| 书目名称 | The Himalayas in the Anthropocene |
| 副标题 | Environment and Deve |
| 编辑 | Anwesha Borthakur,Pardeep Singh |
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| 概述 | Highlights the effects of big dams in the Himalayan mountain ecosystem.Covers the impacts of unorganized tourism practices and the allied challenges in the Himalayas.Provides an overview of the Himala |
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| 描述 | This book aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current challenges in one of the most biodiverse regions in the world. Environmental sustainability and climate change implications in the mountain ecosystems in general and mountainous regions of the Global South in particular are key concerns of the present-day world. In particular, the mountainous regions in the Global South are excessively being subjected to haphazard developmental activities making them vulnerable to all possible aspects of climate change. Ecologically fragile and biodiversity-rich (considered ‘hotspot’ of biodiversity) Himalayan Region (HR) is subjected to high vulnerability due to climate change and unsustainable developmental activities. A major portion of the Indian HR, for instance, has gradually been endangered by intense environmental burden owing to rapid and haphazard urbanization, extreme weather events, etc. Unfortunately, environmental sustainability studies in many parts of the region are stillinadequate. Accordingly, in this book, the authors provide a detailed account of the Himalayas in the epoch of Anthropocene—“the most recent period in Earth’s history when human activity started to ha |
| 出版日期 | Book 2024 |
| 关键词 | Himalayan region era of Anthropocene; Environmental sustainability in the Himalayas; Sustainable Devel |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50101-2 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-50103-6 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-50101-2 |
| copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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