Climate change and mountain pastoralism – the Shahsevan of Northwest Iran
Abstract: High-mountain areas in arid environments are extremely sensitive indicators of sometimes only slight changes of precipitations and temperatures. This holds true especially for the so far under-researched mountain regions of Iran and its immediate neighbours. Climate change, however, is not the only consequence. Climate and environmental changes have deep impacts on the traditionally nomadic population, their economy and lifestyle. Thus, it is justified to speak of both ecological and socio-economic vulnerabilities that characterize the present-day development of Iran’s mountain regions. Regional focus of this study is the Sabalan Kuh (4811 m) mountain area in northwestern Iran and its forelands. The paper tries to combine meteorological measurement over a 40-year time span with in-depth analyses of nomadic perceptions, experiences and adaptations to the obvious trends of a rapidly changing natural environment. While temperature increases are statistically significant (tab. 3–6), th.... https://www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/article/view/2734
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Climate change and mountain pastoralism – the Shahsevan of Northwest Iran ; volume:67 ; number:4 ; year:2013
Erdkunde ; 67, Heft 4 (2013)
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10.3112/erdkunde.2013.04.02
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410281800377.855377268616
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- Tahmasebi, Asghar
- Ehlers, Eckart
- Schetter, Conrad
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