Author: Ives, Jack D. ; & Messerli, Bruno
Title: The Himalayan Dilemma: Reconciling Development and Conservation
Description: London, Routledge, (1989). orig.boards. 24x16cm, xxvii,295 pp, Name inked on flyleaf. One page bears a pencilled mark to page margin.. Some rubbing. Title-page corner clipped. Good. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: The Theory of Himalayan Environmental Degradation: What is the Nature of the Perceived Crisis? The Himalayan Region: A Geographical Overview; When did Deforestation Occur? A Historical Perspective on Himalayan Forest-Cover Changes; Perceived Pressures on the Himalayan Forests & their Role as Environmental Shield; Mountain Slope Instability: Natural Processes or Human Intervention? The Himalayan-Lowland Interactive System: Do Land-Use Changes in the Mountains Affect the Plains? The Human Dimension: What Are the Facts? Two Approaches to the Population Pressure / Land Productivity Decline Problem in the Himalaya; Crisis, Pseudo-Crisis or Supercrisis? Research Strategy for the Himalayan Region.

Keywords: Himalayan Environment, Environmental, Degradation, Policy Geography, Himalaya Region, India Nepal Bhutan, South Asia, Human Ecology, Mountain Geoecology