Environment Development and Social Change in Himalayan Region
Contents: Preface. 1. Introducing the Himalaya: environment and human dynamics/Sakarama Somayaji and Vimal Khawas. 2. Environmental degradation climate change and disasters in the Eastern Himalayas/Walter Fernandes. 3. Vulnerability assessment of Rangeland dependent mountain communities under climate change in the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH)/Jasra A.W. S. Joshi and M. Ismail. 4. Climate change and large Cardamom farming in the Sikkim Himalaya/Vimal Khawas. 5. Environmental constraints and population pressure in a mountain ecosystem of Western Himalaya: a case study of Kinnaur/Uttam Lal. 6. Medicinal plant biodiversity in the Darjeeling Himalaya/Dhani Raj Chhetri. 7. Understanding social and spatial exclusion in India/Sohel Firdos. 8. Migration from North Eastern region to the rest of the country: a recent patterns and trends/Reimeingam Marchand. 9. HIV/AIDS in Darjeeling: historical context and the recent scenario/Binu Sundas. 10. Right to free and compulsory education: a forthcoming challenge for Sikkim/Abdul Hannan. 11. The dynamics of women work and social status: a case study of the Bhutias of Sikkim/Swati Akshay Sachdeva. 12. Cloth women and social change: situating handloom weaving in Manipur/Otojit Kshetrimayum. 13. Traditional healing practices in Darjeeling Himalayan region/Santosh Kumar Rai. 14. Present status, scope and future prospects of floriculture in Uttarakhand/Deepti Singh. Index.
