Himalayan perceptions : environmental change and the well-being of mountain peoples

Publication Data

• Title Himalayan perceptions : environmental change and the well-being of mountain peoples
• Author Jack D. Ives
• Publisher Routledge
• Publication date 2004
• Publication location London
• Language English

Contents

The myth of Himalayan environmental degradation
The Himalayan region : an overview
Status of the mountain forests
Geomorphology of agricultural landscapes
Flooding in Bangladesh : causes and perceptions of causes
Mountain hazards
Tourism and its impacts
Conflict, tension, and the oppression of mountain peoples
Prospects for future development : assets and obstacles
What are the facts? misleading perceptions, misconceptions, and distortions
Redefining the dilemma : is there a way out?

Topics

• Human ecology :: Himalaya Mountains Region
• Indigenous peoples :: Ecology :: Himalaya Mountains Region
• Mountain people :: Himalaya Mountains Region :: Social conditions
• Deforestation :: Himalaya Mountains Region
• Culture and tourism :: Himalaya Mountains Region
• Environmental degradation :: Himalaya Mountains Region
• Environmental policy :: Himalaya Mountains Region
• Himalaya Mountains Region :: Social conditions
• Himalaya Mountains Region :: Environmental conditions
• Himalaya Mountains Region

Himalayan perceptions : environmental change and the well-being of mountain peoples by Jack D. Ives. ISBN 0415317983. Published by Routledge in 2004. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.