Himalayas in the Anthropocene

Dr. Anwesha Borthakur is presently a Landhaus Fellow at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany. She is an affiliate with the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium from where she completed her Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2021. Prior to that, she obtained her PhD in science policy from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. She has published over 40 research articles/book chapters in peer-reviewed, indexed journals/books and edited volumes on topics associated with environmental sustainability. Her broad areas of research interest include waste governance, electronic and textile waste, traditional ecological knowledge, public engagement for environmental sustainability and scientometric analysis.Dr. Pardeep Singh is presently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Studies, PGDAV College, University of Delhi in New Delhi, India. He obtained his PhD fromthe Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi. He was selected as a Young Scientist by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), India for the BRICS Young Scientist Conclave held in Durban, South Africa. His research interests include waste management, wastewater treatment, water scarcity and global climate change. He has published more than 75 research papers/book chapters in international journals/books in the field of environmental science. He has also edited more than 40 books with various international publishers including Springer Nature, Elsevier, CRC Press and Wiley.

• Preface.- Foreword.- Himalayas in the Anthropocene: An overview.- Anthropogenic environmental burdens in the Himalayas.- Haphazard urbanization and the Himalayan towns.- Unorganized tourism practices and the allied challenges in the Himalayas.- Big dams in the Himalayan mountain ecosystem.- Deforestation and landslides by anthropogenic activities in the Himalayas.- Mining and quarrying activities in the Himalayas.- Climate change implications in the Himalayas.- Disaster preparedness and awareness in the Himalayas.- Water and soil degradation in the Himalayan mountain ecosystem.- Anthropogenic impacts in the Himalayas and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).- Environment or Development: The way forward.