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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 …
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, …
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 …
Climate Change and Human Health Scenario in South and Southeast Asia
This book is the first to present a regional analysis of climate change and human health, focusing on geographically and socio-economically distinct countries of South and …
Habitat, Ecology and Ekistics
This volume uses an innovative and interdisciplinary approach to assess various issues resulting from human-environment interactions in relation to sustainable development. 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 …
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 …
Glaciers of the Karakoram Himalaya
The Karakoram contains the greatest concentration of glaciers and most of the largest ice masses outside high latitudes. They comprise major stores and sources of fresh water in an …
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 …
Malaria in South Asia
Malaria is one of the most widespread and devastating infectious diseases in the world. More than half the world population residing in over 100 countries is at risk of infection …