An ever-changing place: Interpreting landscape change in sagarmatha national park, nepal; re-photographic survey and encounter

Eco.mont

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 49-55

  Garrard, Rodney ^a   Kohler, Thomas ^a   Wiesmann, Urs ^a   Price, Martin F ^b   Byers, Alton C ^c   Sherpa, Ang Rita ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Climate change impacts in high altitude mountain regions   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Land cover change; Landscape dynamics; Protected mountain areas; Repeat photography; Socio economic change; UNESCO World Heritage Site

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880306039     PISSN: 2073106X     EISSN: 20731558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1553/eco.mont-4-2s49     Document Type: Article

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