Slow disaster : political ecology of hazards and everyday life in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam / Mitul Baruah.

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Baruah, Mitul [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Routledge studies in hazards, disaster risk and climate changePublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023Description: xv, 154 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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304.20954162 BAR 23 019977

Summary: "This book presents a fascinating, ethnographic account of the challenges faced by communities living in Majuli, India, one of the largest river islands in the world, which has experienced immense socio-environmental transformations over the years, processes that are emblematic of the Brahmaputra Valley as a whole. This volume is an invaluable resource for scholars interested in political ecology of hazards and vulnerability, water and hydraulic infrastructure, rural livelihoods and agrarian questions, state theorizations, island studies, and resistance and social movements, as well as those with an interest in northeast India more generally across various disciplines"--

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	304.20954162 BAR 019977 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		019977

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book presents a fascinating, ethnographic account of the challenges faced by communities living in Majuli, India, one of the largest river islands in the world, which has experienced immense socio-environmental transformations over the years, processes that are emblematic of the Brahmaputra Valley as a whole. This volume is an invaluable resource for scholars interested in political ecology of hazards and vulnerability, water and hydraulic infrastructure, rural livelihoods and agrarian questions, state theorizations, island studies, and resistance and social movements, as well as those with an interest in northeast India more generally across various disciplines"--

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