The state of the world's mountains : ba global report / Peter B. Stone
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- 488 páginas : ilustraciones ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Overview and Appeal: sustainable development in mountain areas.-- 2. African Mountain and Highland Environments: suitability and susceptibility.-- 3. The Alps: an ecosystem in transformation.-- 4. The Himalaya: prospects for and constraints on sustainable development.-- 5. Mountains North and South.-- 6. The Andes: geoecology of the Andes.-- 7. Mountains of the Former Soviet Union: value, diversity, uncertainty.-- 8. The appalachians of north america marginal in the midst of plenty.-- 9. Mountain protected areas.-- 10. Climate change in the mountains.