Martin Beniston
Institute of Geography, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Raymond S. Bradley
Department of Geosciences, University of Massachussets, Amherst, MA
The book provides a unique, in-depth view of past, present and potential future climatic change in mountain regions, and in particular on mechanisms whi ch are responsible for this change. Other books which focus on environmental change in mountains focus more generally on the impacts of this change on mountain systems, rather than on the regional features of climatic change itself. The book enters into a high level of detail concerning results of international investigations which involve specialists from numerous climate-related disciplines. It is expected that the book be used in academic and research context, for advanced graduate and doctoral students, as well as researchers working in various domains of relevance to climatic change issues. The book also has relevance in the context of future activities of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in terms of providing up-to-date knowledge on fundamental mechanisms and consequences of climatic change in mountain regions.
Reprinted from Climatic Change, Volume 36, Nos. 3-4, 1997
Henry F. Diaz