Rivers of the Asian Highlands introduces readers to the intersecting headwaters of Asia-s eight largest rivers, focusing on the upper reaches of two river systems: the Brahmaputra-s highland tributaries in the eastern Himalayan Mountains and the Dri Chu (upper Yangzi), which descends from the Tibetan Plateau-s east through the Hengduan Mountains.
This book guides its readers through these two rivers- physical, environmental, cultural, social, and political histories before providing a multi-faceted assessment of their present. It uses general and detailed insights from multiple disciplines, including anthropology, conservation, geomorphology, climate science, ecology, history, hydrology, and religious studies. The rivers- stories explain how the catchments- hazards-earthquakes, landslides, floods, droughts, and erosion-interact with their energetic, hydrological, ecological, cultural, and social abundance.
The book-s multiple cultural and disciplinary perspectives
