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Author : Gary Noy
Release : 2010
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Illuminated Landscape by : Gary Noy
Download or read book The Illuminated Landscape written by Gary Noy. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The literary Sierra Nevada as seen by writers from Muir to Twain to Stegner and Snyder. Over 50 inspired pieces from Indian tale to modern story.
Author : Regino Zamora
Release : 2022-06-09
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 198/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Landscape of the Sierra Nevada by : Regino Zamora
Download or read book The Landscape of the Sierra Nevada written by Regino Zamora. This book was released on 2022-06-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the landscape, geography and environment of the Sierra Nevada in Spain. The Sierra Nevada hosted the last glaciers in southern Europe. Today, it is one of the most important centers of plant diversity in the western Mediterranean and one of the most outstanding in Europe. This massif has ideal conditions to analyze past environments as well as the effects of global change on ecosystems. This can be seen in the large number of projects that are being conducted within the umbrella of the Sierra Nevada Global Change Observatory. This book summarizes all the scientific knowledge available about this massif, from the geomorphological and ecological perspectives to the recent spatial adaptive management and Open Science initiatives. Focusing on the very sensitive mountain environment of Sierra Nevada, the book intends to be a reference for many people interested in mountain processes. The audience would include scientists from all disciplines, but it would also target on an audience beyond the academia (territorial managers, environmentalists, mountaineers, politicians, technicians, etc.).
Author : Louise A. Jackson
Release : 2010
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 679/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Sierra Nevada Before History by : Louise A. Jackson
Download or read book The Sierra Nevada Before History written by Louise A. Jackson. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early story of the Sierra Nevada is unlike any other. This engaging book describes the wondrous geology, natural history, and early anthropology of California's best-known range, where unique plants and animals have evolved and humans have lived for thousands of years.
Author : John Muir
Release : 1894
Genre : California
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Book Synopsis The Mountains of California by : John Muir
Download or read book The Mountains of California written by John Muir. This book was released on 1894. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Timothy P. Duane
Release : 1999-06-30
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 145/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Shaping the Sierra by : Timothy P. Duane
Download or read book Shaping the Sierra written by Timothy P. Duane. This book was released on 1999-06-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rural west is at a crossroads, and the Sierra Nevada is at the center of this social and economic change. The Sierra Nevada landscape has always been valued for its bounty of natural resource commodities, but new residents and an ever-growing flood of tourists to the area have transformed the relationship between the region's nature and its culture. In an engaging narrative that melds the personal with the professional, Timothy P. Duane—who grew up in the area—documents the impact of rapid population growth on the culture, economy, and ecology of the Sierra Nevada since the late 1960s. He also recommends innovative policies for mitigating the negative effects of future population growth in this spectacular but threatened region, as well as throughout the rural west. Today, the primary social and economic values of the Sierra Nevada landscape are in the amenities and ecological services provided by its wildlands and functioning ecosystems. Duane shows how further unfettered population growth threatens the very values which have made the Sierra Nevada a desirable place to live and work. A new approach to land use planning, resource management, and local economic development—one that recognizes the emerging values of the landscape—is necessary in order to achieve sustainable development, Duane claims. Weaving personal experience with outstanding scholarship, he shows how such an approach must explicitly recognize the importance of values and the application of an environmental land ethic to future development in the area.
