Tabla de Contenidos: “…Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Flows and Frictions in Trans- Himalayan Spaces: An Introduction -- Prologue -- 2 Spatial History in Southern Asia: Mobility, Territoriality, and Religion -- A Long View -- 3 The Road Towards All under Heaven Cosmology: The Bazi Basin Society in West Yunnan -- 4 Tracking Routes: Imperial Competition in the Late-nineteenth Century Burma-China Borderlands -- 5 'Circulations' along the Indo-Burma Borderlands: Networks of Trade, Religion, and Identity -- 6 Flows and Fairs: The Eastern Himalayas and the British Empire -- Mobilities Today -- 7 How to Interpret a Lynching? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Gellner -- Borders without borderlands : on the social reproduction of state demarcation in Rajasthan / Anastasia Piliavsky -- Allegiance and alienation : border dynamics in Kargil / Radhika Gupta -- Naturalizing the Himalaya-as-border in Uttarakhand / Nayanika Mathur -- On the way to India : Nepali rituals of border crossing / Sondra L. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Kreisel -- Mapping the "invisible region, far away" in Dombey and Son / Adam Grener -- How we might live : utopian ecology in William Morris and Samuel Butler / Benjamin Morgan -- From specimen to system : botanical scale and the environmental sublime in Joseph Dalton Hooker's Himalayas / Lynn Voskuil -- "Infinitesimal lives" : Thomas Hardy's scale effects / Aaron Rosenberg -- Electric dialectics : Delany's Atlantic materialism / Monique Allewaert -- Satire's ecology / Teresa Shewry -- Afterword : "they would have ended by burning their own Globe" / Karen Pinkus…”

“…Thus Shiva and his partner, the mother goddess, live in the Himalayas, goddesses descend on earth as beautiful rivers, the goddess Kali's body parts are imagined to have fallen in various sites of Hindu geography sanctifying them as sacred centres, and yogis meditate in forests. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Forest Eco-system: Types, Characteristic, Features, Structure and Functions -- Forest Biomes -- Eco-system -- Grassland Eco-system: Types, Characteristic Features, Structure and Function -- Features -- Components of Grassland Eco-system -- Desert Eco-system: Types, Characteristic Features, Structure and Functions -- Hot Deserts -- Cold Deserts -- Vegetation -- Animals -- Desert Eco-system -- Aquatic Eco-system: Ponds, Streams, Lakes, Rivers, Oceans, Estuaries Lakes and Ponds -- Biotic Communities of Lakes and Ponds -- Biota of Littoral Zone -- Biota of Limnetic Zone -- Biota of Profundal Zone -- Biotic Components in Ponds -- Rivers and Streams -- Oceans -- Physico-chemical Aspects of Ocean -- Zonation of Marine Environment -- Basic Components in Ocean -- Estuary Eco-system -- Classification -- Questions -- Chapter 4: Biodiversity and Its Conservation -- Genetic, Species and Eco-system Diversity -- Biodiversity -- Mutation -- Species Genetic Diversity -- Diversity Explained -- Importance of Species and Genetic Diversity -- Measurement of Biodiversity -- Number of Species Worldwide -- Biogeographical Classification of India -- Soils of India -- Climate of India -- Western Himalayas -- Eastern Himalayas -- West Indian Deserts (Indus Plain) -- Gangetic Plain -- Assam -- Central India -- Malabar -- The Deccan -- Andamans -- Consumptive, Productive, Social, Ethical, Aesthetic and Option Values of Biodiversity -- Ethical Value -- Deep Ecology -- Biodiversity at National Level -- Himalayan Mountain System -- Himalaya Foothills -- Western Himalayas (High-altitude Region) -- Eastern Himalayas -- Peninsular-lndian Sub-region -- Tropical Rain Forest Region -- Andaman and Nicobar Islands -- Mangrove Swamps of Sunderbans -- Mammals -- Hotspots of Biodiversity -- Definition and Details -- Main Hotspots of the World -- Main Hotspots of India…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: Networks and Identities in the Buddhist World / Translocal Networks -- Bagan Murals and the Sino-Tibetan World / Noise along the Network: A Set of Chinese Ming Embroidered Thangkas in the Indian Himalayas / Nation Founder and Universal Saviour: Guanyin and Buddhist Networks in the Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms / A Study on the Combination of the Deities Fudō and Aizen in Medieval Shingon Esoteric Buddhism / The Transmission of the Buddhadharma from India to China: An Examination of Kumārajīva’s Transliteration of the Dhāraṇīs of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra / The Journey of Zhao Xian and the Exile of Royal Descendants in the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368)1 / Negotiating and Constructing Identities -- Wailing for Identity: Topical and Poetic Expressions of Cultural Belonging in Chinese Buddhist Literature / How the Dharma Ended Up in the “Eastern Country”: Korean Monks in the Chinese Buddhist Imaginaire during the Tang and Early Song / Buddhist Pilgrimage and Spiritual Identity: Korean Sŏn Monks Journeying to Tang China in Search of the Dharma / The Rebirth Legend of Prince Shōtoku: Buddhist Networks in Ninth Century China and Japan / Because They Entrusted to Them a Part of Their Buddhist Selves—Imagined Communities, Layered Identities, and Networking / Bodily Care Identity in Buddhist Monastic Life of Ancient India and China: An Advancing Purity Threshold / Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index…”

“…The case studies cover the Nepal Himalayas, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, the Nile in Egypt, the Bangladesh Sundarbans, coastal mangroves in Fiji, and agriculture and forestry sectors in Uruguay.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Social Impact of Climate-related Drought among Forest Community in Northern Thailand -- Chapter 4: Sensitization of Disaster Relief Operations on Persons with Disabilities -- Chapter 5: Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) – Laws, Policies and Practices in Vietnam -- Chapter 6: Establishing Human Rights Based Approach to Climate Change Induced Internal Displacement in the Regime of Bangladesh: Challenges and Way Forward -- Chapter 7: Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerabilities and its Implications to Natural Resources Management and its Implications in Bhutan Himalayas in the Context of Global Environmental Change -- Chapter 8: Climate Change-induced Disaster Displacement and Law in India: Positioning the Operationalization of Artificial Intelligence for Protecting Human Rights -- Chapter 9: Climate Change related displacement: Inter-islands & Rural-urban migration in Solomon Islands -- Chapter 10: Impact of Climate Change and Challenges in Accessing Services in the Pacific Islands -- Chapter 11: State Responsibilities and International Obligations in Responding to Climate Mobilities -- Chapter 12: Adat Communities Marginalization: Land Grabbing, Human Rights Violations, and Climate Change -- Chapter 13: Climate Change and Socio-Environmental Issues in Sri Lanka: With Reference to the Landslide-induced Relocations in Aranayake -- Chapter 14: Concluding Remarks by Editors…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…11.3.1 Sea Ice Variability in the Southern Ocean -- 11.3.2 Sea Ice Distribution With Respect to Ocean-Atmospheric Temperature -- 11.4 Summary and Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Section III Himalayas: The Third Pole Environment and Remote Sensing -- 12 Some Unresolved Problems in the Himalaya: A Synoptic View -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Stratigraphic Ages, Basin Configuration, and Palaeontology -- 12.3 Sedimentology -- 12.4 Tectonics and Structure -- 12.5 Magmatism and Geochronology -- 12.6 Metamorphism -- 12.7 Mineral Deposits -- 12.8 Palaeomagnetic Studies -- 12.9 Glaciological Studies -- 12.10 Geomorphological Studies -- 12.11 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 13 Fluctuations of Kolahoi Glacier, Kashmir Valley, Its Assessment With Tree-Rings of Pinus wallichiana and Comparable Satellite Imageries and Field Survey Records -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Tree-Ring Sampling Site and Data Acquisition -- 13.3 Tree-Ring Chronology and Its Assessments -- 13.4 Fluctuations of Kolahoi Glacier: Existing Records and Its Assessment With Tree-Rings -- 13.5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 14 Applications of ICESat-2 Photon Data in the Third Pole Environment -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Brief Background About NASA's ICESat-2 Mission -- 14.3 Terrain Profiling From ICESat-2 Photon Elevations Over a Mountainous Region -- 14.4 Longitudinal Profiling of Rivers in a Mountainous Region -- 14.5 Inland Water Level Detection in Mountainous Regions Using ICESat-2 Photon Data -- 14.6 Inferring Annual Variations of Water Levels in Mountain Lakes Using ICESat-2's ATL13 Data Product -- 14.7 Inferring Lake Ice Phenology in Mountainous Regions Using ICESat-2 Photon Data -- 14.8 Estimating Tree Heights in Mountain Regions Using ICESat-2 Photon Data -- 14.9 Utilization of ICESat-2 Photon Data to Generate Digital Elevation Models…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Daughters of the Hills: Gendered Agricultural Production, Modernisation, and Declining Child Sex Ratios in the Indian Central Himalayas -- 11. Revisiting Boserup’s Hypotheses in the Context of Africa -- 12. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Frontmatter 1 Inhalt 5 Kolonialität und Geschlecht - Eine Einleitung 7 Vignette: ›Total‹ macht aus Braunbären wieder Eisbären 71 Schweizer Warenrassismus 77 Die Erfindung des ›weissen N-‹: Erster Teil 88 Eine koloniale Genealogie des ›weissen N-‹ 96 Das ›Senegalesendorf‹ im Zürcher Zoo 107 Weisse Männlichkeit und anti-egalitäres Othering 114 Schweizer Schokolade und die Kommodifizierung Schwarzer Körper 122 Die Erfindung des ›weissen N-‹: Zweiter Teil 132 Warenrassismus und Othering 138 Weisse Weiblichkeit in der Werbung 149 Die Schweizer Hausfrau und ›the white woman's burden‹ 157 Kolonialer Zivilisationsneid 164 Schwarzer Neid auf weisses Glück 173 Konklusion: Weisssein als Versprechen 179 Vignette: Kampf am Everest 186 Imaginäre Bergtopografien 194 Die Schweiz und die Berge in Zeiten der Dekolonisierung 196 Erforschen und Erobern 204 Tropische Alpen, alpine Tropen 207 Schweizer ›Berg-Othering‹ 211 Der ›native informant‹ und die Grenzen der Kultur 219 Nationale Freiheit und koloniale Expansion 228 Koloniale Kämpfe am Himalaya 234 Die Internationalisierung des Höhenbergsteigens 238 Nepal und die Schweiz: Ein Verhältnis ›ungleicher Ähnlichkeit‹ 246 Sahibs und Sherpas 252 Männlichkeit in der Todeszone 265 Über ›Rassengrenzen‹ hinweg: Tenzing Norgay und Raymond Lambert 276 Schweizer ›Technokolonialismus‹ 282 Konklusion: ›Berg-Othering‹ und Dekolonisation 297 Nachwort 303 Danksagung 323 Abbildungsverzeichnis 327 Literatur 329…”

“…The Journal of Mountain Science (JMS) is devoted to mountains and their surrounding lowlands - ecoregions of particular global importance, with a particular emphasis on the important highlands/ mountains in the world, such as the Tibetan Plateau, the Himalayas, the Alps, the Andes, the Rockies and the many other mountain ranges of our planet The publication aims to enhance international academic exchanges on mountain research, to speed up the integration of theoretical results and technical methods of mountain research in different countries, and to promote the development and progress of all the disciplines of mountain science Therefore, this journal pursues to be a principal medium for rapid publication of research achievements and a platform for academic discussions and exchanges in the international community of mountain science It introduces the results from mountain research in China to colleagues abroad and, at the same time, recommends the achievements made by scientists from other countries to Chinese colleagues In addition, this publication also bears the mission of introducing the mountain research achievements of the developing countries to the world scene…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I Ways of Knowing -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Environmental Pluralism: Knowing the Namibian Weather in Times of Climate Change -- Chapter 2 How a Storm Feels: Storying Climate Change in the Eastern Himalayas -- Chapter 3 Who Is Perturbed by Ecological Perturbations? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Environmental pluralism: knowing the Namibian weather in times of climate change -- Michael Schnegg -- How a storm feels: storying climate change in the Eastern Himalayas -- Alexander Aisher Who is perturbed by ecological perturbations? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Peasant households under pressure : women's work and the cultivation system on Java, 1830-1870 / Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk -- Peasant life courses and social mobility in serfdom : the Baltic Provinces of the Russian empire in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / Josef Ehmer -- Escape from New York : gender and the rural safety valve, 1856-1884 / Katherine Jellison -- Landlords and sharecroppers in wine producing regions : Beaujolais, Catalonia and Tuscany, 1800-1940 / Juan Carmona and James Simpson -- Co-producers of architects : the role of farm women in the reconstruction of farmhouses in the Netherlands after the Second World War / Sophie Elpers -- Hoeing the land and shifting the cultivator : labour, land and environment in the eastern Himalayas / Debojyoti Das -- Agrarian change in the hills of northeast India : the unlikely story of shifting agriculture / A. …”

“…<i>Their Footprints Remain</i> uses archival sources, personal letters, diaries, and oral sources in order to tell the fascinating story of how this once-new medical system became imbedded in the Himalayas. Of interest to anyone with an interest in medical history and anthropology, as well as the Himalayan world, this volume not only identifies the individuals involved and describes how they helped to spread this form of imperialist medicine, but also discusses its reception by a local people whose own medical practices were based on an entirely different understanding of the world…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1 Contextualizing this volume in the field of glass bead studies -- 2 Glass beads and human pasts -- 3 Characterizing glass recipes for distinctive polychrome glass bead types in Ontario, Canada -- 4 Simple blue (IIa40) beads from 17th century Mission Santa Catalina de Guale: Dating, origins, and elemental composition -- 5 Glass trade bead analysis at Upper Hampton Farm (40RH41): A case study for 17th and 18th century Non-Cherokee habitation in East Tennessee Valley -- 6 Compositional analysis of compound drawn white glass beads from colonial California: Implications for chronology and dispersal -- 7 Glass beads and evidence for early "pre-contact" trade in Northwestern Alaska -- 8 The exchange of beads in Central Thailand in the protohistoric period: Glass objects from Phromthin Tai -- 9 Shifting patterns of glass bead cargo of 15th - 17th century Philippines shipwrecks -- 10 Sources of glass beads from the High Himalayas: 1200 BCE-CE 650 -- 11 Inland from the sea: Rethinking the value of mineral soda alumina drawn glass beads from medieval North India -- 12 Beads from the lowlands of Northwestern Ethiopia -- 13 Inland glass beads in Northeast Tanzania, 8th-17th centuries CE -- 14 Glass beads at Unguja Ukuu in the late 1st millennium CE: Results of the 2018 excavation in Zanzibar -- 15 Chemical analysis of precolonial Indian Ocean glass beads found in the southern African interior: linking global objects to local and regional change -- 16 Morphology and elemental composition: provenancing glass beads from 12th - 13th century Mayotte -- 17 Elemental composition of glass beads from the eastern Mediterranean region: Chronology and provenance of material from Tel Anafa, Israel -- 18 South Asian beads at the site of Kish, Iraq -- 19 Technology, chronology, and exchange examined through glass beads, Appendix Supplementary Materials…”

“…The Northeast border region of India is a crossroads of Southeast Asia, where India meets China and the Himalayas, and home to many ethnic minorities from across the continent. …”

“…One Scottish missionary's solution was to isolate and raise the mixed-race children of British tea planters and local women in an institution in Kalimpong, in the foothills of the Himalayas, before permanently resettling them--far from their maternal homeland--as workers in New Zealand. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Shepande and Edson Nkonde -- Section 8 Landscape Vulnerability for Planning Hydroelectric Projects -- Chapter 10 Strategically Planning of Hydroelectric Projects for Reduce the Physical Vulnerability of Landscape in Upper Sutlej Valley, Western Himalayas, India by Amit Kumar Jamwal and Vikram Sharma -- Section 9 Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones -- Chapter 11 Groundwater Potential Zone Identification Using GIS: Mettur, Salem District, Tamil Nadu by C. …”