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  1. 1. Adapting to melting glaciers : how Western Himalayan societies frame climate change and adaptation

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Taha Anis; [2022]
    Keywords : Adaptation; identity; risk and Information; authority; Himalayas; frame analysis; Gilgit-Baltistan; Pakistan;

    Abstract : The glaciers of the Hindu-Kush Himalayas region flow into 10 major river basins and sustain nearly 2 billion people, with 250 million being directly dependent on them for freshwater sources while a further 1.65 billion rely on their outflows. READ MORE

  3. 2. Nominal plurality in languages of the Greater Hindukush

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Noa Lange; [2015]
    Keywords : nominal plurality; areal typology; Hindukush; obligatoriness; optionality; nominal pluralitet; arealtypologi; Hindukush; markeringstvång; optionalitet;

    Abstract : The Greater Hindukush is an area that stretches from northwestern–central Afghanistan, through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit–Baltistan of Pakistan and to Kashmir in northwestern India. It is home to some fifty languages of various genera including Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Nuristani, Tibeto- Burman, Turkic and the isolate Burushaski. READ MORE

  4. 3. How to make use of knowledge embedded in development practice by using ICT to sustain rural development? : Case Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Handelshögskolan vid Örebro universitet

    Author : Liaqut Ali; [2011]
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  5. 4. Strengthening Civil Society of Gilgit-Baltistan (A Case study of The Northern Areas of Pakistan)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

    Author : Muhammad Shams Mir; [2010]
    Keywords : NGOs; Civil Society; Gilgit-Baltistan; Northern Areas; Pakistan; Gender Development; Development Studies; Community Empowerment; South and North; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study analyses explore to the paths of constructing and strengthening of civil society organizations and their activities in Gilgit-Baltistan, the Northern Areas of Pakistan. The focus is on the activities of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) since the 1980s. READ MORE