Parish Mountain Environments

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-317-87554-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten

Reihe: Ecogeography Series

This book breaks the ground in Geographical texts by transcending a strictly regional or topical focus. It presents the opportunities and constraints that mountains and their resources offer to local and global populations; the impacts of environmental and economic change, development and globalisation on mountain environments. Part of the Ecogeography series edited by Richard Hugget

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parish, Romola

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures
List of Plates
List of Tables
Introduction
Part 1: Evolution of Mountain Landscapes
1: The making and shaping of mountains
2: Mountain climate and climate change
3: Mountain geoecology
Part 2: Mountain Peoples and Cultures
4: Mountain culture
5: The socio-political environment of mountain communities
6: Mountain populations and demographic change
Part 3: Mountain Resources and Resource Use
7: Resources: Land
8: Water resources of mountain regions
9: Mountain agro-economies and livelihood strategies
Part 4: Managing Mountains: Development, Conservation and Degradation
10: Catastrophe or capacity
11: Conservation and biodiversity
12: Mountain tourism
Epilogue: Mountains: Blessed or Blighted Features?
Bibliography