The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment Mountains, Climate Change, Sustai
This open access volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. It comprises important scientific research on the social, economic, and environmental pillars of sustainable mountain development and will serve as a ba
- PDF / 29,772,949 Bytes
- 638 Pages / 609.45 x 807.875 pts Page_size
- 36 Downloads / 187 Views
The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment Mountains, Climate Change, Sustainability and People
The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment
Philippus Wester • Arabinda Mishra Aditi Mukherji • Arun Bhakta Shrestha Editors
The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment Mountains, Climate Change, Sustainability and People
Editors Philippus Wester International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Kathmandu, Nepal
Aditi Mukherji International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Kathmandu, Nepal
Arabinda Mishra International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Kathmandu, Nepal
Arun Bhakta Shrestha International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Kathmandu, Nepal
ISBN 978-3-319-92287-4 (hardcover) ISBN 978-3-319-95051-8 (softcover 2019) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92288-1
ISBN 978-3-319-92288-1
(eBook)
Published for the Hindu Kush Himalayan Monitoring and Assessment Programme (HIMAP) Library of Congress Control Number: 2018954855 © ICIMOD, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019, First softcover printing 2019. This book is an open access publication. Open Access This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this book are included in the book’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the book’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Photo credit: Cover photo by Santosh Raj Pathak This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
This assessment report establishes the value of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) for the 240 million hill and mountain people across the
