Impact of global changes on mountains : responses and adaptation /: responses and adaptation. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Velma I. Grover, Axel Borsdorf, Jürgen Breuste, Prakash Chandra Tiwari, Flavia Witkowski Frangetto.
• Editors: Grover, Velma I; Borsdorf, Axel; Breuste, Jürgen; Tiwari, Prakash Chandra; Frangetto, Flavia Witkowski
• Contents: INTRODUCTION Prelude: Mountains in an Uncertain World ; Jack D. Ives Introduction and Road Map for Impact of Global Changes on High-Mountains; Velma I Grover DRIVERS FOR CHANGE and IMPACT OF GLOBAL CHANGES ON MOUNTAINS Impacts and Risks of Global Change; Axel Borsdorf, Johann Stötter, Georg Grabherr, Oliver Bender, Carla Marchant and Rafael Sánchez ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION: STRATEGIES AND MODELS Global Change and Mountains: Consequences, Responses and Opportunities; Prakash C. Tiwari and Dr. Bhagwati Joshi Adaptation to Climate Change in Mountain Regions: Global Significance of Marginal Places; Matthias Monreal and Johann Stötter Adaptation Frameworks for Climate Change – Eloquent to Himalayan Ecosystems; PK Joshi, Kamna Sachdeva and AK Joshi GOVERNANCE AND LEGAL ISSUES IN MOUNTAINS Governance and Laws of Mountains ; Flavia Witkowski Frangetto CASE STUDIES Global Change and Sustainable Mountain Tourism: The Case of Mount Kenya; Irandu Evaristus M Managing Ecosystem Services for Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalayas; Nakul Chettri, Golam Rasul and Eklabya Sharma Future Sustainability Challenges in Hindu Kush-Himalaya: Adaptation Challenges to Global Changes in Hindu Kush-Himalaya; Janak Pathak Climate Change and its Impacts on Community Food and Livelihood in Kumaun Himalaya: A Case Study of Dabka Catchment; Pradeep K Rawat and Prakash C Tiwari Land Use/Cover Changes in the Kewer Gadhera Sub-Watershed, Central Himalaya; Vishwambhar Prasad Sati Hindu Kush, Karakorum, Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau Glaciers: Tipping Point; Iqbal Syed Hasnain Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) – Mapping the Hazard of a Threat to High Asia and Beyond; Manfred F. Buchroithner and Tobias Bolch Impact of Socioeconomic Factors and Environmental Changes on Sri Lanka’s Central Highlands; Jürgen Breuste and Lalitha Dissanayake High Tatra – The Challenges of Natural Disaster Recovery and Complex Changes; Maros Finka and Tatiana Kluvankova Local Responses to Global Change: Community Alternatives for "good living" in Latin America; David Barkin Projected Climate Change and Variability and Their Impact on the Canadian Rocky Mountains; Kaz Higuchi and Fiona Joncas Environmental and Socio-Economic Changes in the Rural Andes: Human Resilience and Adaptation Strategies; Christoph Stadel Climate Change and the Rocky Mountains; James M. Byrne, Daniel Fagre, Ryan MacDonald and Clint C. Muhlfeld Climate Change Impacts on the North Western Andean (NOA) and Western (Cuyo) Andean Regions of Argentina; H.D Ginzo and A. Faggi Impact of Global Changes on Mountains: Case Study of Brazil; Sérgio Murari Ludemann
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 577.53; Mountain ecology; Global environmental change
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482208917
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