Bhutan: Development Amid Environmental and Cultural Preservation

agricultural altitude areas Bhote Bhutan Himalaya Bhutan's development Bhutanese Black Mountain range Buddhism Bumthang central Bhutan Chirang Chomo Lhari Chukha climate construction cost crops cultivated cultural district Druk Air Duars dzong Dzongkha eastern Bhutan economic environmental erosion established estimated exports external facilities farmers farming Fifth Plan foothills forest Forestry Gaylegphug Gedu Government of Bhutan growth Himalaya Himalayan ranges improve increase India industrial Inner Himalayan valleys irrigation Jigme Jigme Dorji Wangchuk km² Kula Kangri labor land maize major Manas ment million Mongar mountain Nepal Nepalese paddy Paro percent Phuntsholing population production Punakha Raidak region rice river road rural Samchi Samdrup Jonkhar Sankosh schools sector settlements Shemgang Sixth Plan slopes soil southern Bhutan Tashi Tashigang Thimphu Tibet Tibetan tion Tongsa Torsa tourist trade transport urban centers vegetation villages Wangchuk Wangdiphodrang water supply western zone