International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

Rock glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: A regional synthesis

Rock glaciers are cryospheric landforms in high-mountain regions and indicators of permafrost occurrence and change under accelerating climate warming. This review synthesizes 67 peer-reviewed studies on rock glaciers across the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) published between 1970 an...

Riverine flood risk mapping using GIS–AHP and climate-driven hydrodynamic simulations in an alpine basin of the Indus River system

The Swat River Basin (SRB), a mountainous sub-catchment of the Indus Basin, has faced frequent floods in the past 25 years. Limited structural and non-structural measures, such as flood risk mapping, early warning systems, and land use planning, continue to expose the SRB. This s...