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Increasing Events of Disasters

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Himalaya on the Threshold of Change

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Abstract

The entire Himalaya is highly vulnerable to geo-hydrological disasters, among which earthquakes, cloudburst triggered flashfloods and debris flows, landslides and mass movements are prominent. An inventory of these disasters has prepared and presented in this chapter. Forest fires are frequent, causing to heavy loss of biodiversity. Frequency and intensity of these geo-hydrological disasters have increased recently. It has been observed that increasing intensity of these hazards is also due to climate variability and change.

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    Pinus roxburghii.

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    Dry pine leaves.

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    Beat is the smallest forest administrative unit.

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    Broom made of green stems and leaves.

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  1. Department of Geography and Resource Management, School of Earth Sciences, Mizoram University (A Central University), Aizawl, India

    Vishwambhar Prasad Sati

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Sati, V.P. (2020). Increasing Events of Disasters. In: Himalaya on the Threshold of Change . Advances in Global Change Research, vol 66. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14180-6_6

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