1. Degradation of high mountain ecosystems in northern Europe

   • Jörg Löffler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 114

2. Systems for hazards identification in high mountain areas: An example from the Kullu District, western Himalaya

   • James S. Gardner
   • Eric Saczuk

   OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 127

3. Paleomagnetic excursions recorded in the Yanchi Playa in middle hexi corridor, NW China since the last interglacial

   • Yang Taibao
   • Yu Yongtao
   • Zhang Junyan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 128 - 142

4. Approach to mountain hazards in Tibet, China

   • MA Dongtao
   • TU Jianjun
   • Lu Ruren

   OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 154

5. Resource utilization pattern and development in hills —A case for the pindar basin of Garhwal Himalaya, India

   • Vishwambhar Prasad Sati

   OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 165

6. Wet canopy evaporation rate of three stands in Western Sichuan, China

   • Yang Wanqin
   • Wang Kaiyun
   • Xiao Ling

   OriginalPaper Pages: 166 - 174

7. Analysis on the status of farmers, agriculture and countryside, and development strategies and measures in Tibet autonomous region

   • Zhong Xianghao
   • Li Xiangmei
   • Peng Chuanzhong

   OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 182

8. In the Mountain’s shadow: Japan’s silk reelers blazed an asian path of economic development

   • Yoichi Shimatsu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 191