LEADER 03375nam 22006375 450 001 9910337923303321 005 20200704005705.0 010 $a3-030-03362-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-03362-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000007656589 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-03362-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5716811 035 $a(PPN)23500667X 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007656589 100 $a20190219d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEnvironmental Change in the Himalayan Region$b[electronic resource] $eTwelve Case Studies /$fedited by Anup Saikia, Pankaj Thapa 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (VI, 232 p. 86 illus., 77 illus. in color.) 311 $a3-030-03361-9 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Climate Change and its impacts on Bhutan -- 3. Glaciers as indicators of changing climate in Himalaya -- 4. Land degradation in the Khyber mountains, Pakistan -- 5. Biodiversity Conservation in a Himalayan fringe -- 6. Spreading urban tentacles in the Scotland of the East -- 7. Blowing hot, blowing cold: The urban heat island effect in Srinagar -- 8. Protected areas in Bhutan -- 9. Livelihood Strategies among Agriculture Dependent Communities of Mozoram, Eastern Himalaya -- 10. Climate change and food security in the Himalaya. 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aNature conservation 606 $aClimate change 606 $aEnvironmental geography 606 $aBiodiversity 606 $aConservation biology 606 $aEcology  606 $aNature Conservation$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U26008 606 $aClimate Change/Climate Change Impacts$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/313000 606 $aEnvironmental Geography$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/J19010 606 $aBiodiversity$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L19031 606 $aConservation Biology/Ecology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L19150 615 0$aNature conservation. 615 0$aClimate change. 615 0$aEnvironmental geography. 615 0$aBiodiversity. 615 0$aConservation biology. 615 0$aEcology . 615 14$aNature Conservation. 615 24$aClimate Change/Climate Change Impacts. 615 24$aEnvironmental Geography. 615 24$aBiodiversity. 615 24$aConservation Biology/Ecology. 676 $a333.72 702 $aSaikia$b Anup$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aThapa$b Pankaj$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910337923303321 996 $aEnvironmental Change in the Himalayan Region$92005795 997 $aUNINA