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Titolo: |
Environmental change and geomorphic hazards in forests / / edited by Roy C. Sidle
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Pubblicazione: | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, NY, USA, : CABI Pub. in association with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, c2002 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (ix, 241 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina: | 634.9/61 |
Soggetto topico: | Climatic changes |
Forest ecology | |
Forests and forestry - Environmental aspects | |
Hazardous geographic environments | |
Altri autori: |
SidleRoy C
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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 Landslides; Chapter 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Environmental change and geomorphic hazards in forests ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-84593-336-2 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910823486903321 |
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