Climate Change, Extreme Events and Disaster Risk Reduction : Towards Sustainable Development Goals / / edited by Suraj Mal, R.B. Singh, Christian Huggel
| Climate Change, Extreme Events and Disaster Risk Reduction : Towards Sustainable Development Goals / / edited by Suraj Mal, R.B. Singh, Christian Huggel |
| Edizione | [1st ed.. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVII, 309 p. 122 illus., 110 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 338.927 |
| Collana | Sustainable Development Goals Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Sustainability
Climatology Water Hydrology Economic development Urban economics Peace Climate Sciences Development Studies Urban Economics Peace and Conflict Studies |
| ISBN | 3-319-56469-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910768174003321 |
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Mountain Landscapes in Transition : Effects of Land Use and Climate Change / / edited by Udo Schickhoff, R.B. Singh, Suraj Mal
| Mountain Landscapes in Transition : Effects of Land Use and Climate Change / / edited by Udo Schickhoff, R.B. Singh, Suraj Mal |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (664 pages) |
| Disciplina | 577.53 |
| Collana | Sustainable Development Goals Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Physical geography
Environmental monitoring Ecology Human ecology - Study and teaching Physical Geography Earth System Sciences Environmental Monitoring Environmental Sciences Environmental Studies |
| ISBN | 3-030-70238-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The world’s mountains in the Anthropocene -- Climate change and response processes of mountain environments Introduction to Section I -- Markers of climate change: analyzing extreme temperature indices over the Himalayan mountains and adjoining Punjab plains -- Spatial variations and long-term trends of rainfall across Uttarakhand Himalaya, India -- Spatio-temporal heterogeneity in glaciers response across Western Himalaya -- Temporal variability of the Satopanth glacier facies at sub-pixel scale, Garhwal Himalaya, India -- Anticipated shifting of thermal and moisture boundary under changing climate across Nepal -- Quantifying uncertainties in climate change projection and its impact on water availability in the Thuli Bheri river basin, Nepal -- Glaciers, climate, and people: Holocene transitions in the Stubai Valley -- Environmental and socio-economic consequences of recent mountain glacier fluctuations in Norway -- Paraglacial time scale and sediment fluxes for hillslope land systems in the northern Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Canada -- Distance from retreating snowfields influences alpine plant functional traits at Glacier National Park, Montana -- Environmental drivers of species composition and tree species density of a near-natural Himalayan treeline ecotone. Implications for the response to climate change -- Modelling the ecological niche of a treeline tree species (Betula utilis) in the Himalayas - a methodological overview -- Conifer growth during warming hiatus in the Altay-Sayan Mountain Region, Siberia -- Climate-induced fir (Abies sibirica Ledeb.) mortality in the Siberian Mountains -- Climate change and dynamics of vegetation in the Lesser Caucasus: An overview -- Changing climate scenario in high altitude regions: Comparison of observed trends and perceptions of agro-pastoralists in Darma Valley, Uttarakhand, India -- Current crisis and future woes: The case of climate change in the Drakensberg Mountains region of southern Africa and its socio-economic impacts -- Section II: Response processes of mountain environments to land use change Introduction to Section II -- Assessment and prediction of land use/land cover changes of Beas Basin using a modelling approach -- Dynamics of land use/land cover changes in Mizoram, eastern extension of the Himalaya. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910768175003321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 | ||
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