Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps and Illustrations
- Tables and Charts
- Glossary
- Acronyms
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Transliteration
- Maps
- Illustrations
- Charts
- 1 Introduction
- 2 From Wasteland to Wonderland: The Making of a Heritage Site
- 3 Governing the Sundarbans Embankments Today: Between Policies and Practices
- 4 Treading a Fine Path between River and Land: Livelihoods around Embankment
- 5 Beldars, Embankment and Governance: Question of Aboriginality Revisited
- 6 Catching Prawn, Endangering Embankments: Sustainability-Unsustainability Rhetoric
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Charts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2016
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps and Illustrations
- Tables and Charts
- Glossary
- Acronyms
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Transliteration
- Maps
- Illustrations
- Charts
- 1 Introduction
- 2 From Wasteland to Wonderland: The Making of a Heritage Site
- 3 Governing the Sundarbans Embankments Today: Between Policies and Practices
- 4 Treading a Fine Path between River and Land: Livelihoods around Embankment
- 5 Beldars, Embankment and Governance: Question of Aboriginality Revisited
- 6 Catching Prawn, Endangering Embankments: Sustainability-Unsustainability Rhetoric
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Living with DisastersCommunities and Development in the Indian Sundarbans, pp. xxix - xxxPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016