Indigenous mountain communities use traditional water management techniques, like ice stupas in Ladakh and rainwater harvesting in the Andes, to enhance climate resilience and sustain ecosystems.
Sustainable Synergy and Grounded Imaginaries: A Case Study of Dhaji Diwari Method in Himachal Pradesh
This paper explores integrating traditional Dhajji Diwari techniques with contemporary engineering in sustainable housing, emphasizing community agency and context-specific solutions for resilience.
Challenging Alpine Borders: The Case of Larix Decidua
Interventions redefine ecotones by actively shaping new ecological assemblages. Thriving on the remains of extraction, European Larches show possibilities of life in anthropological ruins.
Citizen Voices: a transdisciplinary experiment for a sustainable transition in the Vercors range
This communication present the result of a transdisciplinary research called ‘citizen voices’ developed in the Vercors mountain range , in order to understand the prospective visions of the residents.
Middle Pleistocene to the Early Holocene human occupation of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau
In this presentation, I report our recent multidisciplinary studies on several Paleolithic and Epiplaleolithic sites in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, including Baishiya Karst Cave site and so on.
Livelihood Resilience Measurement and Group Differences of Ecological Migrants at Extremely High Altitude: A Case Study at Senburi Resettlement in Xizang, China
Revealling variations in livelihood resilience among Xizang’s high-altitude ecological migrants, emphasizing targeted interventions to enhance economic capacity, skills, and governance.
Academic networks as boundary organizations: pollinators for transformative change in mountain regions
The talk introduces the concept of boundary organizations as pollinators for transformative change in mountain regions through a concrete example of the Himalayan University Consortium.
Identification of changes in the snow accumulation area of the drainage basins of rivers Santa and Vilcanota, Peru
The decrease in snow cover area, snowfall, and air temperature increases in the Cordillera Blanca indicate risks to the socio-cryosphere culture in high Andes rural communities.
Pattern in alpine summit vegetation in the Northern Alps (Nationalpark Berchtesgaden, Germany) explained by variation in microclimate, soil temp and soil moisture
First time comparison of GeoPrecision versus TOMST data logging for assessing GLORIA summit microclimate.
How do upland communities appropriate digital technologies to monitor and adapt to glacier melting? A literature review on the convergences and tensions between expert systems and Indigenous knowledge.
The interaction between expert systems and Indigenous knowledge in glacier monitoring and adaptation.