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Springer Polar Sciences Bogserier

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  • The Interconnected Arctic — UArctic Congress 2016

    Redigeret af Kirsi Latola, Hannele Savela ...
    Serier serie Springer Polar Sciences
    This open access book presents the most current research results and knowledge from five multidisciplinary themes: Vulnerability of Arctic Environments, Vulnerability of Arctic Societies, Local and Traditional Knowledge, Building Long-term Human Capacity, New Markets for the Arctic, including tourism and safety. The themes are those discussed at the first ever UArctic Congress Science Section, St. ... Læs mere

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  • Tourism and Global Environmental Change

    Ecological, Economic, Social and Political Interrelationships

    Redigeret af Stefan Gössling, Michael C. Hall ...
    Serier serie Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility
    This fascinating book is the first comprehensive analysis of the economic, social and political interrelationships between tourism and global environmental change: one of the most significant issues facing humankind today. Its contributors argue that the impacts of these changes are potentially extremely serious both for the tourism industry, and for the communities dependent upon it.Integrating ... Læs mere

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  • Conservation Biogeography

    Redigeret af Robert J. Whittaker, Richard J. Ladle ...
    CONSERVATION BIOGEOGRAPHYThe Earth’s ecosystems are in the midst of an unprecedented period of change as a result of human action. Many habitats have been completely destroyed or divided into tiny fragments, others have been transformed through the introduction of new species, or the extinction of native plants and animals, while anthropogenic climate change now threatens to completely redraw the ... Læs mere

    571,36 kr.

  • An Urban Approach To Climate Sensitive Design

    Strategies for the Tropics

    af Rohinton Emmanuel ...
    The need to respond to the rapidly changing city climate is particularly urgent in the tropics where the urban transition is currently at its peak. While the need is clearly felt by the tropical urban dwellers, texts that provide an overview of the problem and indicate possible design solutions are rare. This comprehensive reference will be welcomed by student and practising architects as well as ... Læs mere

    1.126,54 kr.

  • Tourism and Climate Change

    Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation

    af Daniel Scott, C. Michael Hall, Gossling Stefan ...
    Serier serie Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility
    Climate change is the single most important global environmental and development issue facing the world today and has emerged as a major topic in tourism studies. Climate change is already affecting the tourism industry and is anticipated to have profound implications for tourism in the twenty-first century, including consumer holiday choices, the geographic patterns of tourism demand, the ... Læs mere

    632,90 kr.

  • Natural Disasters and Risk Management in Canada

    An Introduction

    af Nirupama Agrawal ...
    Serier serie Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    These chapters provide valuable and comprehensive information on a variety of hazards, including both scientific and social aspects of disasters. The work introduces the concept of large, medium and small scale hazards, and includes many useful case studies as well as working examples of theoretical concepts.As readers will acknowledge, today the distinction between natural and technological ... Læs mere

    714,49 kr.

  • The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

    af Nathalie Pettorelli ...
    There has been a recent surge of interest in remote sensing and its use in ecology and conservation but this is the first book to focus explicitly on the NDVI (Normalised Difference Vegetation Index), a simple numerical indicator and powerful tool that can be used to assess spatio-temporal changes in green vegetation. The NDVI opens the possibility of addressing questions on scales inaccessible to ... Læs mere

    801,68 kr.

  • Making and Moving Knowledge

    Interdisciplinary and Community-based Research in a World on the Edge

    af Barbara Neis, John Lutz ...
    It has been clear for some time that research does not automatically translate into knowledge, nor does knowledge necessarily translate into wisdom. Whether the immediate challenge is global warming, epidemic disease, poverty, environmental degradation, or social fragmentation, research efforts are wasted if we cannot devise efficient and understandable processes to create and transfer knowledge ... Læs mere

    208,86 kr.

  • Marine Conservation Ecology

    Redigeret af John Roff ...
    Serier serie Earthscan Oceans
    This major textbook provides a broad coverage of the ecological foundations of marine conservation, including the rationale, importance and practicalities of various approaches to marine conservation and management. The scope of the book encompasses an understanding of the elements of marine biodiversity - from global to local levels - threats to marine biodiversity, and the structure and function ... Læs mere

    708,00 kr.

  • Ecosystem Based Management for Marine Fisheries

    An Evolving Perspective

    Redigeret af Andrea Belgrano, Charles W. Fowler ...
    Showing how big-picture patterns can help overcome the failures of conventional management, this book is ideal for students, researchers and professionals involved with marine fisheries. It explores not only the current practice of the 'ecosystem approach' to fisheries management but also its critical importance to even larger perspectives. The first section gives a valuable overview of how more ... Læs mere

    943,24 kr.

  • Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management

    Confronting Tradeoffs

    af Jason Link ...
    Responsible fisheries management is of increasing interest to the scientific community, resource managers, policy makers, stakeholders and the general public. Focusing solely on managing one species of fish stock at a time has become less of a viable option in addressing the problem. Incorporating more holistic considerations into fisheries management by addressing the trade-offs among the range ... Læs mere

    778,17 kr.

  • Interlocal Adaptations to Climate Change in East and Southeast Asia

    Sharing Lessons of Agriculture, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Resource Management

    Redigeret af Tetsuji Ito, Makoto Tamura, Akihiko Kotera, Yuki Ishikawa-Ishiwata ...
    Serier serie Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This Open Access book’s main focus is agriculture and natural resource management, disaster risk reduction, and human resource development in the countries of East and Southeast Asia and Japan.Asia is one of the regions which is the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. More than sixty percent of the world’s people live in the region, making it the growth center of the world. Asia is ... Læs mere

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