Name: Globalization and Marginalization in Mountain Regions: Assets and Challenges in Marginal Regions
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Author: Chand, Raghubir ; Leimgruber, Walter
ISBN: 9783319813387

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Globalization and Marginalization in Mountain Regions: Assets and Challenges in Marginal Regions

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Physical Book

Publisher

Springer

Author

Chand, Raghubir ; Leimgruber, Walter

Language

English

Pages

240

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9783319813387

Synopsis "Globalization and Marginalization in Mountain Regions: Assets and Challenges in Marginal Regions"

This book looks at the global importance of mountain systems, emphasizing their ecological and socio-economic role in light of climate change and globalization. With a special focus on the Himalayas, it also examines the Czech-German-Austrian mountain borderland, the Alps, the Andes, the highland regions of Malaysia, and the Arctic. The contributors, specialists in their fields, all use an integrative approach that develops and argues the concept of mountain regions as a global common good. Readers also discover that mountain systems and mountain communities are often marginalized and left behind by the process of globalization. Case studies throughout detail the effects of climate change and global warming on both nature and local/regional societies, such as declining water supplies, a shifting vegetation line, and other important issues facing not only mountains but also the vast regions depending on them. In addition, the comprehensive coverageoffers authenticated viewpoints from some of the most eminent explorers of Tibet in the nineteenth century. More than 50 percent of the global human population draws benefits directly or indirectly from mountain resources and services. This book provides practitioners, researchers, students, and other interested readers with a compelling look at the global importance of this imposing, yet sensitive ecosystem.

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