Sustainable Infrastructure Development, Risk Perception and Vulnerability Assessment in Indian Himalayan Region

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahua Mukherjee ◽  
Sangeeta ◽  
Jeevan Madapala
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Vulnerability Assessment ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Sustainable Infrastructure ◽  
Indian Himalayan Region ◽  
Development Risk

scholarly journals Technical Infrastructure as an Element of Sustainable Development of Rural Regions in Małopolskie Voivodeship in Poland and Trnava Region in Slovakia

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Marcin Surówka ◽  
Łukasz Popławski ◽  
Helena Fidlerová
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Regional Competitiveness ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Sustainable Infrastructure ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
West Part

The work discusses issues of the infrastructure, its instruments, and specifics of infrastructure in Polish and Slovak rural areas. The aim of this article is to analyze the level of technical infrastructure development in rural regions of the Małopolskie Voivodeship in Poland and the west part of Slovakia—Trnava self-governing region (Trnava region) as two regions with a similar position regarding regional competitiveness index. Following the topic, after identification of strengths and weaknesses of mentioned regions, the opportunities, and threats of sustainable development of infrastructure in rural areas have been analyzed using the SWOT method. The development of sustainable, reliable, and functional infrastructure does not only refer to the chosen regions of Poland and Slovakia but also other regions in the European Union. Sustainable infrastructure is a factor stimulating social and economic progress as one of the most important determinants of sustainable development and regional competitiveness. The authors notice a particular lack in the sustainable development of infrastructure in the field of water and sewerage management together with the supply of water. Therefore, this article tries to complete the gap in research focusing on the concept of a more systematic approach to technical infrastructure improvement in the context of sustainable development, and strategy of cooperation.

Buddhist Business and Benevolence in Leh, Ladakh

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-71
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg
Keyword(s):  
Financial Support ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
Indian Himalayan Region ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Social ◽  
Donor System

Due to a burgeoning tourism industry in the Indian Himalayan region of Ladakh, Buddhist monasteries now have lucrative means for generating income through tourism-related business and financial support from international sponsors and local business owners. Where previously Buddhist monasteries were dependent on the donations and labour of the lay community, currently, with the accumulation of surplus wealth, many Buddhist leaders of prominent monasteries have begun flipping this donor system around. Throughout this article, I look at how Buddhist monastic leaders have invested surplus economic resources into philanthropic projects as a way to ‘give back’ to the wider community. I argue that the philanthropic initiatives by Buddhist leaders in Ladakh help to position Buddhist monastics as taking a leading role in the social and economic transformation of the region, thus working to push back against processes of secularization that threaten to decrease the influence of Buddhist monastic institutions.

scholarly journals Agroforestry land suitability analysis in the Eastern Indian Himalayan region

2021 ◽  
pp. 100199
Author(s):  
Arun Jyoti Nath ◽  
Rakesh Kumar ◽  
N. Bijayalaxmi Devi ◽  
Pebam Rocky ◽  
Krishna Giri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Suitability ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
Suitability Analysis ◽  
Indian Himalayan Region ◽  
Land Suitability Analysis

High-altitude meteorology of Indian Himalayan Region: complexities, effects, and resolutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 193 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jairam Singh Yadav ◽  
Sameer K. Tiwari ◽  
Anshuman Misra ◽  
Santosh K. Rai ◽  
Ravi K. Yadav
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
Indian Himalayan Region

scholarly journals A Novel Approach for Forest Fragmentation Susceptibility Mapping and Assessment: A Case Study from the Indian Himalayan Region

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 4090
Author(s):  
Amit Kumar Batar ◽  
Hideaki Shibata ◽  
Teiji Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fragmentation ◽  
Integrated Model ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Susceptibility Map ◽  
Forest Landscape ◽  
Indian Himalayan Region ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Causative Factors ◽  
The Future

An estimation of where forest fragmentation is likely to occur is critically important for improving the integrity of the forest landscape. We prepare a forest fragmentation susceptibility map for the first time by developing an integrated model and identify its causative factors in the forest landscape. Our proposed model is based upon the synergistic use of the earth observation data, forest fragmentation approach, patch forests, causative factors, and the weight-of-evidence (WOE) method in a Geographical Information System (GIS) platform. We evaluate the applicability of the proposed model in the Indian Himalayan region, a region of rich biodiversity and environmental significance in the Indian subcontinent. To obtain a forest fragmentation susceptibility map, we used patch forests as past evidence of completely degraded forests. Subsequently, we used these patch forests in the WOE method to assign the standardized weight value to each class of causative factors tested by the Variance Inflation Factor (VIF) method. Finally, we prepare a forest fragmentation susceptibility map and classify it into five levels: very low, low, medium, high, and very high and test its validity using 30% randomly selected patch forests. Our study reveals that around 40% of the study area is highly susceptible to forest fragmentation. This study identifies that forest fragmentation is more likely to occur if proximity to built-up areas, roads, agricultural lands, and streams is low, whereas it is less likely to occur in higher altitude zones (more than 2000 m a.s.l.). Additionally, forest fragmentation will likely occur in areas mainly facing south, east, southwest, and southeast directions and on very gentle and gentle slopes (less than 25 degrees). This study identifies Himalayan moist temperate and pine forests as being likely to be most affected by forest fragmentation in the future. The results suggest that the study area would experience more forest fragmentation in the future, meaning loss of forest landscape integrity and rich biodiversity in the Indian Himalayan region. Our integrated model achieved a prediction accuracy of 88.7%, indicating good accuracy of the model. This study will be helpful to minimize forest fragmentation and improve the integrity of the forest landscape by implementing forest restoration and reforestation schemes.

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