A new Himalayan crisis? Exploring transformative resilience pathways

Environmental Development

Volumn 23, Issue , 2017, Pages 47-56

  Satyal, Poshendra ^a   Shrestha, Krishna ^b   Ojha, Hemant ^b   Vira, Bhaskar ^c   Adhikari, Jagannath ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Martin Chautari   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Climate change; Emancipatory politics; Environment and development challenges; Natural disasters; New Himalayan crisis; Sustainable development; Transformative resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014480897     PISSN: 22114645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2017.02.010     Document Type: Review

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