Language: English
This book is a systematic, all-round work concerning glacier resources and environmental change. It consists of abundant original data and a mass of beautiful pictures. It offers background information in connection with large-scale management of water resources, mitigation and prevention of glacial disasters, planning of glacier parks and so on, especially with an eye on such activities during development of western regions of China. It is a useful reference book for gradute students, policy makers working in the field of geography, water conservancy disaster prevention, and environment.