TY  - CHAP
AB  - Mountains provide more than 40% of global goods and services. The ecosystem services arising from the Hindu Kush-Himalayas (HKH) in the form of water, biodiversity and niche products, hydroelectricity, timber, mineral resources, and recreation are enormous. The HKH region is enriched by a diversity of cultures, ethnic groups, and traditional knowledge systems. Thus, it is a paradox that, in spite of rich natural resources and cultures, poverty is rampant. Additionally, the HKH is a hotspot for climate change impacts, but the region has been identified as a data deficient during the 2007 assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Since then, some progress has been made to fill the data gap, specifically relating to biodiversity, cryosphere, and climate change. This chapter introduces the HKH region and elaborates the need for modeling in the context of dealing with climate change.
VL  - 11
SN  - 978-1-78052-487-0, 978-1-78052-486-3/2040-7262
DO  - 10.1108/S2040-7262(2012)0000011008
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-7262(2012)0000011008
AU  - Sharma Eklabya
ED  - Armando Lamadrid
ED  - Ilan Kelman
PY  - 2012
Y1  - 2012/01/01
TI  - Chapter 2 Climate Change and its Impacts in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas: An Introduction
T2  - Climate Change Modeling For Local Adaptation In The Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region
T3  - Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 17
EP  - 32
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -