| Title: |
Rivers of the Asian Highlands |
| Authors: |
Gamble, Ruth; Tan, Gillian G.; Xu, Hongzhang; Beavis, Sara; Maurer, Petra; Pittock, Jamie; Powers, John; Wasson, Robert J. |
| Publisher Information: |
Oxford: Taylor & Francis; Routledge, 2024. |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
Books; Imported or submitted locally |
| Original Material: |
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| Subject Terms: |
Planetary; Social; Regulated Rivers; Asian Highland rivers; river; Brahmaputra; Yangzi; braided river; Dri Chu; upper reaches; eastern Himalayan Mountains; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TN Civil engineering, surveying and building; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TH Energy technology and engineering::THV Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment::RNPG Climate change; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNT Social impact of environmental issues; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCV Economics of specific sectors::KCVG Environmental economics; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine::MBNH Personal and public health / health education::MBNH2 Environmental factors; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNR Natural disasters; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGL Regional geography; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGB Physical geography and topography; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBP Meteorology and climatology |
| Description: |
Rivers of the Asian Highlands introduces readers to the intersecting headwaters of Asia’s eight largest rivers, focusing on the upper reaches of two river systems: the Brahmaputra’s highland tributaries in the eastern Himalayan Mountains and the Dri Chu (upper Yangzi), which descends from the Tibetan Plateau’s east through the Hengduan Mountains. This book guides its readers through these two rivers’ physical, environmental, cultural, social, and political histories before providing a multifaceted assessment of their present. It uses general and detailed insights from multiple disciplines, including anthropology, conservation, geography, geomorphology, climate science, ecology, history, hydrology, and religious studies. The rivers’ stories explain how the catchments’ hazards—earthquakes, landslides, floods, droughts, and erosion—interact with their energetic, hydrological, ecological, cultural, and social abundance. This book’s multiple cultural and disciplinary perspectives on the rivers will interest anyone who wants to understand the rivers of this critically important region as the environment faces climate change and other ecological crises. |
| Contents Note: |
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| Document Type: |
book |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| ISBN: |
978-1-04-012533-5; 978-1-03-249059-5; 978-1-03-249058-8; 978-1-04-012554-0; 978-1-00-339203-3; 1-04-012533-6; 1-03-249059-4; 1-03-249058-6; 1-04-012554-9; 1-00-339203-2 |
| Relation: |
Routledge Planetary Spaces Series |
| DOI: |
10.4324/9781003392033 |
| Access URL: |
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/93993 |
| Rights: |
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International; URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Notes: |
ONIX_20241025_9781040125335_2; ; https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/93993; ; https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003392033; ; Deakin University |
| Accession Number: |
edsoap.20.500.12657.93993 |
| Database: |
OAPEN Library |