Climate change impact in cold arid desert of North–Western Himalaya: Community based adaptations and mitigations

Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 0, Issue , 2013, Pages 239-256

  Shaheen, F A ^a   Wani, M H ^a   Wani, S A ^a   Norphel, Chewang ^b  

^a SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b Leh Nutrition Project   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR HEATING; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES; GREENHOUSES;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; COMMUNITY-BASED; DOWN-STREAM; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; HIMALAYAS; RAPID REDUCTION; SOLAR GREENHOUSE; WATER STORAGE; WATERS RESOURCES; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL; WESTERN HIMALAYAS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 85108444925     PISSN: 18635520     EISSN: 18635539     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36143-2_15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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