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Ecological Restoration: A Global Challenge
Roger Hargreaves
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Description for Ecological Restoration: A Global Challenge
hardcover. This book combines theory and practice plus ideas and case studies on ecological restoration from local to global scales. Editor(s): Comin, Francisco A. Num Pages: 318 pages, 40 b/w illus. 20 colour illus. 31 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 808.
Ecological restoration projects seek to recover the natural functioning of degraded ecosystems, most often areas disturbed by human large scale projects such as agriculture developments, road building, mining and urban sprawl. While scientists focus on the ecological basis of habitat repair, practitioners, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and local people, tend to worry about social, economic, cultural and political aspects. The value of ecological restoration is discussed here with examples including tropical forests in Vietnam and Australia; degraded environments in China as a paradigm of global issues; the restoration of wetlands and the coastal zone and how to proceed with urban ... Read more
Ecological restoration projects seek to recover the natural functioning of degraded ecosystems, most often areas disturbed by human large scale projects such as agriculture developments, road building, mining and urban sprawl. While scientists focus on the ecological basis of habitat repair, practitioners, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and local people, tend to worry about social, economic, cultural and political aspects. The value of ecological restoration is discussed here with examples including tropical forests in Vietnam and Australia; degraded environments in China as a paradigm of global issues; the restoration of wetlands and the coastal zone and how to proceed with urban ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
Number of Pages
318
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521877114
SKU
V9780521877114
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Ref
99-12
About Roger Hargreaves
Francisco A. Comín is an ecologist with background experience on ecosystem analysis and development of management tools. He has been Professor of Ecology at University of Barcelona (Spain) for 25 years and visiting professor of CINVESTAV-IPN (Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico) for 15 years. Books published include Global Climate. Current research and uncertainties in the Climate System, with X. Rodo (Springer, ... Read more
Reviews for Ecological Restoration: A Global Challenge
' … a sound introduction to ecological restoration.' Bulletin of the British Ecological Society