Professor of Geography, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Not only serves as a primary reference and standard concerning mountain research but also transmits the spirit of collective responsibility for a fragile part of our planet.Bulletin of the World Meteorological OrganizationProvides some valuable and generally accessible insight into issues related to environmental change in general and mountain environments in particular. it is therefore not only a useful book to complement undergraduate courses addressing environmental change and/or mountain environments, but is also of value to readers with a range of backgrounds who seek an introductory text to these themes, be they environmentalists, people involved in outdoor education or just mountain enthusiasts.The Holocene...a broad but interesting book. The author should be pleased to have produced one of few teaching-level texts that will inspire and support students of all abilities and provide the better students with an excellent entry point to the more advanced literature.Progress in Physical Geography

• Part 1 - Mountains and uplands an introductionMountain regions of the worldImportance of mountain regions to humankindCurrent environmental and socio-economic information and statisticsEnvironmental stresses: the emergence of the human factorGlobal environmental change: fundamental issuesPart 2 - Characterization of mountain environmentsClimateHydrological systemsCryosphereSoilsEcological systems and biodiversityHuman environmentsData for research on mountain environmentsPart 3 - Past environmental change in mountains and uplandsProxy data: reconstructing the pastEnvironmental change in the distant pastMountain environments during the last major glaciationMountain environments during the HoloceneClimatic change in the 20th centuryPart 4 - Modelling approaches to assess environmental changeThe significance of modellingSpatial and temporal scalesGlobal and regional climate modelsSemi-empirical methods and statistical downscaling techniquesEcosystem modelsIntegrated assessment models (IAM)Limits and range of application of modelsPart 5 - Natural forcingsThe causal mechanisms of anthropogenic pressures on the environmentEnvironmental pollutionLand-use changesClimatic changePart 6 - Impact of environmental change on natural systemsChallenges for impacts assessmentsImpacts on hydrologyImpact on mountain cryosphereExtreme events and their impacts on geomophologic features

Professor of Geography, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Not only serves as a primary reference and standard concerning mountain research but also transmits the spirit of collective responsibility for a fragile part of our planet.Bulletin of the World Meteorological OrganizationProvides some valuable and generally accessible insight into issues related to environmental change in general and mountain environments in particular. it is therefore not only a useful book to complement undergraduate courses addressing environmental change and/or mountain environments, but is also of value to readers with a range of backgrounds who seek an introductory text to these themes, be they environmentalists, people involved in outdoor education or just mountain enthusiasts.The Holocene...a broad but interesting book. The author should be pleased to have produced one of few teaching-level texts that will inspire and support students of all abilities and provide the better students with an excellent entry point to the more advanced literature.Progress in Physical Geography

• Part 1 - Mountains and uplands an introductionMountain regions of the worldImportance of mountain regions to humankindCurrent environmental and socio-economic information and statisticsEnvironmental stresses: the emergence of the human factorGlobal environmental change: fundamental issuesPart 2 - Characterization of mountain environmentsClimateHydrological systemsCryosphereSoilsEcological systems and biodiversityHuman environmentsData for research on mountain environmentsPart 3 - Past environmental change in mountains and uplandsProxy data: reconstructing the pastEnvironmental change in the distant pastMountain environments during the last major glaciationMountain environments during the HoloceneClimatic change in the 20th centuryPart 4 - Modelling approaches to assess environmental changeThe significance of modellingSpatial and temporal scalesGlobal and regional climate modelsSemi-empirical methods and statistical downscaling techniquesEcosystem modelsIntegrated assessment models (IAM)Limits and range of application of modelsPart 5 - Natural forcingsThe causal mechanisms of anthropogenic pressures on the environmentEnvironmental pollutionLand-use changesClimatic changePart 6 - Impact of environmental change on natural systemsChallenges for impacts assessmentsImpacts on hydrologyImpact on mountain cryosphereExtreme events and their impacts on geomophologic features

Professor of Geography, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Not only serves as a primary reference and standard concerning mountain research but also transmits the spirit of collective responsibility for a fragile part of our planet.Bulletin of the World Meteorological OrganizationProvides some valuable and generally accessible insight into issues related to environmental change in general and mountain environments in particular. it is therefore not only a useful book to complement undergraduate courses addressing environmental change and/or mountain environments, but is also of value to readers with a range of backgrounds who seek an introductory text to these themes, be they environmentalists, people involved in outdoor education or just mountain enthusiasts.The Holocene...a broad but interesting book. The author should be pleased to have produced one of few teaching-level texts that will inspire and support students of all abilities and provide the better students with an excellent entry point to the more advanced literature.Progress in Physical Geography

• Part 1 - Mountains and uplands an introductionMountain regions of the worldImportance of mountain regions to humankindCurrent environmental and socio-economic information and statisticsEnvironmental stresses: the emergence of the human factorGlobal environmental change: fundamental issuesPart 2 - Characterization of mountain environmentsClimateHydrological systemsCryosphereSoilsEcological systems and biodiversityHuman environmentsData for research on mountain environmentsPart 3 - Past environmental change in mountains and uplandsProxy data: reconstructing the pastEnvironmental change in the distant pastMountain environments during the last major glaciationMountain environments during the HoloceneClimatic change in the 20th centuryPart 4 - Modelling approaches to assess environmental changeThe significance of modellingSpatial and temporal scalesGlobal and regional climate modelsSemi-empirical methods and statistical downscaling techniquesEcosystem modelsIntegrated assessment models (IAM)Limits and range of application of modelsPart 5 - Natural forcingsThe causal mechanisms of anthropogenic pressures on the environmentEnvironmental pollutionLand-use changesClimatic changePart 6 - Impact of environmental change on natural systemsChallenges for impacts assessmentsImpacts on hydrologyImpact on mountain cryosphereExtreme events and their impacts on geomophologic features