Chapter 1: Introduction to Outdoor Recreation and Recreation Ecology.-Chapter 2: Recreational Walking -- Chapter 3 Mountain Marathons, Adventure Racing, and Mountain Tours -- Chapter 4 Recreational Climbing and Scrambling -- Chapter 5 Gorge Walking, Canyoneering, or Canyoning -- Chapter 6 Off-Road and All-Terrain Vehicles, Including Snowmobiling -- Chapter 7 Mountain Biking -- Chapter 8 Camping…
The ethics of translation in a hermeneutical context -- Preconditions for comparative geographic approach and spatial interaction -- Symbolization process of the nature world in mythological type of world outlook -- On uses of ‘wild nature’: empowered vs. Disempowered agency in kola reindeer-herding territories -- Imagination as a breaker of the borders -- Man and nature: approaches to the …
Chapter1: Introduction -- Chapter2: The importance of native plants and the pressures they face -- Chapter3: The importance of ecosystems -- Chapter4: Conservation of plant species -- Chapter5: Land ownership, land management and land use -- Chapter6: Restoring the future -- Chapter7: Looking ahead.This book provides a general overview of the natural landscapes and vegetation types of the U.S.,…
Introduction Lanzarote, a Unique Geopark -- Part I: From Earth -- Geological and Geographical Setting of Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands UNESCO Global Geoparks -- Geoheritage Inventory of the Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands UNESCO Global Geopark -- Historic Volcanic Landforms Diversity on Lanzarote -- Evaluation of Geoconservation in Geosites of Paleontogical Interest from Lanzarote and Chinijo Isl…
Introduction -- The Geological Evolution of the Galapagos Islands -- The Origins and Ecology of the Galapagos Islands -- Geoconservation, Geotourism and Sustainable Development in the Galapagos -- The Geodiversity and Geoheritage of the Galapagos Islands: A Geotouristic Guide.This book provides the first-ever overview of and guide to the geological setting and related features of the famous, vo…
Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: Universal Concepts -- Part 2: Causal Processes and Their Consequences -- Part 3: Case Studies of Threatened and Vulnerable Coasts. Part 4: Collaboration to Enhance Future Coastal Resilience -- References Cited. .This book is intended as a conceptual roadmap to show how some of the numerous pieces of complex coastal systems intersect and might interact under ch…
1. Introduction -- 2. Climate Change and its impacts on Bhutan -- 3. Glaciers as indicators of changing climate in Himalaya -- 4. Land degradation in the Khyber mountains, Pakistan -- 5. Biodiversity Conservation in a Himalayan fringe -- 6. Spreading urban tentacles in the Scotland of the East -- 7. Blowing hot, blowing cold: The urban heat island effect in Srinagar -- 8. Protected areas in Bhu…
Setting the Scene -- A Geographic Overview of Panama -- An Introduction to the Panama Canal Watershed -- Light and Shadows in the Management of the Panama Canal Watershed -- Geological Development of Panama -- The Upper Río Chagres Basin -- Igneous Geology and Geochemistry of the Upper Río Chagres Basin -- GIS-Based Stream Network Analysis for the Upper Río Chagres Basin, Panama -- Soils of …
Large Processes with Small Targets: Rarity and Pollination in Rain Forests -- The Canopy Biology Program in Sarawak: Scope, Methods, and Merit -- Soil-Related Floristic Variation in a Hyperdiverse Dipterocarp Forest -- Plant Reproductive Phenology and General Flowering in a Mixed Dipterocarp Forest -- A Severe Drought in Lambir Hills National Park -- The Plant-Pollinator Community in a Lowland …
In the Land of the Mermaid: How Culture, not Ecology, Influenced Marine Mammal Exploitation in the Southeastern Caribbean -- Conserving the Pines of Guadalupe and Cedros Islands, Mexico: An International Collaboration -- Biodiversity Conservation in Bolivia: History, Trends and Challenges -- Peasant, Environment and Maize “Modernization” -- Planting Trees, Building Democracy: Sustainable Co…