Mountain Environments in Changing Climates

Mountain Environments in Changing Climates PDF Author: Martin Beniston
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134852355
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 528

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Book Description
Home to large numbers of people, sources of water, centres of tourism, and sensitive ecological zones, mountain environments share distinctive climactic characteristics. Once regarded as economically non-viable regions, mountains now attract major investment as sites of tourism, hydro-power and communication routes. This book brings together some of the current work on the physical and human ecology of mountain environments, the impacts of climate change, the processes involved and their observation and prediction.