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Key issues for mountain areas /
The world's mountains are vital regions for all of humanity, providing a wide range of goods and services to their inhabitants, to those living nearby or downstream, and to the hundreds of millions who visit them or for whom they have spiritual significance. How to preserve fragile mountain eco...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
United Nations University Press,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : Sustainable mountain development from Rio to Bishkek and beyond / Martin F. Price
- The challenges of mountain environments : water, natural resources, hazards, desertification, and the implications of climate change / Mylvakanam Iyngararasan [and others]
- Mountain infrastructure : access, communications, and energy / Thomas Kohler [and others]
- Legal, economic, and compensation mechanisms in support of sustainable mountain development / Maritta R.v. Bieberstein Koch-Weser and Walter Kahlenborn
- Sustaining mountain economies : poverty reduction and livelihood opportunities / Safdar Parvez and Stephen F. Rasmussen
- Mountain tourism and the conservation of biological and cultural diversity / Wendy Brewer Lama and Nikhat Sattar
- Democratic and decentralized institutions for sustainability in mountains / D. Jane Pratt
- Conflict and peace in mountain societies / S. Frederick Starr
- National policies and institutions for sustainable mountain development / Annie Villeneuve [and others]
- Prospective international agreements for mountain regions / Wolfgang E. Burhenne
- The role of culture, education, and science for sustainable mountain development / Bruno Messerli and Edwin Bernbaum.