Mediterranean mountain environments

• Main Author: Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N. (Ioannis Nikolaou)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
• Subjects: Mountains > Mediterranean Region.; Mountains > Environmental aspects > Mediterranean Region.; SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.; Gebirge; Physische Geographie; Mountains.; Mountains > Environmental aspects.; Mittelmeerraum; Mediterranean Region.; Electronic books.

"This book provides an introduction to the environments of mountainous areas in the Mediterranean and their changes in time and space in relation to both natural and cultural factors"--

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter
• Supplemental Images
• Introduction to the Mediterranean Mountain Environments / Ioannis N Vogiatzakis
• Quaternary Environmental History / A M Mannion
• Glacial History / Philip D Hughes
• Landforms and Soils / Maria Teresa Melis, Stefano Loddo
• Climate and Hydrology / Carmen de Jong, Abrahim Gurer, Alon Rimmer, Amin Shaban, Mark Williams
• Biogeography / Ioannis N Vogiatzakis
• Cultural Geographies / Veronica della Dora, Theano S Terkenli
• Land Use Changes / Vasilios P Papanastasis
• Climate Change and its Impact / D Nogǔs-Bravo, J I L̤pez-Moreno, S M Vicente-Serrano
• Conclusions / Ioannis N Vogiatzakis
• Index.