Hakutulokset: Sarja Advances in Asian Human-environmental Research
yhteensä 56 hakutulosta
Integrated Studies of Social and Natural Environmental Transition in Laos
This book examines social and natural environmental changes in present-day Laos and presents a new research framework for environmental studies from an interdisciplinary point of …
Creative Industry Districts
Since the late 1990s, there have been broad discussions concerning the rapid rise of the creative economy. Creative or cultural industry is seen as the new engine of the regional …
Pastoral practices in High Asia
In conventional views, pastoralism was classified as a stage of civilization that needed to be abolished and transcended in order to reach a higher level of development. In this …
Mutual Sustainability of Tubewell Farming and Aquifers
This book develops and presents a conceptual model for sustainable-groundwater irrigated agriculture. The model is based on the general principles of the economic theories of …
Managing the Future of Southeast Asia's Valuable Tropical Rainforests
This book provides current knowledge about tropical rain forest genetics and its implications for the profitable and sustainable management of forest resources in Southeast Asia. …
Assessing the Social Impact of Development Projects
This book shows how social impact assessment (SIA), which emerged barely five decades ago, as a way to anticipate and manage potentially negative social impacts of building dams, …
Human Interference on River Health
This book examines in detail the health of India’s Haora River, which is of vital importance as the lifeline of Agartala, the Capital City of Tripura. From its source in the …
Climate, Land-Use Change and Hydrology of the Beas River Basin, Western Himalayas
There is a need of strengthening the global and local response to cope with the threat of climate change and adverse effects of rising anthropogenic activities in the mountain …
Assessing the Social Impact of Development Projects
This book shows how social impact assessment (SIA), which emerged barely five decades ago, as a way to anticipate and manage potentially negative social impacts of building dams, …
Urban Mountain Waterscapes in Leh, Indian Trans-Himalaya
The city of Leh is located in the high mountain desert of Ladakh in the Indian Himalayas and access to water has always been limited there. In recent years, the town has …
Land Degradation and Socio-Economic Development
This book offers an overview of recent literature on land degradation and its interrelationship with socio-economic development processes in the developing world. It provides an …
Sustainability Conflicts in Coastal India
This multidisciplinary work analyses challenges to sustainable development amidst rapidly changing climate in the world’s largest delta – the Sundarbans. Empirical evidence unpacks …