chief editor, Zheng Du ; associate editor, Zhu Liping ; organized by China Society on the Tibetan Plateau (CSTP) ; sponsored by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (NSFC), International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) ; supported by China Association of Science and Technology (CAST), China State Ministry of Science and Technology (SMST), China International Center of Economic & Technical Exchanges (CICETE)Academy Pressc2000