Global Change and Mountain Regions: An Overview of Current Knowledge

by Uli M. Huber

Book Overview

Mountain regions occupy about a quarter of the global terrestrial land surface and provide goods and services to more than half the humanity. Global environmental change threatens the integrity of these systems and their ability to provide the goods and services upon which humanity has come to depend. This book gives an overview of the state of research in fields pertaining to the detection, understanding and prediction of global change impacts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402035071
• ISBN13: 9781402035074
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 652 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"