Synopsis "The book, besides assessing the environmental impact and ecological implications of peoples' resource use pressure and unregulated tourism on wildlife protected areas, recommends practical measures for the conservation and scientific management of national parks and sanctuaries, and sustainable development of rural communities living interspersed in them, through an empirical study of Rajaji, Corbett and Dudhwa National Parks situated in the Himalayan foothills of Uttar Pradesh which constitute one of the richest zones of wildlife between the mountains and the plains."