Environmental Change and Geomorphic Hazards in Forests. IUFRO Research Series, No. 9. : IUFRO Research Series, No. 9.
Title:
Environmental Change and Geomorphic Hazards in Forests. IUFRO Research Series, No. 9. : IUFRO Research Series, No. 9.
Author:
Sidle, R.C.
ISBN:
9781845933364
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (207 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Geomorphologic Hazards and Forest Environmental Change - an Introduction -- Chapter 2. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Streamflow and Flooding in Snow - Dominated Forested Basins -- Chapter 3. Regional Hydrologic Impacts of Climatic Change -- Chapter 4. The Potential Impact of Global Change on Surface Erosion from Forest Lands in Asia -- Chapter 5. Climate Change Related to Erosion and Desertification: 1. Mediterranean Europe -- Chapter 6. Climate Change Related to Erosion and Desertification: 2. Africa -- Chapter 7. The Effects of Environmental Changes on Weathering, Gravitational Rock Deformation, and Landslides -- Chapter 8. Potential Effects of Environmental Change on Landslide Hazards in Forest Environments -- Chapter 9. Natural Hazards in Forests: Glacier and Permafrost Effects as Related to Climate Change -- Chapter 10. Global Changes, Mangrove Forests and Implications for Hazards along Continental Shorelines -- Chapter 11. Future Directions for Geomorphologic Hazard Analysis in Forests -- Index.
Abstract:
Environmental and climate change is affecting forests and land use in numerous ways, including increasing the risk of geomorphic hazards. This volume reviews knowledge on these issues and features include: hydrologic impacts, including flooding and soil erosion; and landslides.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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