Changing monsoon patterns, snow and glacial melt, its impacts and adaptation options in northern India: setting the stage.
To set the stage of this special issue this paper gives a short introduction to the sensitivity to climate change of the main bio-physical processes in the Hindukush-Karakoram-Himalayas. It also describes the socio-economic setting of the Ganges basin in northern India as the main focal point of the impact and adaptation studies in this special issue.
Climate Change and Adaptive Land & Water Management, Alterra Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: eddy.moors@wur.nl.
Eddy J
EJ
Moors
University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland.
Markus
M
Stoffel
D057231:Climate Change; D046448:Ice Cover; D007194:India; D011891:Rain; D012914:Snow; D062066:Water Resources / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014881:Water Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
Adaptation; Climate change; Himalayas