Landscape Change in Western Amazonia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4492059 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Santiago López (0000-0003-3747-2135, University of Washington Bothell), Rebecca Beard (Wildlife Management Institute), Rodrigo Sierra (0000-0002-1146-2943, Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Ecología) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-58 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2013.00185.x |
| OpenAlex | W2029076571 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 36 |
Changes in settlement patterns have influenced food‐production systems and territorial organization in western Amazonia, and landing strips have affected current land‐use patterns in indigenous territories in the region. In this study we characterize riverine and interfluvial production systems in the lower Pastaza River Basin in Ecuador, using historical ethnographic records, remotely sensed data, surveyed information, and statistical descriptions. Results show that nucleation of settlements around landing strips has increased indigenous people's control over their ancestral territories and changed the political and geographical landscape. At the same time, nucleation is slowly transforming indigenous livelihoods from mobile cultivation and foraging to sedentary farming. Even though indigenous communities will eventually become integrated into the national economy, the main elements of the traditional food‐production system will likely remain the same. Development policies should respond to local land‐management strategies in order to ensure the long‐term sustainability of Amazonian socioecological systems
Agriculture · Agroforestry · Amazon rainforest · Archaeology · Environmental resource management · Geography · Human settlement · Indigenous · Land use · Livelihood · Subsistence agriculture · Sustainability · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ecology
Amazonia
Dynamics of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in Tropical Regions
Revisiting the Commons
In the society of nature
Cultural transformations and ethnicity in modern Ecuador
The conditions of agricultural growth
The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas
Mobility and Migration in Indigenous Amazonia
Ecologically Noble Amerindians
Pressure on the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
A Bluff Model of Riverine Settlement in Prehistoric Amazonia
Mobility and Migration in Indigenous Amazonia
The condition of postmodernity
Conservation by native peoples
Making Space
Colonialism, the Shuar Federation, and the Ecuadorian State
The Commons' in an Amazonian Context
"A "Demographic Turnaround
To Drink of Death
The Jívaro
Territorial adjustments among the Achuar of Ecuador
The Common Property Regime of the Huaorani Indians of Ecuador
Indigenous Land Use in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Population Growth and Land Use Intensification in a Subsistence-based Indigenous Community in the Amazon
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2023 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |