Impact of Global Changes on Mountains: Responses and Adaptation

ISBN-13: 9780367377908 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 528 str.

Velma I. Grover; Axel Borsdorf; Jurgen Breuste

Opis

The book gives a holistic picture of the impact of global changes, including climate change, and also looks at adaptation and mitigation. International case studies from Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, and South America give a picture of what is happening around the world. This unique book focuses on "high mountains" and takes a multidisciplinary approach to the subject, including scientific facts, adaption and mitigation recommendations, and legal and governance issues.

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION. Prelude: Mountains in an Uncertain World. Introduction and Road Map for Impact of Global Changes on High-Mountains. DRIVERS FOR CHANGE and IMPACT OF GLOBAL CHANGES ON MOUNTAINS. Impacts and Risks of Global Change. ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION: STRATEGIES AND MODELS. Global Change and Mountains: Consequences, Responses and Opportunities. Adaptation to Climate Change in Mountain Regions: Global Significance of Marginal Places. Adaptation Frameworks for Climate Change – Eloquent to Himalayan Ecosystems. GOVERNANCE AND LEGAL ISSUES IN MOUNTAINS. Governance and Laws of Mountains. CASE STUDIES. Global Change and Sustainable Mountain Tourism: The Case of Mount Kenya. Managing Ecosystem Services for Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalayas. Future Sustainability Challenges in Hindu Kush-Himalaya: Adaptation Challenges to Global Changes in Hindu Kush-Himalaya. Climate Change and its Impacts on Community Food and Livelihood in Kumaun Himalaya: A Case Study of Dabka Catchment. Land Use/Cover Changes in the Kewer Gadhera Sub-Watershed, Central Himalaya. Hindu Kush, Karakorum, Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau Glaciers: Tipping Point. Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) – Mapping the Hazard of a Threat to High Asia and Beyond. Impact of Socioeconomic Factors and Environmental Changes on Sri Lanka’s Central Highlands. High Tatra – The Challenges of Natural Disaster Recovery and Complex Changes. Local Responses to Global Change: Community Alternatives for "good living" in Latin America. Projected Climate Change and Variability and Their Impact on the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Environmental and Socio-Economic Changes in the Rural Andes: Human Resilience and Adaptation Strategies. Climate Change and the Rocky Mountains. Climate Change Impacts on the North Western Andean (NOA) and Western (Cuyo) Andean Regions of Argentina. Impact of Global Changes on Mountains: Case Study of Brazil.

O autorze

Velma I. Grover, Axel Borsdorf, Jürgen Heinz Breuste, Prakash Chandra Tiwari, Flavia Witkowski Frangetto