目次
List of Figures
List of Plates
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
List of Major Government Policies and Programs Affecting Farming Communities in the Northern Mountain Region
PART I: BACKGROUND OF RESEARCH IN TAT HAMLET
Introduction to Part I
1 Research on Composite Swidden Agriculture in Tat Hamlet
2 Hamlet of the Waterfalls:An Overview of the Environmental and Social Characteristicsof Tat Hamlet
PART II: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONING OF THE COMPOSITE SWIDDEN AGROECOSYSTEM
Introduction to Part II
3 The Composite Swidden Agroecosystem of Tat Hamlet
4 Paddy Fields
5 Fallow Swidden Fields: Floral Composition, Successional Dynamics, and Farmer Management
6 Livestock
7 Fishponds
8 Homegardens and Tree Gardens
9 Secondary Forests
10 Recent Changes in the Composite Swiddening Farming System in Tat Hamlet
PART III: THE SOCIAL SYSTEM OF TAT HAMLET
Introduction to Part III
11 Social Organization and the Management of Natural Resources in Tat Hamlet
12 Diversifi cation of Household Livelihood Strategies in Tat Hamlet
13 The Evolving Role of the Market
14 Gender Roles in the Household Economy in Tat Hamlet
PART IV: THE ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY OF COMPOSITE SWIDDEN AGRICULTURE
Introduction to Part IV
15 A Nutrient Balance Analysis of the Composite Swiddening Agroecosystem
16 Does Composite Swiddening Cause Deforestation? Evidence from Analysis of Land Cover Change in Tat Hamlet from 1952 to 2003
PART V: THE COMPOSITE SWIDDEN AGROECOSYSTEM OF TAT HAMLET IN WIDER PERSPECTIVE
Introduction to Part V
17 Distribution of Composite Swiddening Agroecosystems in Vietnam’s Northern Mountain Region
18 Tat Hamlet in Comparative Perspective
19 Forest Interrupted: Tat Hamlet and the Political Ecology of Swidden Agriculture
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
