Mediterranean Mountains in a Changing World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mediterranean Mountains in a Changing World write by Pedro Regato. This book was released on 2008. Mediterranean Mountains in a Changing World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book includes a set of strategic guidelines and key conservation and development issues for the Mediterranean mountains, grouped into eight priority themes, as a starting point towards the elaboration of action plans for the Mediterranean mountain chains.The book contents are based on the outputs of the rich debate that emerged from case studies and experiences debated by regional experts in a regional workshop which took place in Malaga (Spain) on 10-12 December 2007.
The Mountains of the Mediterranean World
The Mountains of the Mediterranean World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Mountains of the Mediterranean World write by J. R. McNeill. This book was released on 2002. The Mountains of the Mediterranean World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An environmental history of the mountain areas of Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Morocco.
Mediterranean Mountain Environments
Mediterranean Mountain Environments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mediterranean Mountain Environments write by Ioannis Vogiatzakis. This book was released on 2012-07-02. Mediterranean Mountain Environments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mediterranean mountains exhibit many similarities in their biotic ecological, physical and environmental characteristics. There are also many differences in terms of their human colonization pattern, historic land uses and current anthopogenic pressures. This book provides an introduction to these environments of mountainous areas in the Mediterranean and their changes in time and space in relation to both natural and cultural factors. Mediterranean Mountain Environments places its emphasis on physical geography while adopting an integrated approach to the whole subject area. The book draws examples from a wide range of environments, demonstrating the interaction between human and physical processes responsible for shaping mountain areas. Risks and conflicts, as well as methods and tools for the conservation and management of both the natural and cultural environment are covered in the light of future challenges for the sustainable development of the Mediterranean mountains. Emphasis on both mainland and island mountain ranges Combines natural and cultural approach in the topic Integrated approach: facing future challenges based on the study and understanding of the historical processes that have shaped the Mediterranean mountains Key references at the end of each chapter
High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World
High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World write by Jordi Catalan. This book was released on 2017-08-03. High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book provides case studies and general views of the main processes involved in the ecosystem shifts occurring in the high mountains and analyses the implications for nature conservation. Case studies from the Pyrenees are preponderant, with a comprehensive set of mountain ranges surrounded by highly populated lowland areas also being considered. The introductory and closing chapters will summarise the main challenges that nature conservation may face in mountain areas under the environmental shifting conditions. Further chapters put forward approaches from environmental geography, functional ecology, biogeography, and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Organisms from microbes to large carnivores, and ecosystems from lakes to forest will be considered. This interdisciplinary book will appeal to researchers in mountain ecosystems, students and nature professionals. This book is open access under a CC BY license.
Quaternary Glaciation in the Mediterranean Mountains
Quaternary Glaciation in the Mediterranean Mountains - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Quaternary Glaciation in the Mediterranean Mountains write by P.D. Hughes. This book was released on 2017-01-30. Quaternary Glaciation in the Mediterranean Mountains available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The mountains of the Mediterranean world are now largely ice free, but many were repeatedly glaciated during the Quaternary ice age. This created spectacular glaciated landscapes with a rich array of glacial deposits and landforms. The glacial and glacio-fluvial records are often very well preserved and our understanding of the timing of Quaternary glaciation has very recently been transformed through the application of dating methods utilizing uranium-series and cosmogenic isotopes. Glacial records from the Mediterranean now boast some of the most robust chronologies for mountain glaciation anywhere in the world – they represent a unique archive of Quaternary environmental change of global significance. The southerly latitude and relatively small size of Mediterranean glaciers rendered them especially sensitive to Pleistocene and Holocene climate changes. This volume brings together the leading researchers and the latest research on Mediterranean glaciation. Several papers also explore glacier behaviour in the Holocene – including those glaciers of southernmost Europe at risk of disappearing this century.
