Towards Sustainable Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mountain Regions
Vishwambhar Prasad Sati
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Paperback. This book offers a complete picture of the Indian Central Himalayan Region and its livelihood. Coverage includes geo-environmental setting, socio-economy and population profile, sustainable livelihoods, and development of tourism and hydroelectricity. Series: Environmental Science and Engineering. Num Pages: 221 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 41 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; RNU; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 349.
Sustainable livelihoods and ecosystems are far-reaching and burning issues in the wake of high growth of population, low production and per ha yield of crops and depletion of biodiversity resources. Mountainous regions of the world are facing the menace of poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition. Further, tremendous growth in population and slow pace of development have together forced most of the population to live below poverty line. Traditionally depending upon cultivating subsistence crops for food requirement, the people living in mountainous region are unable to produce sufficient food grains to run their livelihood smoothly. The Himalayas is one of the ... Read more
Sustainable livelihoods and ecosystems are far-reaching and burning issues in the wake of high growth of population, low production and per ha yield of crops and depletion of biodiversity resources. Mountainous regions of the world are facing the menace of poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition. Further, tremendous growth in population and slow pace of development have together forced most of the population to live below poverty line. Traditionally depending upon cultivating subsistence crops for food requirement, the people living in mountainous region are unable to produce sufficient food grains to run their livelihood smoothly. The Himalayas is one of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
Series
Environmental Science and Engineering
Number of Pages
205
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319354064
SKU
V9783319354064
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