The latest issue of the open access journal Mountain Research and Development contains studies on indigenous-driven sustainability initiatives in the tropical Andes, urban risk knowledge, and the danger of glacial lake outburst floods in the Indian Himalayas.
Vol 41, No 1 of Mountain Research and Development (MRD) includes new research that maps English-language scientific journal articles that analyze the climate change adaptation options planned or implemented in European mountain regions – and finds key knowledge gaps in academic literature that need to be addressed. MRI Executive Director Carolina Adler is among the authors.
Other articles in this open issue include two that focus on the Indian Himalayas, assessing the risk of glacial lake outburst floods and investigating risk knowledge among formal and informal urban development actors. Another article describes indigenous-driven sustainability initiatives in the Tropical Andes of Ecuador, and one examines how a wetland park on the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, China, affects waterbird diversity.
The issue is available online and open access.
Please note that other issues are starting to fill up as well: https://bioone.org/journals/mountain-research-and-development/inprogress
Read about the journal’s section policies, guidelines and submission procedure: https://www.mrd-journal.org/
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Open Call | Mountain Research and Development Focus Issue: Addressing Challenges of Hazards, Risks, and Disaster Management in Mountain Regions
This Focus Issue of Mountain Research and Development seeks trans- and interdisciplinary contributions that help understand the links between hazards, vulnerabilities, disaster management, and diverse dimensions of development, adaptation, and global change. Insights into integrative approaches to improving disaster management across the entire cycle from prevention to recovery are also highly welcome.
Full paper submission deadline is 1 September 2021.
Related Article | Climate Change Adaptation in European Mountain Systems: A Systematic Mapping of Academic Research
Using a systematic mapping review, new research published in Mountain Research and Development maps English-language scientific journal articles that analyze the climate change adaptation options that are planned or implemented in European mountain regions. In doing so, the researchers hope to enhance our understanding of how academic literature has investigated climate change adaptation – something that is critical for identifying key knowledge gaps and research foci.
Cover image by Gary Hill.
