Author: A. K. Kapoor
Publisher: M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN: 9788185880167
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The present volume emphasizes the importance of studying the structure and functioning of ecological systems and their mode of reaction on exposure to human intervention in the Himalayas. It stresses the impact of man on his environment and vice-versa, considered in the areas of biological and adaptative entity, as well as a social, cultural and economic being.
Ecology and Man in the Himalayas
Author: A. K. Kapoor
Publisher: M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN: 9788185880167
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The present volume emphasizes the importance of studying the structure and functioning of ecological systems and their mode of reaction on exposure to human intervention in the Himalayas. It stresses the impact of man on his environment and vice-versa, considered in the areas of biological and adaptative entity, as well as a social, cultural and economic being.
Publisher: M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN: 9788185880167
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The present volume emphasizes the importance of studying the structure and functioning of ecological systems and their mode of reaction on exposure to human intervention in the Himalayas. It stresses the impact of man on his environment and vice-versa, considered in the areas of biological and adaptative entity, as well as a social, cultural and economic being.
Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas
Author: Dan Smyer Yü
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000397580
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas: Symbiotic Indigeneity, Commoning, Sustainability showcases how the eco-geological creativity of the earth is integrally woven into the landforms, cultures, and cosmovisions of modern Himalayan communities. Unique in scope, this book features case studies from Bhutan, Assam, Sikkim, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sino-Indian borderlands, many of which are documented by authors from indigenous Himalayan communities. It explores three environmental characteristics of modern Himalayas: the anthropogenic, the indigenous, and the animist. Focusing on the sentient relations of human-, animal-, and spirit-worlds with the earth in different parts of the Himalayas, the authors present the complex meanings of indigeneity, commoning and sustainability in the Anthropocene. In doing so, they show the vital role that indigenous stories and perspectives play in building new regional and planetary environmental ethics for a sustainable future. Drawing on a wide range of expert contributions from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanist disciplines, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental humanities, religion and ecology, indigenous knowledge and sustainable development more broadly.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000397580
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas: Symbiotic Indigeneity, Commoning, Sustainability showcases how the eco-geological creativity of the earth is integrally woven into the landforms, cultures, and cosmovisions of modern Himalayan communities. Unique in scope, this book features case studies from Bhutan, Assam, Sikkim, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sino-Indian borderlands, many of which are documented by authors from indigenous Himalayan communities. It explores three environmental characteristics of modern Himalayas: the anthropogenic, the indigenous, and the animist. Focusing on the sentient relations of human-, animal-, and spirit-worlds with the earth in different parts of the Himalayas, the authors present the complex meanings of indigeneity, commoning and sustainability in the Anthropocene. In doing so, they show the vital role that indigenous stories and perspectives play in building new regional and planetary environmental ethics for a sustainable future. Drawing on a wide range of expert contributions from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanist disciplines, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental humanities, religion and ecology, indigenous knowledge and sustainable development more broadly.
Culture and the Environment in the Himalaya
Author: Arjun Guneratne
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135192863
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
This book is concerned with human-environment relations in the Himalaya. It explores how different populations and communities in the region understand or conceive of the concept of environment, how their concepts vary across lines of gender, class, age, status, and what this implies for policy makers in the fields of environmental conservation and development. The chapters in this book analyse the symbolic schema that shape human-environment relations, whether that of scientists studying the Himalayan environment, public officials crafting policy about it, or people making a living from their engagement with it, and the way that natural phenomena themselves shape human perception of the world. A new approach to the study of the environment in South Asia, this book introduces the new thinking in environmental anthropology and geography into the study of the Himalaya and uses Himalayan ethnography to interrogate and critique contemporary theorizing about the environment.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135192863
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
This book is concerned with human-environment relations in the Himalaya. It explores how different populations and communities in the region understand or conceive of the concept of environment, how their concepts vary across lines of gender, class, age, status, and what this implies for policy makers in the fields of environmental conservation and development. The chapters in this book analyse the symbolic schema that shape human-environment relations, whether that of scientists studying the Himalayan environment, public officials crafting policy about it, or people making a living from their engagement with it, and the way that natural phenomena themselves shape human perception of the world. A new approach to the study of the environment in South Asia, this book introduces the new thinking in environmental anthropology and geography into the study of the Himalaya and uses Himalayan ethnography to interrogate and critique contemporary theorizing about the environment.
Garhwal Himalaya
Author: G. S. Rajwar
Publisher: APH Publishing
ISBN: 9788170245599
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher: APH Publishing
ISBN: 9788170245599
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Himachal Himalaya Ecology and Environment
Author: S. K. Chadha
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Contributed papers.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Contributed papers.
Ecology and Environment in the Himalayas
Author: Kuldip Singh Gulia
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Today environment and ecology are the buzzwords. The pace of development and modernization has endangered the ecological balance of Himalaya. When the British brought railways in the India in the late 18th century, the Himalayan jungles were denuded of the vast forests covers due to the demand for sleepers. When in early 19th century, the Britishers attempted to curb wanton tree-felling, there arose resentment among the people of Garhwal and Kumaon in Uttarakhand. But in later times, those very women folk took to Chipko movement to curb tree-felling. The book gives a multitude of ill-effects of tree-felling ranging from soil-erosion to causing floods in the plains, and depositing silt. The shrinking of various Himalayan glaciers has also created alarm among the global ecologists and environmentalists. Denudation of forests also has been causing landslides and endangering the wildlife. Now the efforts are being made to advert the man-made disaster. This book comes to grips with the magnitude of problem in the entire Himalayan region.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Today environment and ecology are the buzzwords. The pace of development and modernization has endangered the ecological balance of Himalaya. When the British brought railways in the India in the late 18th century, the Himalayan jungles were denuded of the vast forests covers due to the demand for sleepers. When in early 19th century, the Britishers attempted to curb wanton tree-felling, there arose resentment among the people of Garhwal and Kumaon in Uttarakhand. But in later times, those very women folk took to Chipko movement to curb tree-felling. The book gives a multitude of ill-effects of tree-felling ranging from soil-erosion to causing floods in the plains, and depositing silt. The shrinking of various Himalayan glaciers has also created alarm among the global ecologists and environmentalists. Denudation of forests also has been causing landslides and endangering the wildlife. Now the efforts are being made to advert the man-made disaster. This book comes to grips with the magnitude of problem in the entire Himalayan region.
Environmental Change in the Himalayan Region
Author: Anup Saikia
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030033627
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The book focuses on environment and conservation issues pertaining to the Himalayas, spanning Pakistan, Nepal, India, Bhutan and Myanmar. Environmental degradation, changes in snow cover and glaciers in India-Bhutan, threats to protected areas, and biodiversity in this ecologically fragile region are assessed in twelve distinct, regional case studies.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030033627
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The book focuses on environment and conservation issues pertaining to the Himalayas, spanning Pakistan, Nepal, India, Bhutan and Myanmar. Environmental degradation, changes in snow cover and glaciers in India-Bhutan, threats to protected areas, and biodiversity in this ecologically fragile region are assessed in twelve distinct, regional case studies.
Studies in Himalayan Ecology and Development Strategies
Author: Tejvir Singh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Life in the Himalaya
Author: Maharaj K. Pandit
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674971744
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates 50 million years ago created the Himalaya, along with massive glaciers, intensified monsoon, turbulent rivers, and an efflorescence of ecosystems. Today, the Himalaya is at risk of catastrophic loss of life. Maharaj Pandit outlines the mountain’s past in order to map a way toward a sustainable future.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674971744
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates 50 million years ago created the Himalaya, along with massive glaciers, intensified monsoon, turbulent rivers, and an efflorescence of ecosystems. Today, the Himalaya is at risk of catastrophic loss of life. Maharaj Pandit outlines the mountain’s past in order to map a way toward a sustainable future.
Himalayas, Ecology and Environment
Author: S. K. Chadha
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description