02061nam a2200253Ia 4500 20190122151233.0 181219s9999 xx 000 0 und d 9780674971745 : Atlantic Publlishers 7 Distributors .-7/22 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi 1087521 13/12/2018 333.7209 PAN 23 Pandit, Maharaj K Life in the Himalaya :an ecosystem at risk /Maharaj K Pandit , Cambridge, Massachusetts :Harvard University Press ,2017 ,x, 364 pages illustrations, maps. ;24cm. 799.00 Introduction -- Prologue : past as precursor of future -- 1. The Himalayan memoir -- 2. Tectonic serendipity -- 3. International biological highway -- 4. Life in flux -- 5. The first axe -- 6. The Chipko saga -- 7. The first train to Lhasa -- 8. Dam rivers, damn rivers -- 9. Payback time -- 10. Towards sustainability -- 11. Individuals, institutions and ideals. Life in the Himalaya explores the interconnectedness between geophysical and biological components of the mountain and its relation to the sustainability of human activities in the region. At the end of glacial age, the Himalayan landscape was significantly transformed by humans; today nearly one-fourth of the world population inhabits the Himalayan river basins. With the unfolding of burgeoning human population, urbanization, geo-politics of militarization, automobile revolution, tourism and dam-building, the Himalaya is an ecosystem at risk where human communities suffer recurrent natural disasters. The book comprehensively reviews Himalaya's past and present and suggests a future of sustainable living. To achieve this, human communities must operate within the region's carrying capacity that is based on Himalaya's geological vulnerability, ecological fragility and human cultural sensitivity. Ecology. Economics Ecosystem management. Sustainability. Economics BOOK 50642 50642 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2018-12-19 799.00 0 333.7209 PAN 26017 2018-12-19 00:00:00 0000-00-00 BOOK