The Amazon V�rzea: The Decade Past and the Decade Ahead

by Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez (Editor), Mauro L. Ruffino (Editor), Christine Padoch (Editor), Eduardo S. Brondïzio (Editor)

Overview

This book takes a multi-disciplinary and critical look at what has changed over the last ten years in one of the world's most important and dynamic ecosystems, the Amazon floodplain or várzea. It also looks forward, assessing the trends that will determine the fate of environments and people of the várzea over the next ten years and providing crucial information that is needed to formulate strategies for confronting these looming realities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789400701458
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	12/02/2010
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	362
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

Preface I: The Várzea: The Decade Past.- Preface II: The Várzea: The Decade Past and the Decade Ahead: An Introduction.- List of Contributors.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- PART I.- PART II.- PART III.- PART IV.- PART V.- PART VI.- Index.