Environmental Threats, Mitigation Strategies and High-mountain Areas

Robert T. Watson; Wilfried Haeberli

doi:10.1007/0044-7447-33.sp13.2

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Robert T. Watson,¹ Wilfried Haeberli²

¹ESSD, The World Bank, 1818 H Street, NW, MSN MC4-139, Washington, DC 20433, USA. rwatson@worldbank.org
²Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland. haeberli@geo.unizh.ch

Abstract

High-mountain areas suffer from increasing environmental threats. The causes are often global in dimension but lead to specific impacts under conditions of steep and/or high-altitude terrain with strong effects from snow and ice. This paper presents a global perspective, focussing primarily on observed and projected changes in climate and then goes on to discuss key messages of greatest relevance to the highest belts of mountain regions. The paper finishes with a brief discussion of mitigation strategies

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Robert T. Watson and Wilfried Haeberli "Environmental Threats, Mitigation Strategies and High-mountain Areas," AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment 33(sp13), 2-10, (13 November 2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/0044-7447-33.sp13.2

Accepted: 13 November 2004; Published: 13 November 2004

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