Title: The Himalayan dilemma :
Authors: Ives, Jack D.; Messerli, Bruno.
Date: 1989
Publisher: United Nations University ;
Physical description: xxvii, 295 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: G
Contents: 1. Ther Theory of Himalayan Environmental Degradation: What is the Nature of the Perceived Crisis? -- 2. The Himalayan Region: A Geographical Overview -- When did Deforestation Occur? A Historical Perspective on Himalayan forest-cover changes -- 4. Perceived pressures on the Himalayan forests and their Role as Environmental Shield -- 5. Mountain Slope Instability: Natural Processes or Human Intervention? -- 6. The Himalayan-lowland Interactive System: Do Land-use Changes in the Mountains Affect the Plains? -- 7. The Human Dimension: What are the facts? -- 8. Two Approaches to the Population Pressure / land Productivity Decline Problem in the Himalaya -- 9. Crisis, Pseudo-crisis, or Supercrisis? -- 10. Research Strategy for the Himalayan Region.
Notes: Includes indexes.
Subject headings (LCSH): Environmental policy--Himalaya Mountains Region; Human ecology--Himalaya Mountains Region.