Environmental change and challenge in the Himalaya. A historical perspective

• Published in: Annales de Géographie
• Main Author: Ives, Jack D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2012
• Subjects: Environmental degradation; geomorphic hazards; hydrological hazards; glacier fluctuations; Himalaya; Degradación ambiental; riesgos Geomórficos; riesgos hidrológicos; fluctuaciones glaciares; Claro; Gloom; Hora; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://pirineos.revistas.csic.es/index.php/pirineos/article/view/227; https://doi.org/10.3989/Pirineos.2012.167003

This overview, or retrospective, has two objectives. The first is to demonstrate how the principles of ‘mountain geoecology’ were applied in an attempt to counteract the political and socio-economic impacts of a major and misguided environmental orthodoxy-the Theory of Himalayan Environmental Degrad...