The Routledge International Handbook of Himalayan Environments, Development and Wellbeing

Dedication List of figures List of tables Preface Acknowledgments List of contributors Acronyms and abbreviations Handbook Introduction Part I: Environments Introduction: Storytelling Social Ecologies of Change 1. Forest Change and Human-Forest Interactions in the Himalaya 2. The Role of Historical Ecology to Assess Risks to Livelihood in the Himalayas from Climate Warming 3. A Historical Case Study in Women-led Socio-Ecological Innovation: How Gender and Environment Came to Matter in 15th Century Tibet (and Now) 4. High-Mountain Farming and Interacting Processes of Change in Ladakh Over the Last 30-40 Years: the Case of Hemis-Shukpa-Chan 5. Digital Infrastructures, Practices and Social Agency on the Trail to Everest 6. The Translocal Sherpa from Everest Mountain Range to Symbolic New York City: Senses of Belonging and Connecting in Migration 7. Territories for Protecting a "Pristine Nature": National Parks in the Himalayas, New Places of Power and Tension 8. Community Conserved Areas in Northeast India and their Role in Addressing Human-Wildlife Conflict 9. An Environment of One's Choice: Community, Ecology and Tourism in Arunachal Pradesh 10. Living with Landslides in Sindhupalchok: Mapping Local Knowledge and Strategies in the Context of the Federal Decentralizing Era in Nepal 11. Commoning, Conservation and Mapping in Garo Hills, Northeast India 12. Marrying Glaciers: Viewing Human-Nature Relationship Through the Lens of Political Ecology in the Western Himalayas 13. Mi Mayin (Other-Than-Humans) in the Bhutan Lowlands and Highlands: Agency, Affect, and Annexation 14. Tracing the Agrarian History of the Sub-Himalayan Forest Frontiers 15. Farming Systems, Food Security and Contemporary Climate Issues in Nepal 16. Resilience in Shangri-La 17. Himalayan Connections in Lunana and Limi: Baselines for Climate Change Perception in Two 'Remote' Communities in Bhutan and Nepal 18. Climate Change Adaptation in Nepal: Livelihood, Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge & Practices, and Climate Science 19. JaDibuti, Plants and Genetic Resources: Conversations among Ayurveda Practitioners, Conservationists, and Plant Scientists on Traditional Medical Knowledge and Biodiversity Conservation in Nepal Part II: Development The Many Faces of Development: An Introduction 20. Development, Displacement, Rehabilitation and Environment in Northeast India 21. Silent Dis-possession of Water in Communal Irrigation at the Foothills of the Himalayas 22. Thulo Maanche: Implications for Development, Equality, and Democracy in Nepal 23. In-between Mobilities: Risks and Uncertainty in Labor Migration from Nepal 24. Biogas in Nepal: A Socio-Technical Perspective of Energy Innovation 25. Kisan Dharma: A Worldview for Conservation of Natural Resources and Livelihood Security in Nepal 26. Black Cardamom and Crisis in Hyper Colonial Kalimpong 27. The Assam Bengal Railways and Socio-Spatial Changes in the Indian Himalayan Region 28. "What road? I built it myself on my way here": Roads, Wars and the Infrastructure of Citizenship in the Indian Himalayas 29. Building Capacity, Not Infrastructure: Lessons from Hydropower Development in Nepal 30. From Yam to Sponge: Recent Controversies around Nepal's Sovereignty, Territory and Hydropower 31. Dam(n)ed If You Do, Dam(n)ed If You Don't: Dams, Development and Contestations in Kinnaur, Western Himalayas 32. Rapid Urbanization and its Consequences: A Case Study of Bharatpur, Nepal 33. Rethinking the Himalayan Megaproject: Rainwater Harvesting and the Decentralized Alternative to Kathmandu's Urban Resource Crunch 34. Modernity, Development and Waste Management in Northeast India 35. Anthropology of State: Images and Practices of Inclusive Governance in Nepal 36. Geopolitics over Development in Pakistan's Karakoram Mountains 37. Gender and Sustainable Development in the Himalayas: People, Power and Possibilities 38. Women as Neoliberal Development Subjects: A Feminist Political Ecology Perspective on Development in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Part III: Wellbeing Orientations: Culture, Place and Wellbeings 39. Mental Health Help-Seeking in the Himalaya: Shifting Ecologies of Care in Post-Earthquake Nepal 40. Sowa Rigpa and the State in India's Himalayan Borderlands 41. Kyidug: Pandemic, Food Systems, and Health Ecologies in Dolpo 42. Heterogeneity of Institutionalizing Sowa Rigpa Education in Nepal Himalaya 43. Ayurveda and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nepal 44. Putting People at the Center of Solutions: Embracing Human-Centered Design for Developing Menstrual Health Interventions in Nepal 45. Living Homes among the Raji and Raute of Nepal 46. The Truths of Dispossession in the Western Himalaya 47. Global Population Politics in Nepal: From a "Small, Happy Family" to a "Smart Life" 48. Addressing Dalit Wellbeing through Counter Ritual 49. Of Ploughmen and Drummers: Dalit Consciousness in Nepali-Language Literature 50. Food Intake, Activity Patterns and Nutritional Status Among Nepali Hindu and Buddhist Sherpa Women: A Biocultural Perspective 51. Nettle Stew and Danger Momos: Himalayan Culinary Innovation from the Diaspora 52. Toward Holistic Well-being: Gross National Happiness and Alternative Futures in Bhutan 53. Rethinking Museums in Places of Lived Heritage 54. Seeking Wellbeing through Song: Dohori Singers' Everyday World-making Index