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  Environment Degradation and Disaster Management in Gilgit-Baltistan

  By Arshad Ali, Muhammad Irshad, Shahid Iqbal

  Abstract: The mountainous region of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) has been impacted by excessive natural and human-induced hazards like landslides, earthquakes, floods, avalanches and rock falls etc. Weak institutions coupled with climate/environmental changes are some of the factors increasing vulnerability of communities living in GB. In this paper, an attempt has been made to highlight the increased vulnerability of GB to various disasters due to phenomenon of climate/environmental change and recommended a methodology …

  Published in Journal of Industrial Safety Engineering · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 5–12 Read article →