Observations on changes in Kazak pastoral use in two townships in Western China: A loss of traditions

Nomadic Peoples

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 107-128

  Bedunah, Don ^a   Harris, Richard ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

China; Conversion; Degradation; Gansu; Indigenous knowledge; Kazaks; Migration; Pastoralists; Sedentarisation; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MIGRATION; OVERGRAZING; PASTORALISM; RANGELAND; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU;

EID: 33846348052     PISSN: 08227942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/082279405781826137     Document Type: Article

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