Book Description
Contributed papers.
Author : S. K. Chadha
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 47,42 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Ecology
ISBN :
Contributed papers.
Author : A. K. Kapoor
Publisher : M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 29,18 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9788185880167
The present volume emphasizes the importance of studying the structure and functioning of ecological systems and their mode of reaction on exposure to human intervention in the Himalayas. It stresses the impact of man on his environment and vice-versa, considered in the areas of biological and adaptative entity, as well as a social, cultural and economic being.
Author : Anindya Pal
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 34,9 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Contributed articles.
Author : Anup Saikia
Publisher : Springer
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,24 MB
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 3030033627
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.
Author : S. K. Chadha
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 14,6 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN :
Author : Jack D. Ives
Publisher : Himalayan Journal of Scienc
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 27,19 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Culture and tourism
ISBN : 9994696653
Author : S. K. Chadha
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 35,28 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Author : Jack Ives
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 629 pages
File Size : 37,7 MB
Release : 2004-08-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 1134369077
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 promoted by the news media. Himalayan Perceptions identifies the confusion of misunderstanding, vested interests, changing perceptions, and institutional unwillingness to base development policy on sound scientific knowledge. It analyzes the large amount of new research published since 1989 and totally refutes the entire construct. It examines recent social and economic developments in the region and identifies warfare, guerrilla activities, and widespread oppression of poor ethnic minorities as the primary cause for the instability that pervades the entire region. It is argued that the development controversy is further confounded by exaggerated reporting, even falsification, by news media, environmental publications, and agency reports alike.
Author : S. K. Chadha
Publisher : APH Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,60 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9788170243540
Author : Chetan Singh
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 25,4 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN :
This Book Traverses A Long Period (1800-1950) Of Cnages And Continuities In The Society And Economy Of The Himalayan Regions In Himachal Pradesh. It Will Be Of Quest Value To Historians Studying Colonial India, Those Interested In Environmental Issues And Ngos.