Glaciers in human life

Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research

Volumn , Issue 9789400763104, 2014, Pages 327-351

  Hewitt, Kenneth ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amenities; Conflict; Ecological services; Hazards; Indus waters treaty; Irrigation systems; Mountain communities; Transhumance; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031713588     PISSN: 18797180     EISSN: 18797199     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6311-1_13     Document Type: Chapter

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