Himalayan Perceptions: Environmental Change and the Well-being of Mountain Peoples [ENHANCED] (Hardcover) |
Contents
The Myth of Himalayan Environmental Degradation | 3 |
Causes and Perceptions of Causes | 111 |
Assets and Obstacles | 209 |
What are the Facts? Misleading Perceptions Misconceptions and Distortions | 227 |
Epilogue | 253 |
| 281 | |
Common terms and phrases
agriculture altitude Arun Bangladesh bari terraces Bhutan Brahmaputra Byers catastrophic cause cent Central century Chapter China Conservation Area construction crops deforestation Dhulikhel discussion downstream earthquake environment Everest extensive Figure flooding in Bangladesh forest cover Ganges glacier lakes Gorge Gyawali hill Himachal Pradesh Himal Himalayan Environmental Degradation Himalayan region HinduKush Hofer and Messerli impacts increase India Ives and Messerli jökulhlaup Karakorum Kathmandu khet Khola Khumbu Kulu land landslides Lijiang loss major Maoist metres Middle Mountains Mohonk monsoon mountain hazards Mountain Research Naxi Nepal Nepalese Nevertheless Northern Pakistan Northern Thailand northwestern Yunnan occurred Pamir Pamir Mountains Photograph political population precipitation problems rainfall recent refugees Research and Development result river road Sagarmatha National Park sediment Sherpa significant slopes soil erosion subsistence swidden Tajikistan Tehri Dam Theory of Himalayan Tiger Leaping Gorge tourism upper Valley village watershed World Yunnan
References to this book
Blue Revolution: Integrated Land and Water Resource Management Ian R. Calder No preview available - 2005 |