Land Cover and Land Use Change on Islands - Social & Ecological Threats to Sustainability (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)

Globalization is not a new phenomenon, but it is posing new challenges to humans and natural ecosystems in the 21st century. From climate change to increasingly mobile human populations to the global economy, the relationship between humans and their environment is being modified in ways that will have long-term impacts on ecological health, biodiversity, ecosystem goods and services, population vulnerability, and sustainability. These changes and challenges are perhaps nowhere more evident than in island ecosystems. Buffeted by rising ocean temperatures, extreme weather events, sea-level rise, climate change, tourism, population migration, invasive species, and resource limitations, islands represent both the greatest vulnerability to globalization and also the greatest scientific opportunity to study the significance of global changes on ecosystem processes, human-environment interactions, conservation, environmental policy, and island sustainability. In this book, we study islands through the lens of Land Cover/Land Use Change (LCLUC) and the multi-scale and multi-thematic drivers of change. In addition to assessing the key processes that shape and re-shape island ecosystems and their land cover/land use changes, the book highlights measurement and assessment methods to characterize patterns and trajectories of change and models to examine the social-ecological drivers of change on islands. For instance, chapters report on the results of a meta-analysis to examine trends in published literature on islands, a satellite image time-series to track changes in urbanization, social surveys to support household analyses, field sampling to represent the state of resources and their limitations on islands, and dynamic systems models to link socio-economic data to LCLUC patterns. The authors report on a diversity of islands, conditions, and circumstances that affect LCLUC patterns and processes, often informed through perspectives rooted, for instance, in conservation, demography, ecology, economics, geography, policy, and sociology.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands
Release date:	July 2021
First published:	2020
Editors:	Stephen J. Walsh • Diego Riveros-Iregui • Javier Arce-Nazario • Philip H. Page
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	307
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-043975-0
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Physical geography > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Cartography, geodesy & geographic information systems (GIS) > Geographical information systems (GIS) Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Cartography, geodesy & geographic information systems (GIS) > Remote sensing Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-043975-5
Barcode:	9783030439750

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!