Himalayan Mobilities

Robert Beazley is a PhD Student at the Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, . His general research interests include coupled human and ecological systems, impacts of expanding road networks on livelihoods, gendered mobility, traditional ecological knowledge, watershed management and water issues related to climate change, and community based natural resource conservation and management. Dr. James Lassoie is the International Professor of Conservation at the Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University. He is particularly interested in examining coupled human and natural systems involving the management of parks, protected areas, and otherwise fragile landscapes in developing countries as well as the United States.

PARTI: ROADS AND TRANSPORTATION.- Chapter1. A Global Review of Road Development.- PARTII: MOBILITY AS A SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM.- Chapter2. Mobilities.- PartIII: Challenges and Impacts of Building Roads in the Himalayas.- Chapter3. Environmental Challenges and Impacts.- CHAPTER4. Socioeconomic Impacts of Roads.- Chapter5. Sociocultural Impacts of Roads.- PARTIV: THE WAY FORWARD.- Chapter6. The Future of Himalayan Mobilities.

"Himalayan Mobilities is a timely book. Co-authored by Robert Beazley and James Lassoie, it explores the construction of Himalayan roads and the profound transformation they continue to trigger throughout rural Nepal. ... For anybody working on infrastructure in Asia or in similarly mountainous terrain elsewhere, the book is a very helpful source of information." (Martin Saxer, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 92 (1), March, 2019)

"This short book gives a concise overview of the development of road networks in the Nepal Himalaya and its environmental, socioeconomic, and sociocultural implications. It highlights both the economic significance and negative influences that roads can have for mountain communities ... . It is not only a welcome addition to the library of scholars committed to mountain research, but it is also appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for planning professionals." (Udo Schickhoff, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 39 (1), February, 2019)