Environmental disasters, natural recovery and human responses/
Roger del Moral; Lawrence R Walker
- New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- x, 209 p. 23 cm.
Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction : a crescendo of destruction -- 1.1. Disturbance and human interactions -- 1.2. Disturbance and recovery -- 1.3. The future is now, time is short -- 2. Natural disturbances : synergistic interactions with humans -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Disturbance types -- 2.3. Definitions -- 2.4. Gradients of severity -- 2.5. Infertile habitats -- 2.6. Fertile habitats -- 2.7. Disturbance interactions and linkages with humans -- 3. Infertile and unstable habitats -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Porous volcanic materials -- 3.3. Dunes -- 3.4. Glaciers -- 3.5. Lessons from infertile, unstable habitats -- 4. Infertile and stable habitats -- 4.1. Stable habitats develop slowly -- 4.2. Lava -- 4.3. Cliffs -- 4.4. Lessons from infertile, stable habitats. -- 5. Fertile and unstable habitats -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Landslides -- 5.3. River floodplains -- 5.4. Lakeshores -- 5.5. Salt marshes and mangroves -- 5.6. Lessons from fertile, unstable habitats -- 6. Fertile and stable habitats -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Fire -- 6.3. Hurricanes -- 6.4. Grazing -- 6.5. Lessons from fertile, stable habitats -- 7. The lessons learned -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Nature recovers -- 7.3. Humans intensify disturbances -- 7.4. How humanity alters the equation -- 7.5. Natural models provide lessons -- 7.6. But the rules have changed -- 7.7. Lessons we can apply -- 7.8. Guide to rehabilitation -- 7.9. A plea for biodiversity -- 7.10. The future.