Perspectives of Mountain Risk Engineering in the Himalayan Region

1997 by Gyanodaya A.P. Krishna Alaknanda river Almora amsl Anbalagan anthropogenic assessment basin bio-engineering block caused cent climatic cloud burst construction control measures creep D.K. Agrawal damage dams debris flow Dehradun developmental activities drainage earthquakes Edited by D.K. environmental factors Figure flash flood fodder forest Garhwal Garhwal Himalaya geological geomorphic Gneiss Gyanodaya Prakashan hazard zonation maps highway hill slopes Himachal Pradesh Himalaya Himalayan Environment Himalayan region ICIMOD implementation India Institute of Himalayan Joshi jute Katarmal Kinnaur Kosi Kumar and L.M.S. Kumaun L.M.S. Palni landslide hazard zonation major mass movements mass wasting mass wasting processes material monitoring monsoon Mountain Risk Engineering Nainital Nepal Number occur Perspectives of Mountain phase phyllites Plate present Quartzite rainfall Research river road rock falls Satluj Satluj valley Schist seismic Sikkim Himalaya slump Srinagar stabilisation stream structures surface Table techniques tectonic terraces terrain thrust Uttarkashi Valdiya vegetation village Volume watershed zones