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Environmental Change in the Himalayan Region: Twelve Case Studies

By Anup Saikia , Pankaj Thapa

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2019
ISBN
978-3-030-03361-3, 978-3-030-03362-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11993389 bytes)
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
VI, 232\230
Time added
2019-04-19 19:00:00
Environment; Nature Conservation; Climate Change/C

Description

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. Front Matter ....Pages i-vi Snow and Ice Melt Contribution in the Daily Discharge of Langtang and Modi Rivers, Nepal (Rijan Bhakta Kayastha, Ahuti Shrestha)....Pages 1-21 Status of Climate Change and Implications to Ecology and Community Livelihoods in the Bhutan Himalaya (Andreas Hoy, Om Katel)....Pages 23-45 The Assessment of Deforestation, Forest Degradation, and Carbon Release in Myanmar 2000–2010 (Chuyuan Wang, Soe W. Myint, Maya Hutchins)....Pages 47-64 Climate and Remotely Sensed Markers of Glacier Changes in the Himalaya (Lydia Sam, Rajesh Kumar, Anshuman Bhardwaj)....Pages 65-88 Shrinking Glaciers of the Himachal Himalaya: A Critical Review (Pritam Chand, Milap Chand Sharma, Ujjal Deka Baruah, Sanjay Deswal, Syed Umer Latief, Rakesh Saini et al.)....Pages 89-115 Analysing Geospatial Techniques for Land Degradation Studies in Hindu Kush-Himalaya (Anshuman Bhardwaj, Rajesh Kumar, Lydia Sam)....Pages 117-135 Urbanization Induced Land Use-Land Cover Changes in the Manipur Valley and Surrounding Hills: A Landscape Metrics Approach (Kiran Sharma)....Pages 137-155 The Heat is on in the Himalayas: Assessing Srinagar’s Urban Heat Island Effect (Chandra Kant Pawe)....Pages 157-171 Swelter in the City: Population Distribution, Land Use Change and the Urban Heat Island Effect in Shillong, India (Rashima Kachari)....Pages 173-187 A Socio-Economic Analysis of Livelihood Strategies in Agriculture Dependent Communities of Mizoram, India (Vishwambhar Prasad Sati)....Pages 189-199 Dairy Farming in the Eastern Himalayan Foothills: Perspectives from the Lower Dibang Valley, India (Puspa Komor)....Pages 201-218 Snow Cover Changes Observed Over Sikkim Himalaya (Smriti Basnett, Anil V. Kulkarni)....Pages 219-232

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