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Author Ives, Jack D.

Title Himalayan perceptions : environmental change and the well-being of mountain peoples / Jack D. Ives.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (271 pages) : illustrations.
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Series Routledge studies in physical geography and environment ; 6
Routledge studies in physical geography and environment ; 6.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
Summary In the 1970s and 1980s many institutions, agencies and scholars believed that the Himalayan region was facing severe environmental disaster, due primarily to rapid growth in population that has caused extensive deforestation, which in turn has led to massive landsliding and soil erosion. This series of assumptions was first challenged in the book: The Himalayan Dilemma (1989: Ives and Messerli, Routledge). Nevertheless, the environmental crisis paradigm still commands considerable support, including logging bans in the mountain watersheds of China, India, and Thailand, and is constantly being.
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Subject Human ecology -- Himalaya Mountains Region.
Human ecology.
Himalaya Mountains Region.
Ethnoecology -- Himalaya Mountains Region.
Ethnoecology.
Mountain people -- Himalaya Mountains Region -- Social conditions.
Mountain people.
Social conditions.
Deforestation -- Himalaya Mountains Region.
Deforestation.
Culture and tourism -- Himalaya Mountains Region.
Culture and tourism.
Environmental degradation -- Himalaya Mountains Region.
Environmental degradation.
Environmental policy -- Himalaya Mountains Region.
Environmental policy.
Himalaya Mountains Region -- Social conditions.
Himalaya Mountains Region -- Environmental conditions.
Environmental conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Ives, Jack D. Himalayan perceptions. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004 (DLC) 2003027488
ISBN 0203597567 (electronic book)
9780203597569 (electronic book)
0415317983 (Cloth)