Overview
Provides a history of the development of mountain environmental awareness
Discusses specific assessments of projected major catastrophes in mountain regions
Outlines the considerable changes to world environmental assessment
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The research that inspired this book, accompanied by intensive environmental and political activity, was initially propagated by a small group of colleagues that ultimately expanded to a world-wide endeavour. The work was recognised by three awards of the King Albert Gold Medal, two RGS Gold Medals, approved by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and countless other awards. It led to the founding of the International Mountain Society in 1980 and its quarterly journal “Mountain Research and Development” (1981). The work expanded into subsequent research efforts, including specific assessments of projected major catastrophes such as the status of the potential outbreak of glacier lakes (GLOFs), the impacts of climate warming, and incorporation of the mountain subsistence men and women whose environmental knowledge was enthusiastically recognized. This edition provides a new epilogue, which outlines the considerable changes to world environmental assessment since the establishment of 2002 as the International Year of Mountains, and notes that 2022 has been designated as the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development.
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Book Title: Sustainable Mountain Development
Book Subtitle: Getting the facts right
Authors: Jack D. Ives
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96029-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-96028-5Published: 29 July 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-96031-5Published: 30 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-96029-2Published: 28 July 2022
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XVI, 301
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 136 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Development, Geography, general, Environmental Management