and conflicts 8. Rivers as Vernacular Landscapes 9. Keep it Flowing: The Restoration Ecology of Indigenous Culture and Language Along the Missouri River 10. The End of the Los Angeles River: A paradox 11. The River’s Embrace: The Rhine-Meuse Delta (Re)Imagined Chapter 12: Art Custodians of Our Rivers: Basia Irland: Watershed Sculpture and Ichi Ikeda 1 13. Hydrocitizenship: Concepts and Insights from the Lee Valley, UK 14. River Tourism 15. Rivers and Regional Development: The Case of the Herault River in South-western France 16. Rivers and Society: A SynthesisReviewsthis book offers a very diverse perspective on river systems, management, and linkage of cultural systems. In the latter perspective of linking cultural river landscape perspectives-this book is unique. Also of great value is the international range of river systems covered within one book. This book would be useful as an upper level undergraduate, beginning graduate level geography, environmental studies course on river systems and society, or anyone interested in a wide scope of studying river systems for a societal perspective. - Richard Smardon in Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences (2018) Author InformationMalcolm Cooper PhD is Emeritus Professor, College of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan. Abhik Chakraborty PhD is Lecturer in the Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University, Japan. Shamik Chakraborty PhD is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, United Nations University, and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science, Japan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |