Between 1880 and 1980 the population of the Dehra Dun valley increased by 426 percent and the density of population rose from 47 to 246 persons per sq. km. In the Dehra Dun metropolitan area population rose from 20,000 to about 300,000 today. This paper discusses the history of the changes and the effects on vegetation, land use, agriculture, and forestry. It concludes with suggestions for future historical research.
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John F. Richards (1987) studied this question.