Sustainable Land Use in Mountainous Regions of Southeast Asia - Meeting the Challenges of Ecological, Socio-Economic and Cultural Diversity (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007)

This book creates a scientific base for the development and testing of sustainable production and land use systems in ecologically fragile and economically disadvantaged mountainous regions in Southeast Asia; to develop concepts for rural institutions that can reduce rural poverty and food insecurity, and improve livelihoods in mountainous regions in Southeast Asia; and to explore methods for analyzing complex ecosystems and their interactions with the socio-cultural, economic and institutional environment.