Global Mountain Regions

Author : Ann Kingsolver,Sasikumar Balasundaram
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253036872

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Global Mountain Regions by Ann Kingsolver,Sasikumar Balasundaram Pdf

Works exploring the responses of global mountain communities to the shared challenges and opportunities their unique locations afford them. No matter where they are located in the world, communities living in mountain regions have shared experiences defined in large part by contradictions. These communities often face social and economic marginalization despite providing the lumber, coal, minerals, tea, and tobacco that have fueled the growth of nations for centuries. They are perceived as remote and socially inferior backwaters on one hand while simultaneously seen as culturally rich and spiritually sacred spaces on the other. These contradictions become even more fraught as environmental changes and political strains place added pressure on these mountain communities. Shifting national borders and changes to watersheds, forests, and natural resources play an increasingly important role as nations respond to the needs of a global economy. The works in this volume consider multiple nations, languages, generations, and religions in their exploration of upland communities’ responses to the unique challenges and opportunities they share. From paintings to digital mapping, environmental studies to poetry, land reclamation efforts to song lyrics, the collection provides a truly interdisciplinary and global study. The editors and authors offer a cross-cultural exploration of the many strategies that mountain communities are employing to face the concerns of the future. “Global Mountain Regions is an outstanding addition to the inventory of the interdisciplinary field of montology, the study of mountains. For any scholar or student interested in the human dimensions of mountain regions, many if not all of the essays will be valuable references.” —American Ethnologist

Author : Velma I. Grover,Axel Borsdorf,Jürgen Breuste,Prakash Chandra Tiwari,Flavia Witkowski Frangetto
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781482208917

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Impact of Global Changes on Mountains by Velma I. Grover,Axel Borsdorf,Jürgen Breuste,Prakash Chandra Tiwari,Flavia Witkowski Frangetto Pdf

Mountain regions encompass nearly 24 percent of the total land surface of the earth and are home to approximately 12 percent of the world’s population. Their ecosystems play a critical role in sustaining human life both in the highlands and the lowlands. During recent years, resource use in high mountain areas has changed mainly in response to the globalization of the economy and increased world population. As a result, mountain regions are undergoing rapid environmental change, exploitation, and depletion of natural resources leading to ecological imbalances and economic unsustainability. Moreover, the changing climatic conditions have stressed mountain ecosystems through higher mean annual temperatures and the melting of glaciers and snow. Altered precipitation patterns have also had an impact. This book addresses these critical issues and looks at ways to stop the downward spiral of resource degradation, rural poverty, and food and livelihood insecurity in mountain regions. The book also discusses new and comprehensive approaches to mountain development that are needed to identify sustainable resource development practices, how to strengthen local institutions and knowledge systems, and how to increase the resilience between mountain environments and their inhabitants.

Author : Martin F. Price
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0955228220

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Global Changes in Mountain Regions by Martin F. Price Pdf

Author : Uli M. Huber,Harald K.M. Bugmann,Mel A. Reasoner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402035081

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Global Change and Mountain Regions by Uli M. Huber,Harald K.M. Bugmann,Mel A. Reasoner Pdf

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.

Author : Romola Parish
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317875543

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Mountain Environments by Romola Parish Pdf

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

Author : Raghubir Chand,Walter Leimgruber
Publisher : Springer
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319326498

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Globalization and Marginalization in Mountain Regions by Raghubir Chand,Walter Leimgruber Pdf

This book looks at the global importance of mountain systems, emphasizing their ecological and socio-economic role in light of climate change and globalization. With a special focus on the Himalayas, it also examines the Czech–German–Austrian mountain borderland, the Alps, the Andes, the highland regions of Malaysia, and the Arctic. The contributors, specialists in their fields, all use an integrative approach that develops and argues the concept of mountain regions as a global common good. Readers also discover that mountain systems and mountain communities are often marginalized and left behind by the process of globalization. Case studies throughout detail the effects of climate change and global warming on both nature and local/regional societies, such as declining water supplies, a shifting vegetation line, and other important issues facing not only mountains but also the vast regions depending on them. In addition, the comprehensive coverage offers authenticated viewpoints from some of the most eminent explorers of Tibet in the nineteenth century. More than 50 percent of the global human population draws benefits directly or indirectly from mountain resources and services. This book provides practitioners, researchers, students, and other interested readers with a compelling look at the global importance of this imposing, yet sensitive ecosystem.

Author : Axel Borsdorf
Publisher : Böhlau Verlag Wien
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Alpine regions
ISBN : 3205786521

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Challenges for Mountain Regions by Axel Borsdorf Pdf

Author : Peter Bennet Stone,Mountain Agenda (Organization)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015021577773

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The State of the World's Mountains by Peter Bennet Stone,Mountain Agenda (Organization) Pdf

Their global audit runs from China to Peru, from the Polish Tatra and the Scottish Highlands to the Alps and the great mountain chains of Asia, Africa and the Americas, as well as many lesser known ranges in the former Soviet Union, Japan, the Caribbean and elsewhere.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : International Year of Mountains, 2002
ISBN : STANFORD:36105115153848

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Bishkek Global Mountain Summit by Anonim Pdf

Author : Walter Leimgruber,Walter Zsilincsar,Etienne Nel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Mountain life
ISBN : 3844009302

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Mountain Regions in Transformation by Walter Leimgruber,Walter Zsilincsar,Etienne Nel Pdf

Author : Martin Price
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191003387

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Mountains: A Very Short Introduction by Martin Price Pdf

Mountains cover a quarter of the Earth's land surface and are home to about 12 percent of the global population. They are the sources of all the world's major rivers, affect regional weather patterns, provide centres of biological and cultural diversity, hold deposits of minerals, and provide both active and contemplative recreation. Yet mountains are also significantly affected by climate change; as melting and retreating glaciers show. Given the manifold goods and services which mountains provide to the world, such changes are of global importance. In this Very Short Introduction, Martin Price outlines why mountains matter at the global level, and addresses the existing and likely impacts of climate change on mountain, hydrological and ecological systems. Considering the risks associated with the increasing frequency of extreme events and 'natural hazards' caused by climate change, he discusses the implications for both mountain societies and wider populations, and concludes by emphasizing the need for greater cooperation in order to adapt to climate change in our increasingly globalized world. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Mark A. Fonstad
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351658003

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Mountains: Physical, Human-Environmental, and Sociocultural Dynamics by Mark A. Fonstad Pdf

Mountains have captured the interests and passions of people for thousands of years. Today, millions of people live within mountain regions, and mountain regions are often areas of accelerated environmental change. This edited volume highlights new understanding of mountain environments and mountain peoples around the world. The understanding of mountain environments and peoples has been a focus of individual researchers for centuries; more recently the interest in mountain regions among researchers has been growing rapidly. The articles contained within are from a wide spectrum of researchers from different parts of the world who address physical, political, theoretical, social, empirical, environmental, methodological, and economic issues focused on the geography of mountains and their inhabitants. The articles in this special issue are organized into three themed sections with very loose boundaries between themes: (1) physical dynamics of mountain environments, (2) coupled human–physical dynamics, and (3) sociocultural dynamics in mountain regions. This book was first published as a special issue of the Annals of the American Association of Geographers.

Author : Martin F. Price,Alton C. Byers,Donald A. Friend,Thomas Kohler,Larry W. Price
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520956971

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Mountain Geography by Martin F. Price,Alton C. Byers,Donald A. Friend,Thomas Kohler,Larry W. Price Pdf

Mountains cover a quarter of the Earth’s land surface and a quarter of the global population lives in or adjacent to these areas. The global importance of mountains is recognized particularly because they provide critical resources, such as water, food and wood; contain high levels of biological and cultural diversity; and are often places for tourism and recreation and/or of sacred significance. This major revision of Larry Price’s book Mountains and Man (1981) is both timely and highly appropriate. The past three decades have been a period of remarkable progress in our understanding of mountains from an academic point of view. Of even greater importance is that society at large now realizes that mountains and the people who reside in them are not isolated from the mainstream of world affairs, but are vital if we are to achieve an environmentally sustainable future. Mountain Geography is a comprehensive resource that gives readers an in-depth understanding of the geographical processes occurring in the world’s mountains and the overall impact of these regions on culture and society as a whole. The volume begins with an introduction to how mountains are defined, followed by a comprehensive treatment of their physical geography: origins, climatology, snow and ice, landforms and geomorphic processes, soils, vegetation, and wildlife. The concluding chapters provide an introduction to the human geography of mountains: attitudes toward mountains, people living in mountain regions and their livelihoods and interactions within dynamic environments, the diverse types of mountain agriculture, and the challenges of sustainable mountain development.

Author : Georgi Zhelezov
Publisher : Springer
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319201108

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Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions by Georgi Zhelezov Pdf

This second edition of the book Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions: Southeastern Europe integrates the scientific results and expertise of the researchers from the countries in Southeastern Europe. The book consists of updated information for the topics observed in first edition and several new chapters with analysis of some problems in the mountain regions of four new for the edition countries in Southeastern European space. The general themes in the book are related to Global problems and mountain regions; Nature resources and landuse in mountain regions; Social, economic and regional problems of mountain regions; Nature protection, conservation and monitoring and Networks and strategies for mountain regions. The key topics for discussion are: Natural recourses and land use in mountain regions. Sustainable social and economic development of the mountain regions. Natural disasters and risk prevention. Spatial modeling and planning. Nature protection, monitoring and conservation. Politics and sustainable practices for development of mountain regions. Transborder and regional cooperation. Mountain regions in Southeastern Europe are characterized by unique landscape and biological diversity and great economic potential. They have function as a living space and provide different groups of ecosystem and landscape services. In social and economic aspects these regions are one of the poorest in Southeastern European countries with unused potential. Human, ecological and economic problems arising in various mountain regions have the same basic characteristics irrespective of the country. Some mountain regions are subject to specific for the conditions of the mountain and country policy for planning, development and mountain population promotion. The general goal is development of whole economy and the efficient management of natural resources and prevention of natural and tec hnological disasters. The mountain regions are one of the most threatened landscape systems in Southeastern Europe. Understanding the importance of the mountain regions and conservation of the natural heritage require scientific and institutional cooperation at all levels.

Author : Don Funnell,Romola Parish
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 757 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134677351

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Mountain Environments and Communities by Don Funnell,Romola Parish Pdf

Mountain Environments and Communities explains the background physical environment and then explores the environmental and social dimensions of mountain regions. This critical review of the concepts currently employed in mountain research, draws upon a wide range of examples from developed and developing countries. The dynamics of mountain life are described through both historical accounts of village-based systems and examples of the contemporary impact of global capital and sustainable development strategies.