The Fall of the Water: Emerging Threats to the Water Resources and Biodiversity at the Roof of the World To Asia's Lowland From Land-Use Changes Associated With Large Scale Settlement And Piecemeal Development

Author: Nellemann, C. (Ed.) Contributions from: Bubb,P., May, I., Miles, L., Caldecott, J.
Date Published: January 2004
The Fall of the Water

This report illustrates several of the cumulative environmental impacts of piecemeal infrastructure development, population growth, water shortage and climate change in the Greater Asian Mountain region. The scope of this report is the broad, regional scale land use change.