Population Pressure, Mobility, and Socio-Economic Change in Mountainous Environments: Regions of Refuge in Comparative Perspective

Skeldon, Ronald

doi:10.2307/3673356

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“…In East Asia, forested areas are mainly located within the complex terrain of mountainous regions because of high socio-economic pressure on land use (Skeldon 1985). Complex terrain represents ca.…”

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Inter‐annual and inter‐plot variations of wood biomass production as related to biotic and abiotic characteristics at a deciduous forest in complex terrain, Korea

Kim

Kang

Lim

et al. 2010

Ecological Research

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This study aims to evaluate inter-annual and inter-plot variation of wood biomass production (WBP) and to investigate the relationships of the WBP variations with several biotic and abiotic characteristics at a deciduous forest in complex terrain, the Gwangneung Experimental Forest, Korea. Based on field survey in the plot-scale study area, WBP during 1991-2004 was estimated by a dendrochronological method. Our field data indicated that the inter-annual variation of WBP was closely related to the seasonal climate of both winter air temperature and spring precipitation. The inter-plot variation of WBP was highly associated with basal area, biomass, and frequency of Quercus spp. in the plots, and correlations of the inter-plot variation with the stand characteristics of the specific species were stronger than those with slope and soil water content. Our results suggest that the annual fluctuation of forest productivity is primarily governed by severe climate in a season of the year, and the spatial distribution of a dominant species largely represent plot variation in the productivity.Our findings contribute to an enhanced understanding of climatic effects on the annual variability of forest productivity and the spatial heterogeneity of the productivity, which are extensively concerned with forested ecosystems of Korea.

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Inter‐annual and inter‐plot variations of wood biomass production as related to biotic and abiotic characteristics at a deciduous forest in complex terrain, Korea

Kim

Kang

Lim

et al. 2010

Ecological Research

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“…While the bulk of agricultural efforts for most Karen in this area remain irrigated-rice production for household subsistence and local consumption, some now grow produce for export and others hire themselves out as agricultural laborers. Several researchers have done work on Karen socio-cultural patterns, health, and demography (Kunstadter 1972(Kunstadter , 1983Lee et al 2006;Nakano 1980;Omori and Greksa 2002;Rajah 2008;Skeldon 1985;Walker 2001). Most of the detailed demographic work concerning the Karen was conducted by Kunstadter and colleagues during the mid-to late-20 th century.…”

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Household ecology and out-migration among ethnic Karen along the Thai-Myanmar border

Parker¹,

Wood²,

Tomita³

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“…In particular, the relationship between migration and environmental and climatic changes is a crucial driver of livelihood dynamics which has barely been studied in a systematic way (Kollmair and Banerjee, 2011;Skeldon, 1985).…”

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Migration and global environmental change: methodological lessons from mountain areas of the global South

2015

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Abstract.The relationship between migration and environmental and climatic changes is a crucial yet understudied factor influencing mountain livelihoods in the global South. These livelihoods are often characterized by high prevalence of family farming, widespread dependence on natural resources, and high sensitivity to climatic changes. Except for a limited number of empirical case studies, the literature on migration and global environmental change has not yet moved beyond case study results to address and explain global patterns and specificities of migration in mountain areas of the global South. After an introduction to the topic, the authors present a new synthesis of three field studies combining household surveys, participatory research approach (PRA) tools and key informant interviews in Pakistan, Peru, and Tanzania. This article suggests that the systematic use of transdisciplinary approaches, with a combination of quantitative and qualitative empirical methods, is the key to understanding global migration patterns in rural mountain areas of the global South. The results of our synthesis suggests that survey data should be triangulated with PRA results as well as secondary data in order to build household profiles connecting vulnerability (measured through a multidimensional index) with human mobility patterns. Such profiles can be conducive to better understand the feedback processes between livelihoods and mobility patterns both within each case study and across case studies, helping researchers to draw general lessons.

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Population Pressure, Mobility, and Socio-Economic Change in Mountainous Environments: Regions of Refuge in Comparative Perspective

Cited by 31 publications

References 25 publications

Inter‐annual and inter‐plot variations of wood biomass production as related to biotic and abiotic characteristics at a deciduous forest in complex terrain, Korea

Inter‐annual and inter‐plot variations of wood biomass production as related to biotic and abiotic characteristics at a deciduous forest in complex terrain, Korea

Household ecology and out-migration among ethnic Karen along the Thai-Myanmar border

Migration and global environmental change: methodological lessons from mountain areas of the global South

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