Mapping Transition in the Pamirs: Changing Human-Environmental Landscapes

Pamir or Pamirs - Locating the Mountain Region.- History of Environmental Research in the Pamirs.- Regional Differences in the Geomorphic Landscapes of the Pamir and Related Issues.-Water of the Pamirs - Potential and Constraints.-Kings, Republicans, Communists, Warlords, and Presidents: Afghan Kyrgyz Socio-economic Strategies for Extorting and Extracting from the State.- Changes in the Relationship between Borders and Pastoral Mobility in Mountain Regions of Central Asia.-Grazing Intensity and Slope Status in the Pastures of the Alai Valley, Kyrgyzstan.- Characteristics of Transhumance in the Eastern Alai Valley, Southern Kyrgyzstan.- Dynamics of Summer Grazing in the Eastern Alai Valley, Southern Kyrgyzstan.- External Support and Local Agency: Uncertain Transformations of Livelihoods in the Pamirian Borderland of Tajikistan.- The Current Status of Lifestyle and Industry in the Wakhan Area of Tajikistan.- A Political Ecology of Road Construction and Mobility in Shimshal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.- The Shimshal Pamir. Challenges and Constraints of Remoteness.- Changes of Regional Structure and Land Use caused by External Conditions in Hussaini Village of the Northern Pakistan.-Humanitarianism across Mountain Valleys: Faith-Based Organisations and Development in Eastern Tajikistan and Northern Pakistan.-Development Agency.- A Historical Perspective on Pamir - Repeat Photography in Sven Hedin's Footsteps.- Conclusion.