LEADER 04028nam 22006735 450 001 9910298379003321 005 20250609111219.0 010 $a9783319035338 010 $a3319035339 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-03533-8 035 $a(OCoLC)872123208 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL6XJD 035 $a(CKB)3710000000078776 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1636510 035 $a(MiFhGG)9783319035338 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-03533-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4418812 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000078776 100 $a20131221d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTowards Sustainable Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mountain Regions /$fby Vishwambhar Prasad Sati 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 205 pages) $cillustrations (chiefly color), maps, portrait 225 1 $aEnvironmental Science,$x2661-8222 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a9783319035321 311 0 $a3319035320 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. 327 $aGeo-Environmental Setting -- Socio-Economy and Population Profile -- Sustainable Livelihoods: Diversification and Enhancement -- Livelihood Analysis -- Development of Tourism and Hydroelectricity -- Case Studies -- Mountain Ecosystem -- Sustainable Mountain Development: Challenges and Opportunities. 330 $aSustainable livelihoods and ecosystems are far-reaching and burning issues in the wake of high growth of population, low production and per ha yield of crops and depletion of biodiversity resources. Mountainous regions of the world are facing the menace of poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition. Further, tremendous growth in population and slow pace of development have together forced most of the population to live below poverty line. Traditionally depending upon cultivating subsistence crops for food requirement, the people living in mountainous region are unable to produce sufficient food grains to run their livelihood smoothly. The Himalayas is one of the world?s biodiversity hotspots and has an abundance of natural resources: land, water and forest ? life sustaining factors. The geo-environmental conditions ? climate and landscape further enhance the possibility of sustainable livelihoods through eco-tourism, harnessing water resources and utilizing forests and their products sustainably. Diversifying agricultural practices through cultivating cash and cereal crops and enhancing livelihood options through extensive use of timber and non-timber based forestry products can help to eradicate poverty and provide food security. This book consists of an introduction and nine chapters, covering geo-environmental setting, socio-economy and population profile, sustainable livelihoods: diversification and enhancement, livelihood analysis, development of tourism and hydroelectricity, case studies, mountain ecosystems, sustainable mountain development and also presents a conclusion. 410 0$aEnvironmental Science,$x2661-8222 606 $aEcology 606 $aEthnology 606 $aCulture 606 $aSustainability 606 $aEnvironmental Sciences 606 $aRegional Cultural Studies 606 $aSustainability 615 0$aEcology. 615 0$aEthnology. 615 0$aCulture. 615 0$aSustainability. 615 14$aEnvironmental Sciences. 615 24$aRegional Cultural Studies. 615 24$aSustainability. 676 $a306 700 $aSati$b Vishwambhar Prasad$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0908192 702 $aSati$b Vishwambhar Prasad 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910298379003321 996 $aTowards Sustainable Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mountain Regions$92510134 997 $aUNINA