Name: Floating Economies: The Cultural Ecology of the dal Lake in Kashmir, India
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Author: Michael J. Casimir
ISBN: 9781800730298

portada Floating Economies: The Cultural Ecology of the dal Lake in Kashmir, India

Type

Physical Book

Author

Michael J. Casimir

ISBN13

9781800730298

Synopsis "Floating Economies: The Cultural Ecology of the dal Lake in Kashmir, India"

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.