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Drivers of Environmental Change in Uplands
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ABSTRACT
The uplands are a crucial source of ecosystem services, such as water provision, carbon retention, maintenance of biodiversity, provision of recreation value and cultural heritage. This puts them in the focus of both environmental and social scientists as well as practitioners and land managers.. This volume brings together a wealth of knowledge of the British uplands from diverse but interrelated fields of study, clearly demonstrating their importance in 21st Century Britain, and indicating how we may through interdisciplinary approaches meet the challenges provided by past and future drivers of environmental change.
The upland environments are subject to change. They face imminent threats as well as opportunities from pressures such as climate change, changes in land management and related changes in fire risk, increases in erosion and water colour, degradation of habitats, altered wildlife and recreational value, as well as significant changes in the economy of these marginal areas. This book presents up-to-date scientific background information, addresses policy related issues and lays out pressing land management questions. A number of world-class experts provide a review of cutting-edge natural
and social science and an assessment of past, current and potential future management strategies, policies and other drivers of change. After appraisal of key concepts and principles, chapters provide specific examples and applications by focussing on UK upland areas and specifically the Peak District National Park as a key example for other highly valuable upland regions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|10 pages
Introduction: Drivers of change in upland environments: concepts, threats and opportunities
part |2 pages
Part I Processes and policy – the overarching drivers of change
chapter 3|25 pages
Threats from air pollution and climate change to upland systems: Past, present and future
part |2 pages
Part II Ecosystem services and drivers of change
chapter 9|15 pages
Burning issues: The history and ecology of managed fires in the uplands
chapter 10|23 pages
Moorland management with livestock: The effect of policy change on upland grazing, vegetation and farm economics
chapter 11|19 pages
International importance and drivers of change of upland bird populations
chapter 13|20 pages
Managing uplands for game and sporting interests: An industry perspective
part |2 pages
Part III Social change, land management and conservation: Driving change