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Himalaya Mountains Region

Environmental change in the Himalayan regiontwelve case studies /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Environmental change in the Himalayan regionedited by Anup Saikia, Pankaj Thapa.
Reminder of title:	twelve case studies /
other author:	Saikia, Anup.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2019.
Description:	vi, 232 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Global environmental change.
Subject:	Himalaya Mountains RegionBibliography.Foreign relationsGreat Britain
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03362-0
ISBN:	9783030033620$q(electronic bk.)

Environmental change in the Himalayan regiontwelve case studies /
Environmental change in the Himalayan regiontwelve case studies /[electronic resource] :edited by Anup Saikia, Pankaj Thapa. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2019. - vi, 232 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

1. Introduction -- 2. Climate Change and its impacts on Bhutan -- 3. Glaciers as indicators of changing climate in Himalaya -- 4. Land degradation in the Khyber mountains, Pakistan -- 5. Biodiversity Conservation in a Himalayan fringe -- 6. Spreading urban tentacles in the Scotland of the East -- 7. Blowing hot, blowing cold: The urban heat island effect in Srinagar -- 8. Protected areas in Bhutan -- 9. Livelihood Strategies among Agriculture Dependent Communities of Mozoram, Eastern Himalaya -- 10. Climate change and food security in the Himalaya.

The book focuses on environment and conservation issues pertaining to the Himalayas, spanning Pakistan, Nepal, India, Bhutan and Myanmar. Environmental degradation, changes in snow cover and glaciers in India-Bhutan, threats to protected areas, and biodiversity in this ecologically fragile region are assessed in twelve distinct, regional case studies.

ISBN: 9783030033620$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-03362-0doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

202907
Global environmental change.
Subjects--Geographical Terms:

472732
Himalaya Mountains Region
--Foreign relations--Great Britain--Bibliography.

LC Class. No.: GE160.H5 / E585 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 363.70095496

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