The Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Environmental Knowledge

The volume provides an overview of key themes in Indigenous Environmental Knowledge (IEK) and anchors them with brief but well-grounded relevant empirical case studies for each of these themes, drawn from bioculturally diverse areas around the world. It provides an incisive, cutting-edge overview of the conceptual and philosophical issues.

Author: Thomas F. Thornton
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 11/30/2020
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.93lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9781138280915

About the Author

Thomas F. Thornton is Dean of Arts and Sciences and Vice-Provost for Research and Sponsored Programs at University of Alaska Southeast, USA, and Associate Professor (part-time) at the Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, UK.

Shonil A. Bhagwat is Professor of Environment and Development, and Head of the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies at the Open University, UK. His research focuses on the links between environment and development in the context of global challenges.