Climate change and its impacts in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas: An introduction

Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-32

  Sharma, Eklabya ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Data deficit; Ecosystem services; Mountain communities; Mountain specificity; Response to change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886633391     PISSN: 20407262     EISSN: 20407270     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S2040-7262(2012)0000011008     Document Type: Article

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