Mountain Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction

The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region is highly vulnerable to earthquakes and water-induced disasters. This fragile mountain region is under tremendous stress from climate change and land-use degradation that has accelerated flash floods, river-line floods, erosion, and wet mass movements during the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Nibanupudi, Hari Krishna (Editor ), Shaw, Rajib (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Colección:Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices,
Temas:
Natural disasters.
Human geography.
Ethnology.
Culture.
Natural Hazards.
Human Geography.
Regional Cultural Studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Overview of Mountain Hazards Issues
  • Massive Varunavat Hill Landslide overlooking Uttarkashi Town in Uttarakhand Himalaya - Its treatment vis-à-vis stability analysis
  • Floods in the Hindu Kush Region: Causes and Socio-economic Aspects
  • Evolution of Geomorphologic Hazards in Hindu Kush Himalaya
  • Seismic Hazard in the Himalayan Intermontane Basins: An Example From Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
  • Demographic changes, economic changes and livelihood challenges in HKH region
  • Land use and land cover change analysis in Uttarakhand Himalaya and its impact on environmental risks
  • Mitigating Climatic and Human Induced Disaster risks through Ecosystem Resilience: Harmonizing Built and Natural Environments in the HKH region
  • Analysis of policies and institutional framework of HKH countries
  • Indigenous resilience and adaptation in high altitude arid zone communities
  • Snow water Harvesting in the Cold Desert in Ladakh: An introduction to Artificial Glacier
  • Some Socio-economically Significant Landslides in Uttarakhand Himalaya - Events, Consequences and Lessons Learnt
  • Gender and Disaster Resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region
  • Interlacing regional water policies, institutions and agreements with livelihoods and vulnerabilities in the HKH region: A case study of Kosi river basin
  • Analysis of regional cooperation from the perspective regional and global geo-political developments and future scenarios.

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