Pamirian Crossroads and Beyond

Hermann Kreutzmann is Professor Emeritus of Human Geography and Development Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. He has published eight monographs, co-edited 19 books, 250 journal articles and book chapters, including the trilogy Pamirian Crossroads, Wakhan Quadrangle, Hunza Matters (Harrassowitz, 2015-2020).

Foreword

Hermann Kreutzmann: Opera Minora. A Tribute to Geographical Concentration and Inquisitiveness

List of Tables and Figures



1 Passage to Kashgar: People, Roads, and Commodities



2 Afghan Poppy Production for the World. Dynamics and Entanglements



3 Afghanistan and the Opium World Market: Poppy Production and Trade



4 The Central Asian Oases – from Trading Towns to Centres of Modernisation



5 Boundary-Making and Border Practices in Northern Pakistan



6 The Significance of Geopolitical Issues for Internal Development and Intervention in Mountainous Areas of Crossroads Asia



7 Democracy for Gilgit-Baltistan? Kashmir’s Legacy and Administrative Challenges on Route to Equal Rights within Pakistan



8 The Karakoram Highway as a Prime Exchange Corridor between Pakistan and China



9 Geopolitical Perspectives on Cross-border Exchange Relations



10 Kashmir and the Northern Areas of Pakistan: Boundary-Making along Contested Frontiers



11 Boundary-Making and Geopolitical Diversity in the Pamirian Knot



12 Trade Links in the Eastern Hindukush: the Chitral Route



13 Wakhan Woluswali – Winds of Change in Afghan Badakhshan

 Co-authored with Sabine Felmy



14 Improving Accessibility for Mountain Development: Role of Transport Networks and Urban Settlements



15 The Chitral Triangle – Rise and Decline of Trans-Montane Central Asian Trade, 1895–1935



16 Shrinking Pastoral Spaces



17 Earth, Society and Sustainability – a Tragedy of Responsibility?



18 Transformation of High Mountain Livestock-Keeping in China’s Mountainous Periphery



19 Recent Results from Pastoralism Research and Development Practice



20 Pastoral Practices on the Move – Recent Transformations in Mountain Pastoralism on the Tibetan Plateau



21 Pastoralism in Central Asian Mountain Regions



22 Yak-Keeping in the Pamirs: Strategies under Changing Frame Conditions



23 Wakhan, Gojal and Gulmit – Wakhi Communities between Remoteness and Centrality



24 Language Variegation across the Pamir-Hindukush-Karakoram – Perceptions and Mobilities



25 Linguistic Diversity in Space and Time. A Survey in the Eastern Hindukush and Karakoram



26 Pamir Peace Park – Antecedents and Prospects



27 Alexandrovka in Potsdam – a Russian Village in Prussia



28 From Himalayan Dilemma to Climate Change Dilemma? Challenges for High Mountain Development



29 Islamabad – Living with the Plan



30 Preservation of Gilgit-Baltistan’s Cultural Heritage as a Key to Development

Index