Jack Ives

Himalayan Perceptions (eBook, PDF)

Environmental Change and the Well-Being of Mountain Peoples

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Analyzing new research relating to the Himalayan region, this text challenges the widely-held view from the 1970s and 1980s that the area faced environmental disaster, and examines recent social and economic developments relating to the topic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134369089
• Artikelnr.: 42980713

Autorenporträt

Jack D. Ives is Senior Advisor on Sustainable Mountain Development at The United Nations University, Tokyo.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Myth of Himalayan Environmental Degradation 2. The Himalayan Region:
An Overview 3. Status of the Mountain Forests 4. Geomorphology of
Agricultural Landscapes 5. Flooding in Bangladesh: Causes and Perceptions
of Causes 6. Mountain Hazards 7. Development of Tourism and its Impacts 8.
Conflict, Tension, and the Oppression of Mountain Peoples 9. Prospects for
Future Development: Assets and Obstacles 10. What are the facts? Misleading
Perceptions, Misconceptions, and Distortions 11. Conclusions: Redefining
the Dilemma; is there a way out?