Drivers of Environmental Change in Uplands

ISBN-13: 9780415447799 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 544 str.

Aletta Bonn;Tim Allott;Klaus Hubacek

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The uplands are a crucial source of ecosystem services, such as water provision, carbon retention, maintenance of biodiversity, provision of recreation value and cultural heritage. This puts them in the focus of both environmental and social scientists as well as practitioners and land managers.. This volume brings together a wealth of knowledge of the British uplands from diverse but interrelated fields of study, clearly demonstrating their importance in 21st Century Britain, and indicating how we may through interdisciplinary approaches meet the challenges provided by past and future drivers of environmental change.

The upland environments are subject to change. They face imminent threats as well as opportunities from pressures such as climate change, changes in land management and related changes in fire risk, increases in erosion and water colour, degradation of habitats, altered wildlife and recreational value, as well as significant changes in the economy of these marginal areas. This book presents up-to-date scientific background information, addresses policy related issues and lays out pressing land management questions. A number of world-class experts provide a review of cutting-edge natural
and social science and an assessment of past, current and potential future management strategies, policies and other drivers of change. After appraisal of key concepts and principles, chapters provide specific examples and applications by focussing on UK upland areas and specifically the Peak District National Park as a key example for other highly valuable upland regions.

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Preface  Introduction, 1. Drivers of Change in Upland Environments: Concepts, Threats and Opportunities  I: Processes and Policy - The Overarching Drivers of Change, 2. Natural Changes in Upland Landscapes  3. Threats from Air Pollution and Climate Change on Upland Systems: Past, Present & Future  4. Policy Change in the Uplands  II: Ecosystem Goods & Services and Drivers of Change, 5. The Carbon Budget of Upland Peat Soils  6. Upland Hydrology  7. State of Upland Freshwater Ecosystems  8. Condition of Upland Terrestrial Habitats  9. Burning Issues: The History and Ecology of Managed Fires in the Iplands  10. Moorland Management with Livestock: The Effect of Policy Change on Upland Grazing, Vegetation and Farm Economics  11. International Importance and Drivers of Change of Upland Bird Populations  12. Mammals in the Uplands  13. Managing Uplands for Game and Sporting Interest: An Industry Perspective  14. Moors from the Past  15. Leisure in the Landscape: Rural Incomes and Public Benefits  III: Social Change, Land Management and Conservation - Driving Change  16. Description of the Upland Economy: Areas of Outstanding Beauty and Marginal Economic Performance  17. The Future of Public Goods Provision in Upland Regions: Learning from Hefted Commons in the Lake District, UK  18. The Economic Value of Landscapes in the Uplands of England  19. Landscape as an Integrating Framework for Upland Management  20. Using Scenarios to Explore Upland Futures  21. Effective Policy Making: Stakeholder Involvement and Sustainable Development in National Parks  22. How Class Shapes Perceptions of Nature: Implications for Managing Visitor Perceptions in Upland UK  23. Moorland Wildfire Risk, Visitors and Climate Change: Patterns, Prevention and Policy  24. Moorland Restoration: Potential and Progress  25. Ecosystem Services: A New Rationale for Conservation of Upland Environments  Conclusion  26. Managing Change in the Uplands: Challenges in Shaping the Future

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Aletta Bonn is Research Manager for the Moors for the Future Partnership in the Peak District National Park.  Tim Allott is Reader in Physical Geography at the University of Manchester and co-leader of the Upland Environments Research Unit. Klaus Hubacek is Reader in Ecological Economics at the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds. Jon Stewart is a Team Leader with Natural England working in the Peak
District.