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Climate change adaptation, risk management and sustainable practices in the Himalaya / Sanjeev Sharma, Jagdish Chandra Kuniyal, Pritam Chand, Pardeep Singh, editors.

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Book
Contributor:
Sharma, Sanjeev (Assistant professor in environmental sciences), editor.
Kuniyal, Jagdish C., editor.
Chand, Pritam, editor.
Singh, Pardeep (Environmental engineer), editor.
ProQuest ebook central
Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Climatic changes--Himalaya Mountains Region.
Climatic changes.
Climatic changes--Risk management--Himalaya Mountains Region.
Sustainable development--Himalaya Mountains Region.
Sustainable development.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 421 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Place of Publication:
Cham : Springer, [2023]
Contents:
1-Introduction: Climate Change, adaptation and risk management for the mountain sustainability
2-Dynamics of demographic, socio-cultural, economic and ecological aspects
3-Indigenous knowledge system and traditional sustainable management practices in the Himalayan region
4-Anthropogenic intervention, globalized economic development impacts and trans border political issues in the Himalaya
5-Urbanization, migration and assessment of the carrying capacity of Himalayan mountain ecosystem
6-Environmental degradation and ecological instability: Issues, challenges and way forwarded in the Himalaya
7-Climate change, natural hazards and dynamics of landscape changes
8-Socio-economic, livelihood and ecological transformation in the Himalayan region
9-Human-animal conflicts and wildlife management in the Himalaya
10-Climate Change in glacial, periglacial and paraglacial regions of the Himalaya
11-Climate induced and geophysical disasters, and risk reduction management in mountains regions
12-Available field-based, geophysical and geospatial tools and techniques, their applied practice, strengths, and limitations to study Mountain environment
13-Millennium to centennial to contemporary period climate trends and associated climatic variability over the mountain areas of Himalaya
14-Regional variation of climatic changes and associated environmental modifications
15-Mountain policy, law, governance and role of Institutional and organization for sustaining Himalayan mountain ecosystem
16-Interface of technology-science-policy-society and environmental sustainability in the Himalaya
17-Integrated ecological restoration, upstream-downstream integration and sustainable development in the Himalaya
18-Integrated planning for mountain sustainability and sustainable development: new challenges, innovative approaches and way forward
19-Climate change coping strategies and climate smart communities adaptation in the Mountain ecosystem
20-Environmental Governance for Environmental Sustainability of Mountainous regions.
Notes:
Includes index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Print version record.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
Other Format:
Print version: Climate change adaptation, risk management and sustainable practices in the Himalaya.
ISBN:
9783031246593
3031246594
Publisher Number:
99993492112
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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