No matter where they are located in the world, communities living in mountain regions have shared experiences defined in large part by contradictions. These com
Works exploring the responses of global mountain communities to the shared challenges and opportunities their unique locations afford them. No matter where they
This book gives an overview of the state of research in fields pertaining to the detection, understanding and prediction of global change impacts in mountain re
Mountain regions are subject to a unique set of economic pressures: they act as collective enterprises which have to valorize rare resources, such as spectacula
Mountain regions encompass nearly 24 percent of the total land surface of the earth and are home to approximately 12 percent of the world’s population. Their