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Andean waterways
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- Book Synopsis
- Andean Waterways explores the politics of natural resource use in the Peruvian Andes in the context of climate change and neoliberal expansion. It does so through careful ethnographic analysis of the constitution of waterways, illustrating how water becomes entangled in a variety of political, social, and cultural concerns. Set in the highland town of Recuay in Ancash, the book traces the ways in which water affects political and ecological relations as glaciers recede. By looking at the shared waterways of four villages located in the foothills of Cordillera Blanca, it addresses pertinent questions concerning water governance and rural lives. This case study of water politics will be useful to anthropologists, resource managers, environmental policy makers, and other readers who are interested in the effects of environmental change on rural communities. Watch the book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voiLZkIWNU4
- About The Author
- Mattias Borg Rasmussen is a postdoc in the Department of Food and Resource Economics at the University of Copenhagen, where he received his PhD in anthropology in 2012. He is a researcher for the Waterworlds project at the University of Copenhagen, which studies natural environmental disasters and social resilience in anthropological perspective. He is the author of book chapters and journal articles on water politics and climate change.
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- ISBN
- 9780295994932
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press, (01 July 2015)
- Number of Pages
- 232
- Weight
- 340 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 x 15 mm
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