University textbook commissioned by Routledge Academic Press.
Textbook developed around 10 primary themes. In progress.
Introducing Mountain Studies: Sustainable Development (Foggin, forthcoming)
Preface
Introduction
Section I. Introducing Mountain Studies
- Chapter 1. Why mountains matter
- Chapter 2. Mountains and their distribution
Section II. Physical and natural geography
- Chapter 3. Mountain geology, landforms, and hazards
- Chapter 4. Cryosphere and climate change in mountains
- Chapter 5. Mountain biodiversity and ecosystem services
- Chapter 6. Water, energy, and food in mountain regions
Section III. Mountain livelihoods (human geography)
- Chapter 7. Mountain farming
- Chapter 8. Mountain pastoralism
- Chapter 9. Forestry in mountains
- Chapter 10. Mountain tourism
Section IV. Sustainable Mountain Development (SMD)
- Chapter 11. Sustainability and sustainable development
- Chapter 12. Human development in the world’s mountains
- Chapter 13. Regional and global pressures affecting mountains
- Chapter 14. People on the move in mountain regions
Section V. Frameworks, approaches, and methods
- Chapter 15. Integrated, landscape, and area-based approaches
- Chapter 16. Conservation priorities for global biodiversity
- Chapter 17. Protected and conserved areas (PCA)
- Chapter 18. Nature-based solutions (NBA)
- Chapter 19. Economics and sustainability
- Chapter 20. Rights-based approaches
Section VI. Global affairs and the future
- Chapter 21. Geopolitics of mountain regions
- Chapter 22. Hope for the future
ANNEXES
- Major mountain regions of the world
- Digital mapping of global mountains since 2000
- Fundamental concepts introduced and explained
- Main disciplines contributing to mountain sciences
- Building the Mountain Agenda: 80 milestones
- International conventions and frameworks
- Sustainable development: wider context
- Additional resources available
Glossary
Index