Mountain Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction - Nibanupudi, Hari Krishna; Shaw, Rajib; SpringerLink (Online service) (Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2015)
Overview of Mountain Hazards Issues -- Massive Varunavat Hill Landslide overlooking Uttarkashi Town in Uttarakhand Himalaya - Its treatment vis-à-vis stability analysis -- Floods in the Hindu Kush Region: Causes and Socio-economic Aspects -- Evolution of Geomorphologic Hazards in Hindu Kush Himalaya -- Seismic Hazard in the Himalayan Intermontane Basins: An Example From Kathmandu Valley, Nepal -- Demographic changes, economic changes and livelihood challenges in HKH region -- Land use and land cover change analysis in Uttarakhand Himalaya and its impact on environmental risks -- Mitigating Climatic and Human Induced Disaster risks through Ecosystem Resilience: Harmonizing Built and Natural Environments in the HKH region -- Analysis of policies and institutional framework of HKH countries -- Indigenous resilience and adaptation in high altitude arid zone communities -- Snow water Harvesting in the Cold Desert in Ladakh: An introduction to Artificial Glacier -- Some Socio-economically Significant Landslides in Uttarakhand Himalaya - Events, Consequences and Lessons Learnt -- Gender and Disaster Resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region -- Interlacing regional water policies, institutions and agreements with livelihoods and vulnerabilities in the HKH region: A case study of Kosi river basin -- Analysis of regional cooperation from the perspective regional and global geo-political developments and future scenarios.
Keywords: Natural disasters; Regional planning; Urban planning; Culture-Study and teaching; Natural Hazards; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Regional and Cultural Studies