Global Change and Mountain Regions (eBook, PDF)

An Overview of Current Knowledge
Redaktion: Huber, Uli M.; Reasoner, Mel A.; Bugmann, Harald K. M.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book gives an overview of the state of research in fields pertaining to the detection, understanding and prediction of global change impacts in mountain regions. More than sixty contributions from paleoclimatology, cryospheric research, hydrology, ecology, and development studies are compiled in this volume, each with an outlook on future research directions. The book will interest meteorologists, geologists, botanists and climatologists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
• Seitenzahl: 652
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781402035081
• Artikelnr.: 37350642

Autorenporträt

Uli M. Huber, University of Bern, Switzerland / Harald K. M. Bugmann, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland / Mel A. Reasoner, The Mountain Research Initiative, Bern, Switzerland

Inhaltsangabe

From the contents:
Introduction. T. Hofer; The International Year of Mountains, Challenge and opportunity for mountain research.- Part I: Paleoenvironmental Changes.- Part II: Cryospheric Changes.- Part III: Hydrological Changes.- Part IV: Ecological Changes.- Part V: Human Dimensions.- Synthesis.- A. Björnsen, U. M. Huber, M. Reasoner, B. Messerli, H. Bugmann; Future research direction.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"The challenge of global climate change is engaging scientists across a wide range of disciplines and has become an important issue for politicians and environmental agencies around the world. ... This book is an essential collection of papers on important mountain-directed themes. ... The editors and contributors are to be congratulated on the production of this timely book which will be a key text in tackling the challenges posed by climate change." (Wishart Mitchell, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 27 (1), 2007)