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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450752503321

Titolo

Environmental change and geomorphic hazards in forests [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Roy C. Sidle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, NY, USA, : CABI Pub. in association with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, c2002

ISBN

1-84593-336-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Collana

IUFRO research series ; ; 9

Altri autori (Persone)

SidleRoy C

Disciplina

634.9/61

Soggetti

Climatic changes

Forest ecology

Forests and forestry - Environmental aspects

Hazardous geographic environments

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Geomorphologic Hazards and Forest Environmental Change - an Introduction; Chapter 2. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Streamflow and Flooding in Snow - Dominated Forested Basins; Chapter 3. Regional Hydrologic Impacts of Climatic Change; Chapter 4. The Potential Impact of Global Change on Surface Erosion from Forest Lands in Asia; Chapter 5. Climate Change Related to Erosion and Desertification: 1. Mediterranean Europe; Chapter 6. Climate Change Related to Erosion and Desertification: 2. Africa

Chapter 7. The Effects of Environmental Changes on Weathering, Gravitational Rock Deformation, and LandslidesChapter 8. Potential Effects of Environmental Change on Landslide Hazards in Forest Environments; Chapter 9. Natural Hazards in Forests: Glacier and Permafrost Effects as Related to Climate Change; Chapter 10. Global Changes, Mangrove Forests and Implications for Hazards along Continental Shorelines; Chapter 11. Future Directions for Geomorphologic Hazard Analysis in Forests; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Environmental and climate change is affecting forests and land use in



numerous ways, including increasing the risk of geomorphic hazards. This volume reviews knowledge on these issues and features include: hydrologic impacts, including flooding and soil erosion; and landslides.