Editors:
- Examines the important economic and ecological services that mountains provide to the world
- Considers the effects of climate change on nature and on local/regional societies
- Includes a particular focus on the Himalayas and marginal regions
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Perspectives on Geographical Marginality (PGEO, volume 1)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Development Potential of Mountain Regions and Globalization
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Front Matter
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Climate Change, Mountain Ecology, and Adaptation in the Himalayas
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Front Matter
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About this book
Case studies throughout detail the effects of climate change and global warming on both nature and local/regional societies, such as declining water supplies, a shifting vegetation line, and other important issues facing not only mountains but also the vast regions depending on them. In addition, the comprehensive coverageoffers authenticated viewpoints from some of the most eminent explorers of Tibet in the nineteenth century. More than 50 percent of the global human population draws benefits directly or indirectly from mountain resources and services. This book provides practitioners, researchers, students, and other interested readers with a compelling look at the global importance of this imposing, yet sensitive ecosystem.
Keywords
- Marginalization
- Mountain Systems
- Community Livelihood
- Political Economy
- Ecosystem Services
- Climate Change Response Mechanisms
- Globalization
- Mountain Communities
- Regional Sustainability
- Social-cultural Diversity
- Resource Endowments
- Mitigation Strategies
- climate change impacts
- world regional geography
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Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Geography, Kumaun University, Nainital, India
Raghubir Chand
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Dept. of Geosciences, Geography, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
Walter Leimgruber
About the editors
Walter Leimgruber: His research interest includes boundaries and transborder relations, regional development and inequality issues. He obtained his PhD and university aggregation in the University of Basle (Switzerland) and taught at the University of Fribourg/CH from 1982 till his retirement in 2009. He has authored and edited/co-edited 7 books.
Raghubir Chand: His research interest is the mountain geography in the fields of Himalayan environment and land use planning, socio-economic and demographic transformation of Himalayan societies besides his involvement in migration studies, agricultural productivity, cultural geography, environmental and livelihood support systems of tribal communities of Bhutan and other parts of western Himalaya. He has published two books including Brokpas: The Hidden Highlanders of Bhutan (2004). He has published 70 papers in various national and international journals. He is in the editorial board and one of the founder members of PAHAR - a research journal of people’s Association for Himalayan Area Research based at Nainital.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Globalization and Marginalization in Mountain Regions
Book Subtitle: Assets and Challenges in Marginal Regions
Editors: Raghubir Chand, Walter Leimgruber
Series Title: Perspectives on Geographical Marginality
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32649-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-32648-1Published: 23 June 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81338-7Published: 31 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32649-8Published: 14 June 2016
Series ISSN: 2367-0002
Series E-ISSN: 2367-0010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 240
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 36 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Geography, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions), Regional Development, Environmental Policy, Sustainable Development