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020			_a9780674971745 (hbk. : alk. paper): _cRs. 799.00
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100	1		_aPandit, Maharaj K.
222			_aEARTH SCIENCE
245	1	0	_aLife in the Himalaya: an ecosystem at risk / _c[by] Maharaj K. Pandit.
260			_aCambridge: _bHarvard University Press, _cc2017
300			_ax, 364 pages : _bill. ; _c25 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aLife in the Himalaya explores the interconnectedness between geophysical and biological components of the mountain and its relation to the sustainability of human activities in the region. At the end of glacial age, the Himalayan landscape was significantly transformed by humans; today nearly one-fourth of the world population inhabits the Himalayan river basins. With the unfolding of burgeoning human population, urbanization, geo-politics of militarization, automobile revolution, tourism and dam-building, the Himalaya is an ecosystem at risk where human communities suffer recurrent natural disasters. The book comprehensively reviews Himalaya's past and present and suggests a future of sustainable living. To achieve this, human communities must operate within the region's carrying capacity that is based on Himalaya's geological vulnerability, ecological fragility and human cultural sensitivity.--
650		0	_aNature _xEffect of human beings on _zHimalaya Mountains Region.
650		0	_aSustainability _zHimalaya Mountains Region.
650		0	_aEcosystem management _zHimalaya Mountains Region.
650		0	_aEarth Science
651		0	_aHimalaya Mountains Region _xEnvironmental conditions.
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