Himalayan perceptions : environmental change and the well-being of mountain peoples / Jack D. Ives.
In the 1970s and 1980s many institutions, agencies and scholars believed that the Himalayan region was facing severe environmental disaster, due primarily to rapid growth in population that has caused extensive deforestation, which in turn has led to massive landsliding and soil erosion. This series...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2004.
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| Series: | Routledge studies in physical geography and environment ;
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| Summary: | In the 1970s and 1980s many institutions, agencies and scholars believed that the Himalayan region was facing severe environmental disaster, due primarily to rapid growth in population that has caused extensive deforestation, which in turn has led to massive landsliding and soil erosion. This series of assumptions was first challenged in the book: The Himalayan Dilemma (1989: Ives and Messerli, Routledge). Nevertheless, the environmental crisis paradigm still commands considerable support, including logging bans in the mountain watersheds of China, India, and Thailand, and is constantly being. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (271 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203597567 9780203597569 9780415317986 0415317983 9786610050888 6610050880 9781134369072 1134369077 1134369085 9781134369089 1138867136 9781138867130 1280050888 9781280050886 |
| Language: | English. |