Environmental change and geomorphic hazards in forests : report No.4 of the IUFRO Task Force on Environmental Change / edited by Roy C. Sidle, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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TextSeries: IUFRO research series ; 9.Publisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI Publishing, in association with The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), 2002Copyright date: 2002Description: 1 online resource (ix, 241 pages) : illustrations, maps, chartsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- Climatic changes
- Forest ecology
- Forests and forestry -- Environmental aspects
- Hazardous geographic environments
- Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology)
- Erosion: Soil and Water Conservation
- Pollution and Degradation
- Natural Disasters
- Plants
- Desertification
- Erosion
- Flooding
- Forests
- Hazards
- Mangrove forests
- Mangroves
- Natural disasters
- Trees
- Woody plants
- KK100
- PP400
- PP600
- PP800
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- SD390.7.C55 E58 2002eb
This book reviews current knowledge of most types of geohazards in forested areas. The 11 chapters cover hydrologic impacts, including flooding and soil erosion, desertification in Mediterranean Europe and Africa, landslides, and hazards in mangrove forests and along shorelines. Examples covered are from all five continents.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Geomorphologic Hazards and Forest Environmental Change : an Introduction / Roy C. Sidle -- Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Streamflow and Flooding in Snow-dominated Forested Basins / Mark S. Wigmosta and L. Ruby Leung -- Regional Hydrologic Impacts of Climatic Change / Donald H. Burn -- The Potential Impact of Global Change on Surface Erosion from Forest Lands in Asia / K. F. Andrew Lo and Qiangguo Cai -- Climate Change Related to Erosion and Desertification : 1. Mediterranean Europe / Giuliano Rodolfi and Camillo Zanchi -- Climate Change Related to Erosion and Desertification : 2. Africa / Heinz R. Beckedahl -- The Effects Of Environmental Changes On Weathering, Gravitational Rock Deformation, and Landslides / Masahiro Chigira -- Potential Effects of Environmental Change on Landslide Hazards in Forest Environments / Roy C. Sidle and Amod S. Dhakal -- Natural Hazards in Forests : Glacier and Permafrost Effects as Related to Climate Change / Wilfried Haeberli and C. R. Burn -- Global Changes, Mangrove Forests and Implications for Hazards along Continental Shorelines / David Taylor and Peta G. Sanderson -- Future Directions for Geomorphologic Hazard Analysis in Forests / Roy C. Sidle.
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