The concept of human-environment interaction has been a core theme of human geography since the beginning (Kates2002). Thus, the need to use integrated approaches for better understanding of human-environment interactions in high mountain regions has also been felt from early on. Early integrative ...
Finally, aerosols, in particular black carbon and dust, cause both global dimming at lower elevations (meaning less effect in high mountains) and, when deposited on snow and ice, encourage more rapid melt of glaciers (Fig. 7.2e). Combined, these five factors result in amplified warming ...
The Cryosphere and Glacial Permafrost as Its Integral Componentcommonly associated with frozen ground, and this does notalways exist in the substrate of polythermal glaciers [13].Such a position, however, is in error. It is not the phys-ical state (frozen vs. unfrozen, solid vs. liquid) bu...
Joseph M. Shea, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal, Geography Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada, and Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, e-mail: joseph.shea@unbc.ca (corresponding author) Shiy...