Environmental Change and Development in Ladakh, Indian Trans-Himalaya

The Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh has witnessed important changes linked to its geo-strategic importance, the rapid development of means of communication with other parts of India, socio-economic transformation processes and the effects of climate change. The sixteen chapters document these key c...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Humbert-Droz, Blaise (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Dame, Juliane (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Morup, Tashi (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Έκδοση:1st ed. 2023.
Σειρά:Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research,
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Διαθέσιμο Online:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42494-6
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Introduction
  • Glaciers of Central Ladakh: Distribution, Changes and Relevance in the Indian Trans-Himalaya
  • Floods and Debris Flows in Ladakh: Past History and Future Hazards
  • Impact of 2010 Leh Cloudburst: a Psychological Perspective
  • Traditional Mathematical Theories of Rainfall Prediction through Lotho as Practised in Ladakh
  • The Contribution of Czech Researchers to the Botanical Survey of Ladakh
  • The Adaptations of High-Altitude Mushrooms in the Cold Desert of Ladakh
  • A Brief Description of Sacred Trees (lhachang)
  • Environmental Change in Ladakh’s Changthang: a Local, Regional and Global Phenomenon
  • Wildlife versus Livestock: Conservation Dilemma of the Pastoralists of Changthang
  • Harnessing Traditional Knowledge for Wildlife Conservation in the Ladakh Trans-Himalaya
  • Changing Production, Changing Consumption: Food System Transformation in Ladakh
  • Eating Habits In and Around Leh Town
  • Seeds of Change: A Review of Agricultural Developments in Central Zangskar
  • Influences of Tourism, Indian Administration and Army on Community Identity Processes in Padum (Zangskar)
  • “We Are Puppets in the Hands of Nature”: Road Construction and the Transformation of People-Environment Relationships in Ladakh
  • Trade-Off between Continuity and Change in Leh District: an Emergy Evaluation in Time Series: 1999-2011.