Environmental Change in the Himalayan Region Twelve Case Studies /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Saikia, Anup (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Thapa, Pankaj (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Nature conservation.; Climate change.; Environmental geography.; Biodiversity.; Conservation biology.; Ecology .; Nature Conservation.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Environmental Geography.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.

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 ar...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.