TY - BOOK AU - Iordachi,Constantin AU - Van Assche,Kristof AU - Augustijn,Denie AU - Bell,Sandra AU - Beunen,Raoul AU - Bressers,Hans AU - Constantinescu,?tefan AU - Doroftei,Mihai AU - Goriup,Paul AU - Goriup,Natasha TI - The Bio-Politics of the Danube Delta: Nature, History, Policies SN - 9780739195154 AV - DR281 .D25 U1 - 914 PY - 2014/// CY - Blue Ridge Summit PB - Lexington Books/Fortress Academic KW - Europe - Danube River Delta KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Nature, Culture, and the Biopolitics of the Danube Delta -- PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE -- Physical Landscape -- The Impact of the Hydrological Regime on the Diversity of Natural Habitats in the Danube Delta -- The Importance of Danube Delta Reed Beds-for the Environment and for Use by Humans -- The Danube Delta -- HISTORICAL LANDSCAPE -- Recent Development of the Danube Delta -- Various Approaches to the Danube Delta -- CULTURAL-POLITICAL LANDSCAPE -- Pirates, Fish and Tourists -- (In)Accessible Land -- Fishing Traditions among Old Believers in the Danube Delta -- Romanians and Lippovans in Sulina -- Traditional Medicine and its Evolution in Southern Bessarabia -- Birds, Fish and the Traumatic Nature of the Swamp -- Policy/Planning Landscape -- Some Aspects of Water Management and Land Reclamation in the Danube Delta -- Evolution of Policies and Institutions for Conservation of the Ukrainian Danube Delta -- Towards a Master Plan -- Integrated Management of the Lower Danube River -- Circumscribing Locals -- Index of Names and Places -- About the Authors N2 - In this volume Constantin Iordachi and Kirstof Van Assche take an interdisciplinary look at the history, policy, and culture of the development and politics of the Danube Delta UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=2085826 ER -