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Sustainable development in mountain regions : Southeastern Europe / Georgi Zhelezov, editor.
- Title
- Sustainable development in mountain regions : Southeastern Europe / Georgi Zhelezov, editor.
- Publication
- Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2011.
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- Additional Authors
- Zhelezov, Georgi
- Description
- xiv, 291 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 24 cm.
- Summary
- The book brings together research results from the experts from all Balkan countries working on the problems of the mountain regions in Southeastern Europe. The volume focuses on the challenges taking place along the rapid transformation in land use, biodiversity, tourism, nature risk and bio-productivity due to the global changes and particularly due to the local impacts of climate change. The key questions for discussion are: - Biodiversity, nature protection and conservation - Natural disasters and risk management - Social-economical development of the mountain regions - Spatial planning in the development of the mountain regions - Sustainable practices and politics for land use - Transborder co-operation.
- Subject
- Physical geography
- Climatic changes
- Geology, Economic
- Earth sciences
- Climatic changes
- Physical geography
- Geology, Economic
- Geography
- Sustainable development > Balkan Peninsula
- Mountain ecology > Balkan Peninsula
- Mountain biodiversity conservation > Social aspects > Balkan Peninsula
- Protected areas > Social aspects > Balkan Peninsula
- Balkan Peninsula > Environmental conditions
- Balkan Peninsula > Social conditions
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Global problems and mountain regions -- pt. 2. Nature resources and land use in mountain regions -- pt. 3. Social, economic and regional problems of mountain regions -- pt. 4. Nature protection and conservation -- pt. 5. Networks and strategies for mountain regions.
- ISBN
- 9789400701304
- 9400701306
- 9789400701311 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 663950246
- SCSB-12062792
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library