Field Margin Vegetation and Socio-Ecological Environment

<p>This book has been produced as a part of the project ‘Social-Ecological Systems at the Indian Rural-Urban Interface: Functions Scales and Dynamics of Transition’. It addresses transition processes in agriculture and society triggered by urbanization focusing on Bengaluru as an example of a rapidly growing megacity in India. Adopting a holistic multidisciplinary approach embedded within a social-ecological systems research framework it explores how the physical and socio-economic landscapes have led to changes in economic priorities which have overpowered ecological and traditional priorities with regard to ecosystem governance. Allowing readers to gain a deeper understanding of this unexplored dimension of socio-ecological systems this book is a valuable resource for international researchers scholars and master’s students in the field of environmental science socio-ecology forestry and agriculture.  </p><p></p>