Mountain ice and water : investigations of the hydrologic cycle in Alpine environments

著者

• Perth III: Conference on Mountains of our Future Earth
• Greenwood, Gregory B.
• Shroder, John F.

書誌事項

Mountain ice and water : investigations of the hydrologic cycle in Alpine environments

edited by Gregory B. Greenwood, J.F. Shroder, Jr.

（Developments in earth surface processes, v. 21）

Elsevier, c2016

注記

Revised conference papers

Includes bibliographical references and index

"Derived from research papers delivered at the Perth III Conference on Mountains of our Future Earth in Scotland in October 2015"--Bace cover

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Mountain Ice and Water: Investigations of the Hydrologic Cycle in Alpine Environments is a new volume of papers reviewed and edited by John Shroder, Emeritus Professor of Geography and Geology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA, and Greg Greenwood, Director of the Mountain Research Initiative from Bern, Switzerland. Chapters in this book were derived from research papers that were delivered at the Perth III Conference on Mountains of our Future Earth in Scotland in October 2015. The conference was established to help develop the knowledge necessary to respond effectively to the risks and opportunities of global environmental change and to support transformations toward global sustainability in the coming decades. To this end, the conference and book have investigated the future situation in mountains from three points of view. (1) Dynamic Planet: Observing, explaining, understanding, and projecting Earth, environmental, and societal system trends, drivers, and processes and their interactions to anticipate global thresholds and risks, (2) Global Sustainable Development: Increasing knowledge for sustainable, secure, and fair stewardship of biodiversity, food, water, health, energy, materials, and other ecosystem services, and (3) Transformations towards Sustainability: Understanding transformation processes and options, assessing how these relate to human values, emerging technologies and social and economic development pathways, and evaluating strategies for governing and managing the global environment across sectors and scales.

目次

1. The Great Escarpment of South Africa as the Supplier of Water Sue Taylor 2. Recent Glacier Changes in Mountain Regions of Russia Tatiana Khromova, Gennady Nosenko, Anton Muraviev, Stanislav Nikitin, Ludmila Chernova and Natalya Zverkova 3. Mountain Biogeochemistry: With Emphasis on Pollutant Biogeochemistry in Mountain Environments Gael Le Roux 4. Public Policy and Governance of Mountain Water: A Synthesis Eric Lindquist and Monica Hubbard 5. Water and Sustainability in the Lake Myvatn Region of Iceland: An Historical Perspective Astrid Ogilvie, Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir, Arni Daniel Juliusson, Vidar Hreinsson and Megan T. Hicks 6. Precipitation and Conifer Response in Semi-Arid Mountains: a case from the 2012-2015 drought in the Great Basin, USA Scotty Strachan 7. Impact of Hydropower on Mountain Communities in Tista Basin of Eastern Himalaya, India Govinda Choudhury 8. Downstream Impacts of Changes in Water Flows in Eastern Himalaya Reinmar Seidler 9. Tropical Mountains and the Water Trilemma: How Environmental Services can be a Trifecta of Sustainable Mountain Development Fausto O. Sarmiento 10. Monitoring Strategies and Techniques of Mountain Glaciers and Permafrost, Hydrology of Glacier Covered Catchments, or Winter Tourism Andrea Fischer 11. Mummies in the Ice: High Mountain Geoarchaeology Constanza Ceruti

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB22937833
• ISBN:
  • 9780444637871
• 出版国コード: ne
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Amsterdam ; Tokyo
• ページ数/冊数: xiv, 388 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • DC23 : 551.4809143
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Hydrologic cycle
  • LCSH : Alpine regions -- Environmental conditions
  • LCSH : Mountain ecology
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA10072599