Mountain Environments in Changing Climates e-bog
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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 ec...
E-bog
2190,77 DKK
Forlag
Routledge
Udgivet
1 november 2002
Længde
496 sider
Genrer
Meteorology and climatology
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781134852352
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.