The Nature of Geomorphological Hazards in the Nepal Himalaya

Chapter 1. Introduction (Jan Kalvoda).- Chapter 2. Treatise on remarkable morphogenesis of the Nepal Himalaya (Jan Kalvoda).- Chapter 3. Development of the map representation of the Nepal Himalaya up to the end of 19th century (Eva Novotná).- Chapter 4. Diverse perception of natural hazards and disasters by the inhabitants of the Himalaya (Jan Kalvoda).- Chapter 5. Natural hazards, risks and disasters in Nepal: insights from bibliometrical analysis of research papers and disaster databases (Adam Emmer).- Chapter 6. Mass density variations of landforms, active orogeny and erosion in the Nepal Himalaya derived from the Earth gravity model EIGEN 6C4 (Jan Kostelecký).- Chapter 7. Potentially dangerous moraine-dammed glacial lakes for outburst in the Nepal Himalaya (Sazeda Begam).- Chapter 8. Geomorphic implications of the late Pleistocene sand deposits in the lower Khumbu region, Nepal (Giri Bibek).- Chapter 9. Geomorphic hazards in the Makalu Barun area of the Nepal Himalaya (Jan Kalvoda).- Chapter 10. An actual biogeographical hazard of the expansion of small mammals and their parasites linked with climate changes in the East Nepal Himalaya (Milan Daniel).- Chapter 11. The role of natural hazards and socio-cultural factors in shaping the history of settlement locations in the Limi Valley, north-west Nepal Himalaya (Jan Kropácek).- Chapter 12. Current state of research on and response to geomorphological hazards in Nepal (Finu Shrestha).- Chapter 13. Conclusions: the dynamics and complexity of geomorphological hazards in the Nepal Himalaya (Jan Kalvoda).