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Research Report

Uncovering Pre-District Bioregions of India

South Asia Bioregionalism Working Group
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The concept of bioregions has been around for some time in intellectual circles.

This monograph takes as its hypothesis that, in India, the basis and extent of spatial

regions, prevailing before the colonial district system, was rooted in observations and

experiences of communities, garnered over centuries, of the homogeneity of natural features over space and the edges at which a different ecology emerged.



This monograph has, within the constraints of time and resources, identified several

such regions and has also outlined the possibility of these ecoregions becoming the

underpinning of developmental decisions for the group of present day districts which

overlie such regions.



This work may only be the start of an exploratory journey leading us into underexplored territories and concepts.

Product details
Date of Publication
2022
Publisher
South Asia Bioregionalism Working Group
Number of Pages
52
Licence
All rights reserved
Language of publication
English
Table of contents

I. The Concept of Bioregions .....................................................................7

II. The Current Politico-Administrative Map Layer in India ..........................10

III. Peering Beneath the Formalized Districts Layer of the Map ........................ 13

IV. The Approach to Identifying Historical Bioregions ................................... 16

V. A Brief Examination of Natural Characteristics of Some Identified

Regions .....................................................................................................26

VI. Limitations and Challenges ................................................................... 34

VII. Conclusion and Way Forward ................................................................... 36

VIII. Bibliography ................................................................................................... 37

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