Building on Indigenous Solutions to Cope with Global Environmental Change
by
Sangeeta M. Sonak
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This book elaborates on the Khazan ecosystems of Goa, India. Khazans are human-managed ecosystems, which are reclaimed from coastal wetlands, salt marshes and mangrove areas, where tidal influence is regulated through a highly structured system of dykes, canals, furrows, and sluice gates using resources...