| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Developments in earth surface processes, 0928-2025 ; 21 |
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Developments in earth surface processes ; 21. 0928-2025
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| Contents |
The Drakensberg Escarpment as the Great Supplier of Water to South Africa -- Mountain Area Glaciers of Russia in the 20th and the Beginning of the 21st Centuries -- Inorganic Chemistry in the Mountain Critical Zone: Are the Mountain Water Towers of Contemporary Society Under Threat By Trace Contaminants? -- Water and Sustainability in the Lake Mývatn Region of Iceland: Historical Perspectives and current concerns -- Precipitation and Conifer Response in Semiarid Mountains: a case from the 2012-15 drought in the Great Basin, USA -- Impact of Hydropower on Mountain Communities in Teesta Basin of Eastern Himalaya, India -- Climate Vulnerability, Water Vulnerablity: Challenges to Adaptation in Eastern Himalayan Springsheds -- Neotropical Mountains Beyond Water Supply: Environmental Services as a Trifecta of Sustainable Mountain Development -- What Future for Mountain Glaciers? Insights and Implications From Long-Term Monitoring in the Austrian Alps |
| Summary |
"Covers major water and ice issues pertaining to planetary dynamics, sustainable development, and new thinking on mountain ice and water that help plan for an uncertain future in the face of climate change."--Back cover |
| Notes |
Revised conference papers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
CIP data; item not viewed |
| Subject |
Hydrologic cycle.
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Alpine regions -- Environmental conditions
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Mountain ecology.
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Hydrologic cycle
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Mountain ecology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Greenwood, Gregory B., author
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Perth III: Conference on Mountains of our Future Earth (2015 : Perth, Scotland)
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| LC no. |
2017304542 |
| ISBN |
9780444637888 |
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0444637885 |
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0444637877 |
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9780444637871 |
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