Impact of Global Changes on Mountains Responses and Adaptation

Mountain regions encompass nearly 24 percent of the total land surface of the earth and are home to approximately 12 percent of the world's population. Their ecosystems play a critical role in sustaining human life both in the highlands and the lowlands. During recent years, resource use in hig...

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Main Authors Grover, Velma I, Borsdorf, Axel, Breuste, Jörgen, Tiwari, Prakash Chandra, Frangetto, Flavia Witkowski
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Milton CRC Press 2015
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
Subjects
Global environmental change
Mountain ecology
Mountains
Glacial Lakes
Mountain Tourism
ecosystem
ood
Forest Fi Res
Bull Trout
Snowfi Elds
Glacier Lake
Black Carbon Aerosols
Fl Ash Fl Oods
Ri Ga
Urban Heat Islands
HKH Region
Quebrada De Humahuaca
Whitebark Pine
UNEP 2012a
Land Slides
IPCC 2007a
NASA Earth Observatory
debris
EU Habitat Directive
glacier
flow
Sp Ri
HKH
Cuyo Regions
Ice Avalanches
climate
flood
ashfl
Mount Kenya National Park
Yarlung Tsangpo
Te Ch
outburst
lake
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ISBN1482208903
9781482208900
036737790X
9780367377908
DOI10.1201/b17963

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Summary:Mountain regions encompass nearly 24 percent of the total land surface of the earth and are home to approximately 12 percent of the world's population. Their ecosystems play a critical role in sustaining human life both in the highlands and the lowlands. During recent years, resource use in high mountain areas has changed mainly in response to the
ISBN:1482208903
9781482208900
036737790X
9780367377908
DOI:10.1201/b17963