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Vol. 083: Albuquerque, Áurea F.A.: Socio-Economic Development of Indigenous People in Three Different Environments in Pernambuco, Brazil


This book attempts to analyze the socio-economic development of indigenous people in an changing environment and to assess the future potential for a sustainable socio-economic development in the frame of the cultural settings. The specific objectives are (1) to understand and explain the relations between resource availability and use, as well as the living standard of indigenous families in different ethnic groups; (2) to assess the economic efficiency of resource use and define the development potential of resources under sustainability conditions; (3) to determine the factors affecting decision-making about resource use of indigenous families and the degree of flexibility in decision-making about resource use at the family level; and (4) to estimate and simulate the future development of different indigenous groups and different farming systems of them in order to assess the impacts of future strategies on farming activities and on the living standard of indigenous families.


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Farming & Rural Systems Economics Vol. 83
ISSN 1616-9808
2006; XVI +174 pp., 21 x 14,8 cm; paper

28.00 EUR
Artikelnr.: 978-3-8236-1494-4
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