The Himalayan region is a fragile high mountain landscape where the population
experiences acute vulnerability within a complex coupled human–natural system due to …

The climate change and unsustainable anthropogenic modification can intensify the
vulnerability of the Himalayas. Natural springs are the principal source of potable water …

This article presents a quantitative method to analyze maps of land categories from several
points in time for a single site by considering cross-tabulation matrices, where one matrix …

The Garhwal Himalaya has experienced extensive deforestation and forest fragmentation,
but data and documentation detailing this transformation of the Himalaya are limited. The …

The increasing pressures of urban development and agricultural expansion have significant
implications for land use and land cover (LULC) dynamics, particularly in ecologically …

In the current context of climate change, the Western Himalayas are thought to be warming
faster than the global average rate. Despite this rapid warming, our understanding of alpine …

This paper characterizes transitions among three land categories during three consecutive
time intervals in a subtropical coastal watershed of southeast China that has enormous …

The dynamics of land use/land cover changes, the effect of coal mining on the land use/land
cover changes, and the regional environmental impact are discussed in this paper. The …

The Himalayan mountain forest ecosystem has been degrading since the British ruled the
area in the 1850s. Local understanding of the patterns and processes of degradation is …

On 4 August 2011, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) submitted an
unprecedented, scientific, groundbreaking environmental assessment report (EAR) on …