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The Himalayas in the Anthropocene

Environment and Development

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Editors:
  1. Anwesha Borthakur

    1. KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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  2. Pardeep Singh

    1. Department of Environmental Studies, PGDAV College of Delhi, New Delhi, India

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  • Highlights the effects of big dams in the Himalayan mountain ecosystem

  • Covers the impacts of unorganized tourism practices and the allied challenges in the Himalayas

  • Provides an overview of the Himalayas in the era of Anthropocene

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. The Himalayas in the Anthropocene

    • Abhinav Yadav, Akanksha Singh
    Pages 1-31

  3. Sustainability in the Indian Himalayan Region: Understandings the Ecosystem Services, Climate Change Impacts, Land Use Shifts and Their Threats

    • Sabir Hussain, Sheenu Sharma, Ram Chand Bhatti, Anand Narain Singh
    Pages 33-57

  4. Himalayan Dam Projects in India and Their Implications: A Deep Dive into the Dhauliganga Hydropower Initiative

    • Vandana Mishra, Avinash Thakur, Dinesh Nautiyal, Aman Sharma, Saiyami Bhardwaj, Surya Prakash et al.
    Pages 59-92

  5. Assessment of the Impact of Big Dams in the Himalayan Mountain Environment System: Management and Sustainability

    • Tahsin Jabeen, Maitrayee Das, Arindam Sarkar
    Pages 93-132

  6. Exploring the Ramifications of Unorganized Tourism Practices and Associated Challenges in the Sikkim Himalayas Through Machine Learning Approach

    • Stabak Roy, Saptarshi Mitra
    Pages 133-150

  7. Socio-Environmental Survey of an Ecotourism Hamlet Situated in the Eastern Himalayas in India with Special Focus on Climate Change Perspectives

    • Arkajyoti Shome, Sayan Bhattacharya, Avirup Datta
    Pages 151-164

  8. Trouble in Paradise: Evaluating the Effects of Unorganized Tourism on the Himalayan Ecology

    • Chandranshu Tiwari, Mala Rani
    Pages 165-183

  9. Limestone Mining in the Himalayas: Advancing Adaptive Governance for Ecological and Socioeconomic Resilience

    • Vandana Mishra, Surya Prakash, Aman Sharma, Dinesh Nautiyal, Avinash Thakur, Radhey Shyam Sharma
    Pages 185-201

  10. Impacts of Mining and Quarrying Activities in the Himalayas: An Overview

    • Anita Punia, Saurabh Kumar Singh
    Pages 203-217

  11. Assessment of Shifting Cultivation in the Context of Anthropogenic Environmental Burden in Eastern Himalaya

    • Olivia Halder, Arindam Sarkar
    Pages 219-235

  12. Climate Change Implications in the Himalayas

    • Ramesh Poornima, S. Ramakrishnan, Sengottaiyan Priyatharshini, Chidambaram Poornachandhra, Joseph Ezra John, Ambikapathi Ramya et al.
    Pages 237-277

  13. Anthropogenic Impacts in the Himalayas and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    • DurmuÅŸ ÇaÄŸrı Yıldırım, Seda Yıldırım, Seda H. Bostancı
    Pages 279-291
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About this book

This book aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current challenges in one of the most biodiverse regions in the world. Environmental sustainability and climate change implications in the mountain ecosystems in general and mountainous regions of the Global South in particular are key concerns of the present-day world. In particular, the mountainous regions in the Global South are excessively being subjected to haphazard developmental activities making them vulnerable to all possible aspects of climate change. Ecologically fragile and biodiversity-rich (considered ‘hotspot’ of biodiversity) Himalayan Region (HR) is subjected to high vulnerability due to climate change and unsustainable developmental activities. A major portion of the Indian HR, for instance, has gradually been endangered by intense environmental burden owing to rapid and haphazard urbanization, extreme weather events, etc. Unfortunately, environmental sustainability studies in many parts of the region are still inadequate. Accordingly, in this book, the authors provide a detailed account of the Himalayas in the epoch of Anthropocene—“the most recent period in Earth’s history when human activity started to have a significant impact on the planet’s climate and ecosystems" (as defined by the National Geographic Society). It is no secret that the haphazard developmental activities in the Himalayas are having tremendous impacts on the local ecosystems. Many of such impacts are irreversible over the next hundreds of years and it should ring an alarm to all of us alike. Therefore, it becomes increasingly imperative that we document the existing anthropogenic challenges in the Himalayas, analyse them and find a way where environment and development can go hand in hand. This book is an attempt in that direction. The authors aim to address issues ranging from unorganized tourism practices to the big dams in the Himalayas and from mining and quarrying activities to climate change implications and sustainable development goals (SDGs). 

Editors and Affiliations

  • KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Anwesha Borthakur

  • Department of Environmental Studies, PGDAV College of Delhi, New Delhi, India

    Pardeep Singh

About the editors

Dr. Anwesha Borthakur is presently a Landhaus Fellow at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany. She is an affiliate with the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium from where she completed her Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2021. Prior to that, she obtained her PhD in science policy from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. She has published over 40 research articles/book chapters in peer-reviewed, indexed journals/books and edited volumes on topics associated with environmental sustainability. Her broad areas of research interest include waste governance, electronic and textile waste, traditional ecological knowledge, public engagement for environmental sustainability and scientometric analysis.

Dr. Pardeep Singh is presently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Studies, PGDAV College, University of Delhi in New Delhi, India. He obtained his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi. He was selected as a Young Scientist by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), India for the BRICS Young Scientist Conclave held in Durban, South Africa. His research interests include waste management, wastewater treatment, water scarcity and global climate change. He has published more than 75 research papers/book chapters in international journals/books in the field of environmental science. He has also edited more than 40 books with various international publishers including Springer Nature, Elsevier, CRC Press and Wiley.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Himalayas in the Anthropocene

  • Book Subtitle: Environment and Development

  • Editors: Anwesha Borthakur, Pardeep Singh

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50101-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-50100-5Published: 17 February 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-50103-6Due: 03 March 2025

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-50101-2Published: 16 February 2024

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 291

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sustainable Development, Ecosystems, Ecology, Environmental Management, Biodiversity

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