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Himalayan Mobilities
. Ed(S): Lassoie, James P.; Beazley, Robert E.
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Description for Himalayan Mobilities
Paperback. Editor(s): Lassoie, James P.; Beazley, Robert E. Series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science. Num Pages: 112 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 45 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: LNKJ; PSAF; RGCM; THRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
The goals of this book are to update information on the effects of rural road development, both in Nepal and globally, explain the environmental, socioeconomic, and sociocultural impacts of expanding rural road networks in the Nepalese Himalaya, and to promote further studies on rural road development throughout the world based on studies and investigations performed in Nepal. Readers will learn about the history of rural road development, as well as the challenges to effectively design and construct rural roads and how these obstacles may be overcome.
Chapter one offers a global review of road development, and both the positive and ... Read more
The goals of this book are to update information on the effects of rural road development, both in Nepal and globally, explain the environmental, socioeconomic, and sociocultural impacts of expanding rural road networks in the Nepalese Himalaya, and to promote further studies on rural road development throughout the world based on studies and investigations performed in Nepal. Readers will learn about the history of rural road development, as well as the challenges to effectively design and construct rural roads and how these obstacles may be overcome.
Chapter one offers a global review of road development, and both the positive and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Series
SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
Number of Pages
166
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319557557
SKU
V9783319557557
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Ref
99-15
About . Ed(S): Lassoie, James P.; Beazley, Robert E.
Robert Beazley is a PhD Student at the Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, . His general research interests include coupled human and ecological systems, impacts of expanding road networks on livelihoods, gendered mobility, traditional ecological knowledge, watershed management and water issues related to climate change, and community based natural resource conservation and management. Dr. James Lassoie is the International ... Read more
Reviews for Himalayan Mobilities
“Himalayan Mobilities is a timely book. Co-authored by Robert Beazley and James Lassoie, it explores the construction of Himalayan roads and the profound transformation they continue to trigger throughout rural Nepal. … For anybody working on infrastructure in Asia or in similarly mountainous terrain elsewhere, the book is a very helpful source of information.” (Martin Saxer, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 92 ... Read more