Sinopsis
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.
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