02188nam a2200265Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802801040007608200210018010000220020124500670022326000650029030000480035536500110040350503680041452009120078265000130169465000140170765000260172165000200174765500140176794200090178199900170179095201150180720190122151233.0181219s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a9780674971745  a: Atlantic Publlishers 7 Distributorsb.-7/22 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhic1087521d13/12/2018  a333.7209 PAN223  aPandit, Maharaj K  aLife in the Himalayab:an ecosystem at riskc/Maharaj K Pandit  a, Cambridge, Massachusettsb:Harvard University Pressc,2017  a,x, 364 pagesbillustrations, maps.c;24cm.  b799.00  aIntroduction -- 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.  aLife 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.  aEcology.  aEconomics  aEcosystem management.  aSustainability.  bEconomics  cBOOK  c50642d50642  00102ddc4071aSNULbSNULd2018-12-19g799.00l0o333.7209 PANp26017r2018-12-19 00:00:00w0000-00-00yBOOK