MICHAEL M. HOROWITZ

(PhD Columbia University 1959), Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, is a social anthropologist whose research focuses on the intersections of human rights, economic development, and environmental sustainability. A specialist on river-basin development, natural resources management, food production systems, and semiarid and island ecosystems, he has carried out research among pastoral herders, farmers, and fishers in Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Sudan, Zaire, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Tunisia, Israel, Vietnam, Jamaica, and Martinique. He is a Director of the Institute for Development Anthropology, and has served as an adviser to the National Academy of Sciences, Overseas Development Council, US Office of Technology Assessment, United Nations Development Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, UN Environmental Programme, World Bank, Agency for International Development, and World Conservation Union.

1998 Development and the anthropological encounter: a reflective underview. Development Anthropologist 16(1-2):44-50.

1999 (with Pamela McElwec) Environment and Society in the Lower Mekong Basin. Institute for Development Anthropology, Binghamton.

1999 For fewer downstream victims: an alternative approach to the management of dam-regulated tropical rivers. In Proceedings of the International Symposium towards Cooperation, Utilization and Coordinated Management of International Rivers. Kunming, China.

 

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