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

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Author / Creator:	Ives, Jack D.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Description:	1 online resource (271 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge studies in physical geography and environment ; 6 Routledge studies in physical geography and environment ; 6.
Subject:	Human ecology -- Himalaya Mountains Region. Ethnoecology -- 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. Culture and tourism. Deforestation. Ecology. Environmental degradation. Environmental policy. Human ecology. Ethnoecology. Mountain people -- Social conditions. Social conditions Himalaya Mountains Region -- Social conditions. Himalaya Mountains Region -- Environmental conditions. Himalaya Mountains Region. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11299531

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ISBN:	0203597567 9780203597569 9780415317986 0415317983 9786610050888 6610050880 9781134369072 1134369077 0415317983 1134369085 9781134369089 1138867136 9781138867130 1280050888 9781280050886
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Ives, Jack D. Himalayan perceptions. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004

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