Geoenvironmental Hazards in Himalaya: Assessment and Mapping The Upper Beas Basin
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8170998646
Length
xxvi+458p., Tables; Figures; References; Map; Appendices; Bibliography; Index; 22cm.
Subjects
Floods, landslides, rockfall, cloud burst, avalanches and other types of geo-environmental hazards are posing serious problems particularly in the marginal regions of mountain areas, where the means of mitigation and corrective measures are scarce. Frequency and severity of local and regional hazards have already reached to a crisis due to intensive land uses and land use changes. In the reverse process of land use changes in geographic and economic trends ...
