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03569aam a2200397 i 4500 001 3E12C166F5D511E7B33F7C0497128E48 003 SILO 005 20180110010212 008 131004t20152015fluab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781482208900 020 $a 1482208903 035 $a (OCoLC)859447809 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d BDX $d UKMGB $d CDX $d GSU $d CHVBK $d NTD $d CRCPR $d LGG $d KSU $d OCLCF $d OCL $d IaU-L $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 050 4 $a QH541.5.M65 $b I47 2015 050 4 $a GE149 $b .I47 2015 082 04 $a 577.5/3 $2 23 245 00 $a Impact of global changes on mountains : $b responses and adaptation / $c editors, Velma I. Grover, Axel Borsdorf, JuÌrgen Heinz Breuste, Prakash Chandra Tiwari, Flavia Witkowski Frangetto. 264 1 $a Boca Raton : $b CRC Press, $c [2015] 300 $a ix, 517 pages : $b illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; $c 24 cm 505 0 $a Section 1. Introduction -- Section 2. Drivers for Change and Impact of Global Changes on Mountains -- Section 3. Adaptation and Mitigation : Strategies and Models -- Section 4. Governance and Legal Issues in Mountains -- Section 5. Case Studies. 520 $a Mountain regions encompass nearly 24% of the total land surface of the earth and are home to approximately 12% of the world's population; they are very crucial in terms of their ecosystem services that sustain human society both in highlands and the lowlands. During recent years, the traditional resource-use-structure in high mountain areas has changed mainly in response to globalizing economy and increased population. As a result, mountain regions are passing through a process of rapid environmental change, with increased exploitation and depletion of natural resources leading to ecological imbalances and economic unsustainability. Moreover, the changing climatic conditions have already stressed mountain ecosystems through higher mean annual temperatures and melting of glaciers and snow, and altered precipitation patterns. 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; it discusses new and comprehensive approaches to mountain development that are needed that identify sustainable resource development practices, as well as how to strengthen local institutions and knowledge systems, and how to increase the resilience between mountain environments and their inhabitants. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Global environmental change. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96001848 650 0 $a Mountains. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85087823 650 0 $a Mountain ecology. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85087775 650 7 $a Mountain ecology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01028254 650 7 $a Global environmental change. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00943478 650 7 $a Mountains. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01028366 700 1 $a Grover, Velma I., $e editor. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2001003606 700 1 $a Borsdorf, Axel, $e editor. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83132531 700 1 $a Breuste, JuÌrgen, $e editor. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88652721 700 1 $a Tiwari, Prakash Chandra, $e editor. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015137284 700 1 $a Frangetto, Flavia Witkowski, $e editor. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006072809 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180110045910.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3E12C166F5D511E7B33F7C0497128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search