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100			_aPandit, Maharaj K
245			_aLife in the Himalaya _b:an ecosystem at risk _c/Maharaj K Pandit
260			_a, Cambridge, Massachusetts _b:Harvard University Press _c,2017
300			_a,x, 364 pages _billustrations, maps. _c;24cm.
365			_b799.00
505			_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.
520			_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.
650			_aEcology.
650			_aEconomics
650			_aEcosystem management.
650			_aSustainability.
655			_bEconomics
942			_cBOOK
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