China has undergone many development schemes, or programs, which encourage both physical and economic growth. Such schemes involve the expansion of railways, highways, national and local roads, and urban developments. These programs are said to be an attempt at mitigating environmental problems however, as the focus of globalisation shifts to the Western parts of China, these development programs in turn cause environmental and social issues of their own. One of the most notable changes takes places in the lives of Tibetan Nomads as they move into modernism via resttlement villages. To stop overgrazing within the Tibetan Plateau the Government is enforcing resttlement into sedentary homes thus causing abrupt changes in lifestyle. I therefore question how the nomads move into modernity in response to such developments, through the analysis of their environment. The goal was not only to research development but aim for change.