CONTENTS:-
Part I: Climate Change, Vulnerability and Anthropogenic Dimensions
1. Impact of Climate Change on the Severity of Natural Disasters in Himalayan-Hindu Kush Belt / D.D. Joshi
2. Impact of Climate Change on Vulnerability of the Himalayan Ecosystems and Livelihoods / Avnish Chauhan and Rajeev Kumar
3. Receding Glaciers: Future Implications under Changing Climate Scenario / Ravi Kiran and P.S. Bisht
4. Observations of Radiatively and Chemically Active Trace Gases in the Central Himalaya and Indo-Gangetic Plain Region / Tapaswini Sarangi, Manish Naja, K.P. Singh, Y. Kant, N. Ojha, R. Kumar, K. Pandey, S. Venkatramani, S. Lal and Ram Sagar
5. Climate Change Problems in the Himalayan Mountains / Mohit Upadhyay, Manoj Kumar Dubey, Ramesh Chandra, Ajay Kumar, Pratibha Singh and Ashima Srivastava
6. Impact of Boundary Layer Dynamics on Black Carbon Variation over the Central Himalaya and
its Foothills / Hema Joshi, P. Pant, M. Naja, Manav Choudhary and K.P. Singh
7. Impact of Grazing on the Biodiversity of a Temperate Grazing Land in Kumaon Himalaya / Prem Prakash
8. Hydro-Geochemical Characteristics of Gangotri Glacier / Virendra Bahadur Singh, A.L. Ramanathan, P.G. Jose, Manoj Kumar, Parmanand Sharma and Anurag Linda
9. Hydroelectric Power Developments—A Threat to River Existence and Livelihood Systems in the
Mountains: A Study of Himachal Pradesh / Mohinder Kumar Slariya
10. Landslide Hazards Investigation of Pindar Basin in Uttarakhand Himalaya / Vikram S. Sharma, Tripti Jayal and Jayanti
11. Climate Change in the Himalayas: An Obvious Jeopardy to Cold-water Fish and Fisheries / Jimmy Mize
Part II: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Measures
12. Sustainable Management of Mountain Biodiversity in the Eastern Himalaya / Amitava Mitra
13. Resilience-and Carbon Sequestration-Enhancing Technologies for the Fragile Ecosystems: A Perspective / Vir Singh, M.S.S. Rawat and Nanda Nautiyal
14. Forest Fires in the Himalayan Region: Some Mitigation Measures / Anant Shankar, Utkarsh and Ankit Singh Chauhan
15. Pine Needles: A Source of Forest Fire to an Alternative Fuel / B.N. Pandey and K.S. Puspwan
16. Indigenous Herbal Coolants for Combating Heat Stress in the Hot Zone of North-West Himalaya / L.R. Dangwal, Antima Sharma and Naveen Kumar
17. Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Efforts in the Hindu Kush Himalaya / Suman Kalyani Apparusu, Nanda Nautiyal and Vir Singh
18. Himalayan Mountains and their Contribution to Cooling of the Earth / Priyanka Bhareti
