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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.07.007
	Cultural landscapes at risk: Exploring the meaning of place in a sacred valley of Nepal
	Sherry J.; Curtis A.; Mendham E.; Toman E.
发表日期	2018
ISSN	0959-3780
起始页码	190
结束页码	200
卷号	52
英文摘要	Mountain peoples are increasingly impacted by environmental changes, including the rapid retreat of glaciers and the growth of dangerous glacial lakes that can breach their natural dams and flood downstream communities. Despite considerable research assessing glacial lake hazards, there have been relatively few attempts to explore the socio-cultural and psychological dimensions of this type of risk. Further, environmental changes become intermeshed with other types of broad-scale changes that have local scale implications in the lived experience of rural mountain communities. This paper examines risk through the lens of those who are directly impacted by such processes. Ethnographic techniques were used, including interviews with community members from the case study in a sacred valley of Nepal that lies downstream from a large and potentially dangerous glacial lake, Tsho Rolpa. The Rolwaling Sherpa community's enduring attachment to their valley and their desire for cultural continuity amidst social, economic, and environmental changes have influenced their interpretations of risk and shaped their responses in complex ways. Findings indicate that threats to their landscape also constitute threats to their self-understanding and their subjective notions of well-being, which are bound up in the meaning of their place. This case study demonstrates the additional insight that can come from contextualizing disaster risk in a way that acknowledges local people's subjective interpretations, priorities, and values. This is expected to be especially critical in cases where sacred or culturally significant landscapes are threatened by global environmental changes. © 2018
英文关键词	Culture; Glacial lake outburst floods; Identity; Place attachment; Vulnerability
学科领域	cultural identity; cultural landscape; culture; environmental change; environmental risk; ethnography; flash flood; glacial lake; mountain region; outburst; risk assessment; valley; vulnerability; Janakpur; Nepal; Tsho Rolpa
语种	英语
scopus关键词	cultural identity; cultural landscape; culture; environmental change; environmental risk; ethnography; flash flood; glacial lake; mountain region; outburst; risk assessment; valley; vulnerability; Janakpur; Nepal; Tsho Rolpa
来源期刊	Global Environmental change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117104
作者单位	School of Environmental Science, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW 2640, Australia; Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW 2640, Australia; School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sherry J.,Curtis A.,Mendham E.,et al. Cultural landscapes at risk: Exploring the meaning of place in a sacred valley of Nepal[J],2018,52.
APA	Sherry J.,Curtis A.,Mendham E.,&Toman E..(2018).Cultural landscapes at risk: Exploring the meaning of place in a sacred valley of Nepal.Global Environmental change,52.
MLA	Sherry J.,et al."Cultural landscapes at risk: Exploring the meaning of place in a sacred valley of Nepal".Global Environmental change 52(2018).