Download or read book Studies in Himalayan Ecology and Development Strategies written by Tejvir Singh and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategy of development in the Himalayas written by Sanat Kumar Biswas and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Problems and Strategies of Development in the Eastern Himalaya written by Ranju Rani Dhamala and published by Gyan Publishing House. This book was released on 1993 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problems facing the hill region differ from the plain zone because of difference in topography and ecological setting. This calls for identifying the specific problems and adopting means to formulate correct strategies for development. This book focuses on Eastern Himalayas as the area of study. Twelve eminent scholars have contributed to the discussion. Apart from Sikkim. Bhutan, Darjeeling and Northeast India, there is a revealing statement on the changes in Tibetan economy, based on experiences and observations of sthe refugees, who have crossed into India, and the few visitors allowed into Tibet. The Study covers every aspect of planned and non-plan development and the problems associated with it. Although the papers are independent studies, with authors enjoying complete freedom to air their views, all of them have shown a common concern for grass-root participation and ecological balance, both soical and biological, while formulating the strategy of development. (Development Studies, Economics, Himalayan Studies, Geography, Environment, Sociology, Demography)
Download or read book Strategy of Development in the Himalayas written by Sudhir Kumar Biswas and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mining in the Himalayas written by A. K. SONI and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explains how mining in the Himalayas is practiced and what needs to be done for the future. Critiques of and gaps in mining and environmental practices are discussed at length and existing practices are described through case studies of limestone, magnesite and soapstone mining. The author's three decades of rich experience and analysis enriches the discussions of how advance developmental planning can assist in project efficiency, how hill slopes can be managed and how mining practices can be dovetailed with the social fabric of the Himalayas. This reference book contains new, practical and eco-friendly solutions/ideas with eight detailed case studies, along with an environmental degradation index (EDI) for application in fragile areas. An integrated development approach has been advocated for mining bearing areas with emphasis on best practices and environment-oriented development along with an integrated strategy on a watershed basis for development and exploitation of Himalayan mineral resources. This book also explains and emphasizes that to satisfy human mineral needs, a balance between mining and environment must be struck and achieved for development and exploitation of Himalayan mineral resources. Himalayan countries (or other similar mountain systems) can benefit from the content of this exclusive first book on Himalayan mining. Book jacket.
Download or read book Environmental Regeneration in Himalaya written by Jamuna Sharan Singh and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Uncertainty on a Himalayan Scale written by Michael Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Himalayan Dilemma written by Jack D. Ives and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Himalayas have experienced a population explosion which has stripped the mountain forests, causing erosion, landslides, and massive damage downstream in the Ganges plain . . . or so it is claimed by the dubious Theory of Himalayan Environmental Degradation. In this book, renowned authorities Jack D. Ives and Bruno Messerli dissect and dismember the theory, showing how its mistaken assumptions have misguided development policy and foreign aid for decades. They challenge received notions of the causes and effects of deforestation, and argue that mountain subsistence farmers, far from being a source of the region's problems, are in fact an integral part of the solution.
Download or read book Water Storage written by Hua Ouyang and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poverty and the Environment in the Rural Himalayas written by Alessandra Goria and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Climate Change Adaptation Risk Management and Sustainable Practices in the Himalaya written by Sanjeev Sharma and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-03-10 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume analyzes ecological and socio-economic risks due to climate change in the Himalayan mountain ecosystems, communities, and proposes adaptation strategies and sustainability practices. In order to better understand the potential actions required to improve natural resource conservation and the development of mountain people's livelihoods. The authors discuss the current status of local knowledge system on various environmental aspects of conservation and sustainable use of mountain resources in the Himalaya. The book addresses the institutional capacities, gaps, and priority areas of capacity building to strengthen policies and governance in regard to climate change, landuse management, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable management in the Himalayan region. The aim of this book is to enhance coordination building among policymakers, planners, mountain communities to foster collaboration between different stakeholders by understanding local perceptions of climate change as well as variability issues, and establishing adaptation strategies to cope with these impacts. The chapters incorporate theoretical and applied aspects, and may serve as baseline information for the sustainability of mountain ecosystems through the contribution of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary expertise from the Himalayan region. The book will be useful for students, teachers, and researchers working in different areas pertaining to mountain ecosystems, as well as policymakers and planners working on issues related to the sustainability of the mountain ecosystem.
Download or read book The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment written by Philippus Wester and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. It comprises important scientific research on the social, economic, and environmental pillars of sustainable mountain development and will serve as a basis for evidence-based decision-making to safeguard the environment and advance people’s well-being. The compiled content is based on the collective knowledge of over 300 leading researchers, experts and policymakers, brought together by the Hindu Kush Himalayan Monitoring and Assessment Programme (HIMAP) under the coordination of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). This assessment was conducted between 2013 and 2017 as the first of a series of monitoring and assessment reports, under the guidance of the HIMAP Steering Committee: Eklabya Sharma (ICIMOD), Atiq Raman (Bangladesh), Yuba Raj Khatiwada (Nepal), Linxiu Zhang (China), Surendra Pratap Singh (India), Tandong Yao (China) and David Molden (ICIMOD and Chair of the HIMAP SC). This First HKH Assessment Report consists of 16 chapters, which comprehensively assess the current state of knowledge of the HKH region, increase the understanding of various drivers of change and their impacts, address critical data gaps and develop a set of evidence-based and actionable policy solutions and recommendations. These are linked to nine mountain priorities for the mountains and people of the HKH consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals. This book is a must-read for policy makers, academics and students interested in this important region and an essentially important resource for contributors to global assessments such as the IPCC reports.
Download or read book Rural Development in the Himalaya written by D. D. Dani and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles.
Download or read book Environmental Sustainability from the Himalayas to the Oceans written by Shikui Dong and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-23 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is written in the backdrop of the environmental impacts of and future requirements from the natural environment for rapid economic growth that has characterized recent economic history of China and India, especially over the past few decades. The environmental impacts of such rapid economic changes have been, more frequently than otherwise, degrading in character. Environmental impacts of economic activities create degraded natural ecosystems by over utilization of nature’s provisioning ecosystem services (from Himalaya to the Ocean), as well, by the use of the natural environment as sink for dumping of unmarketable products or unused inputs of economic activities. Such processes affect wide range of ecosystem processes on which the natural environment including human population depend on. Critical perspectives cast by various chapters in this book draw attention to the various ways in which space and power interact to produce diverse geographies of sustainability in a globalizing world. They also address the questions such as who decides what kind of a spatial arrangement of political power is needed for sustaining the environment. Who stands to gain (or lose) what, when, where, and why from certain geographical areas being demarcated as ecologically unique, fragile and vulnerable environments? Whose needs and values are being catered to by a given ecosystem service? What is the scope for critical inquiry into the ways in which the environment is imagined, represented and resisted in both geopolitical struggles and everyday life? The book provides insights to both academics from diverse disciplines and policy makers, civil society actors interested in mutual exchange of knowledge between China and India.
Download or read book People s Participation in Himalayan Eco system Development written by M. L. Dewan and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Human Environment and Socio economic Development in the Himalayas written by H. C. Pokhriyal and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Man and Development in the Himalayas written by A. K. Kapoor and published by Academic Foundation. This book was released on 1996 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles.
