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Mountain Area Research and Management - Integrated Approaches (Paperback): Martin F. Price Mountain Area Research and Management - Integrated Approaches (Paperback)
Martin F. Price
R1,359 Discovery Miles 13 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book brings together scientists and practitioners from five continents to present their experience in undertaking activities that contribute to our understanding and informed management of mountain areas. In particular, they address the challenges of working in interdisciplinary teams and of effectively involving stakeholders. The result is a powerful book that integrates research from different disciplines in the natural and social sciences, and in some cases indigenous knowledge, to address the question of how knowledge is gained about mountain areas and how can it be integrated and used in effective management. A comprehensive introduction covers the challenges in mountain area research and management, and the need for integrated approaches. This is followed by chapters that look at key areas of mountain research and management over the past 25 years, covering inter-and trans-disciplinary research, subsistence cultures and sustainable development, innovations in watershed management and biodiversity conservation. Subsequent chapters cover key areas of research and management on five continents with a focus on comparison of common challenges and solutions across regions. The concluding chapter brings these experiences together. Published with Parks Canada

UNESCO Biosphere Reserves - Supporting Biocultural Diversity, Sustainability and Society (Hardcover): Maureen G. Reed, Martin... UNESCO Biosphere Reserves - Supporting Biocultural Diversity, Sustainability and Society (Hardcover)
Maureen G. Reed, Martin F. Price
R3,991 Discovery Miles 39 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (BRs) are designated areas in geographical regions of global socio-ecological significance. This definitive book shows their global relevance and contribution to environmental protection, biocultural diversity and education. Initiated in the 1970s as part of UNESCO's Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme, BRs share a set of common objectives, to support and demonstrate a balance between biodiversity conservation, sustainable development and research. The world's 701 BRs form an international, intergovernmental network to support the aims of sustainability science, but this purpose has not always been widely understood. In three distinct sections, the book starts by outlining the origins of BRs and the MAB Programme, showing how they contribute to advancing sustainable development. The second section documents the evolution of BRs around the world, including case studies from each of the five UNESCO world regions. Each case study demonstrates how conservation, sustainable development and the role of scientific research have been interpreted locally. The book concludes by discussing thematic lessons to help understand the challenges and opportunities associated with sustainability science, providing a unique platform from which lessons can be learned. This includes how concepts become actions on the ground and how ideas can be taken up across sites at differing scales. This book will be of great interest to professionals engaged in conservation and sustainable development, NGOs, policy-makers and advanced students in environmental management, ecology, sustainability science, environmental anthropology and geography.

UNESCO Biosphere Reserves - Supporting Biocultural Diversity, Sustainability and Society (Paperback): Maureen G. Reed, Martin... UNESCO Biosphere Reserves - Supporting Biocultural Diversity, Sustainability and Society (Paperback)
Maureen G. Reed, Martin F. Price
R1,487 Discovery Miles 14 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (BRs) are designated areas in geographical regions of global socio-ecological significance. This definitive book shows their global relevance and contribution to environmental protection, biocultural diversity and education. Initiated in the 1970s as part of UNESCO's Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme, BRs share a set of common objectives, to support and demonstrate a balance between biodiversity conservation, sustainable development and research. The world's 701 BRs form an international, intergovernmental network to support the aims of sustainability science, but this purpose has not always been widely understood. In three distinct sections, the book starts by outlining the origins of BRs and the MAB Programme, showing how they contribute to advancing sustainable development. The second section documents the evolution of BRs around the world, including case studies from each of the five UNESCO world regions. Each case study demonstrates how conservation, sustainable development and the role of scientific research have been interpreted locally. The book concludes by discussing thematic lessons to help understand the challenges and opportunities associated with sustainability science, providing a unique platform from which lessons can be learned. This includes how concepts become actions on the ground and how ideas can be taken up across sites at differing scales. This book will be of great interest to professionals engaged in conservation and sustainable development, NGOs, policy-makers and advanced students in environmental management, ecology, sustainability science, environmental anthropology and geography.

Mountain Geography - Physical and Human Dimensions (Hardcover): Martin F. Price, Alton C. Byers, Donald A. Friend, Thomas... Mountain Geography - Physical and Human Dimensions (Hardcover)
Martin F. Price, Alton C. Byers, Donald A. Friend, Thomas Kohler, Larry W Price
R2,312 R1,915 Discovery Miles 19 150 Save R397 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Mountains cover a quarter of the Earth's land surface and a quarter of the global population lives in or adjacent to these areas. The global importance of mountains is recognized particularly because they provide critical resources, such as water, food and wood; contain high levels of biological and cultural diversity; and are often places for tourism and recreation and/or of sacred significance. This major revision of Larry Price's book Mountains and Man (1981) is both timely and highly appropriate. The past three decades have been a period of remarkable progress in our understanding of mountains from an academic point of view. Of even greater importance is that society at large now realizes that mountains and the people who reside in them are not isolated from the mainstream of world affairs, but are vital if we are to achieve an environmentally sustainable future. Mountain Geography is a comprehensive resource that gives readers an in-depth understanding of the geographical processes occurring in the world's mountains and the overall impact of these regions on culture and society as a whole. The volume begins with an introduction to how mountains are defined, followed by a comprehensive treatment of their physical geography: origins, climatology, snow and ice, landforms and geomorphic processes, soils, vegetation, and wildlife. The concluding chapters provide an introduction to the human geography of mountains: attitudes toward mountains, people living in mountain regions and their livelihoods and interactions within dynamic environments, the diverse types of mountain agriculture, and the challenges of sustainable mountain development.

Mountain Area Research and Management - Integrated Approaches (Hardcover): Martin F. Price Mountain Area Research and Management - Integrated Approaches (Hardcover)
Martin F. Price
R3,988 Discovery Miles 39 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book brings together scientists and practitioners from six continents to present their experience in undertaking activities that contribute to our understanding and informed management of mountain areas. In particular, they address the challenges of working in interdisciplinary teams and of effectively involving stakeholders.A comprehensive introduction covers the challenges in mountain area research and management and the need for integrated approaches. This is followed by chapters that look at key areas of mountain research and management over the past 25 years, covering inter- and trans-disciplinary research, subsistence cultures and sustainable development, innovations in watershed management and biodiversity conservation. Subsequent chapters cover key areas of research and management, presenting interdisciplinary case studies from Australia, Canada, the US, Sweden, India, Colombia and Tanzania with a focus on comparison of common challenges and solutions across regions. The concluding chapter brings these experiences together. The result is a powerful book that integrates research from different disciplines in the natural and social sciences, and in some cases indigenous knowledge, to address the question of how knowledge is gained about mountain areas and how can it be integrated and used in effective management.This volume provides an indispensable tool kit for all researchers and professionals undertaking research and management in mountain and other environments, including local and regional authorities, planners, park and protected area managers, tourism operators, and communities involved in resource extraction, watershed management, agriculture and forestry.

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