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The Himalayan dilemma : reconciling development and conservation
- Title
- The Himalayan dilemma : reconciling development and conservation / Jack D. Ives and Bruno Messerli.
- Author
- Ives, Jack D.
- Publication
- London : United Nations University ; New York : Routledge, 1989.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | GF696.H55 I94 1989 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Messerli, Bruno.
- Description
- xxvii, 295 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Subject
- Human ecology > Himalaya Mountains Region
- Environmental policy > Himalaya Mountains Region
- 83.30 economic conditions, development and structure: general
- 74.21 geography of Asia
- Environmental policy
- Human ecology
- Humanökologie
- Landschaftsschutz
- Umweltpolitik
- Umweltschaden
- Umweltschutz
- Economische ontwikkeling
- Ecologische aspecten
- Himalaya Mountains Region
- Himalaja
- Note
- Includes indexes.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [273]-287.
- Contents
- 1. Ther Theory of Himalayan Environmental Degradation: What is the Nature of the Perceived Crisis? -- 2. The Himalayan Region: A Geographical Overview -- When did Deforestation Occur? A Historical Perspective on Himalayan forest-cover changes -- 4. Perceived pressures on the Himalayan forests and their Role as Environmental Shield -- 5. Mountain Slope Instability: Natural Processes or Human Intervention? -- 6. The Himalayan-lowland Interactive System: Do Land-use Changes in the Mountains Affect the Plains? -- 7. The Human Dimension: What are the facts? -- 8. Two Approaches to the Population Pressure / land Productivity Decline Problem in the Himalaya -- 9. Crisis, Pseudo-crisis, or Supercrisis? -- 10. Research Strategy for the Himalayan Region.
- ISBN
- 0415011574
- 9780415011570
- 9780203169193
- 0203169190
- LCCN
- 88017382
- OCLC
- ocm18106183
- 18106183
- SCSB-1718950
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library