Environmental Change in the Himalayan Region: Twelve Case Studies

Front Matter ....Pages i-vi
 Snow and Ice Melt Contribution in the Daily Discharge of Langtang and Modi Rivers, Nepal  (Rijan Bhakta Kayastha, Ahuti Shrestha)....Pages 1-21
 Status of Climate Change and Implications to Ecology and Community Livelihoods in the Bhutan Himalaya  (Andreas Hoy, Om Katel)....Pages 23-45
 The Assessment of Deforestation, Forest Degradation, and Carbon Release in Myanmar 2000–2010  (Chuyuan Wang, Soe W. Myint, Maya Hutchins)....Pages 47-64
 Climate and Remotely Sensed Markers of Glacier Changes in the Himalaya  (Lydia Sam, Rajesh Kumar, Anshuman Bhardwaj)....Pages 65-88
 Shrinking Glaciers of the Himachal Himalaya: A Critical Review  (Pritam Chand, Milap Chand Sharma, Ujjal Deka Baruah, Sanjay Deswal, Syed Umer Latief, Rakesh Saini et al.)....Pages 89-115
 Analysing Geospatial Techniques for Land Degradation Studies in Hindu Kush-Himalaya  (Anshuman Bhardwaj, Rajesh Kumar, Lydia Sam)....Pages 117-135
 Urbanization Induced Land Use-Land Cover Changes in the Manipur Valley and Surrounding Hills: A Landscape Metrics Approach  (Kiran Sharma)....Pages 137-155
 The Heat is on in the Himalayas: Assessing Srinagar’s Urban Heat Island Effect  (Chandra Kant Pawe)....Pages 157-171
 Swelter in the City: Population Distribution, Land Use Change and the Urban Heat Island Effect in Shillong, India  (Rashima Kachari)....Pages 173-187
 A Socio-Economic Analysis of Livelihood Strategies in Agriculture Dependent Communities of Mizoram, India  (Vishwambhar Prasad Sati)....Pages 189-199
 Dairy Farming in the Eastern Himalayan Foothills: Perspectives from the Lower Dibang Valley, India  (Puspa Komor)....Pages 201-218
 Snow Cover Changes Observed Over Sikkim Himalaya  (Smriti Basnett, Anil V. Kulkarni)....Pages 219-232