1st Edition
Himalayan Perceptions Environmental Change and the Well-Being of Mountain Peoples
By Jack Ives
Copyright 2004
296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
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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,... Read more
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?
Biography
Jack D. Ives is Senior Advisor on Sustainable Mountain Development at The United Nations University, Tokyo.
'Himalayan Perceptions must be read by everyone involved with mountain resource management from Afghanistan to Thailand and every place in between.' - Nepali Times
'[This book] will form an essential basis for future mountain research within a number of disciplines.' - The Holocene
