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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Living on the Edge of Fragile Majesty: An Introductory Note on Emerging Risks, Hazards and Disasters in the Himalaya.- Part I. Tectonic Hazard and Geomorphic Dilemma.- Chapter 2. Integrated natural hazards in the Himalaya: Insights from the Darjiling-Sikkim Himalaya.- Chapter 3. Quantitative assessment of Relative Tectonic Activity and its implications for seismic hazard analysis in the Pir Panjal and Zanskar Mountain Ranges, Northwest Himalaya.- Chapter 4. Geomorphic Response to the Active Tectonics along a Sub-Himalayan Basin in Kangra Valley, India.- Chapter 5. Geomorphic assessment of Tectonic influence on the Neora River Basin, Darjeeling- Sikkim Himalaya.- Chapter 6. Himalayan active fault zones: Basic understanding, Review and Concerns.- Part II. Landslide Susceptibility and Hazard Assessment.- Chapter 7. Advances in Understanding Mass Movement and Landslides in the Jammu and Kashmir region, Western Himalaya: An integrated approach from Geomorphological, Geological, and Geotechnical Perspectives.- Chapter 8. Rockfall hazard assessment and mitigation strategies along NH-7, Garhwal Himalaya: An Integrated RHRS and numerical simulation approach.- Chapter 9: Estimating terrain feasibility using BIS code and AHP methods for landslide susceptibility zonation: A case study of Mao-Maram region Manipur.- Chapter 10. GIS-based landslide susceptibility mapping of the Darjeeling Himalaya, India using Frequency Ratio (FR) and Fuzzy Logic (FL) models.- Chapter 11. Mapping Landslide Potential and Assessing Susceptibility in the Darjeeling Himalaya Using GIS and Bivariate Statistics.- Chapter 12. Assessment of Landslide Susceptibility in the Reshi River Basin, West Bengal and Sikkim and Highlighting the Impact of Changing Vegetation Cover.- Chapter 13. Landslide Inventory in parts of Sikkim, Eastern Indian Himalaya: Navigating Spatial and Temporal Patterns.- Chapter 14. Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Along the Critical NH-10 Corridor of the Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya: A Comparative Analysis of Analytical Hierarchy Process, Frequency Ratio, and Random Forest Models.
