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Environmental Impacts of Mountaineering

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-72667-6

ISBN: 978-3-030-72666-9

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

May 19, 2021

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Environmental Impacts of Mountaineering: General Introduction

Apollo, Michal

Pages: 1 –7

[This book investigates the consequences of mountaineering (hiking, trekking, climbing) on the natural environment. These consequences are divided into three groups: (1) transformations caused by the mountaineer’s, or other people’s, stay in a mountaineering region; (2) transformations caused by...
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Violations to the Geological Surface and Changes in Land Relief by Mountaineering Activity

Apollo, Michal

Pages: 9 –21

[Geological damage caused by mountaineering is practically impossible, as changes that occur in the geosystem due to mountaineering activity are partly the result of geology. However, the influence of mountaineering on land relief, vegetation, soil and even on animal habitats is undeniable....
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Changes in Soil Cover and Vegetation by Mountaineering Activity

Apollo, Michal

Pages: 23 –37

[Changes in soil cover and vegetation caused by mutual, close and indisputable relationships should be considered together. Due to the different nature of the changes, the stimulus (type of mountaineering), the intensity of use and, above all, the zone of impact, changes in soil cover and...
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Faunistic Changes Causes by Mountaineering Activity

Apollo, Michal

Pages: 39 –44

[Most of the research on the relationship between human activity and the animal world in mountainous areas covers all forms of tourism that were practiced in the area. This is due to the inability (in many cases) to identify the field of mountain tourism (e.g. hiking, climbing, skiing)...
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Environmental Pollution Causes by Mountaineering Activity

Apollo, Michal

Pages: 45 –59

[Environmental pollution is the unfavourable alteration of our surroundings, wholly or largely as a by-product of human actions that can adversely affect human health, living nature, climate, water and soil. This pollution can have natural and anthropogenic sources. In the inhabited high-mountain...
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A Conceptual Framework for Investigating the Environmental Impacts of Mountaineering

Apollo, Michal

Pages: 61 –63

[The concluding chapter of this book summarizes the consequences of the impact of mountaineering on natural environment. Overall, the present book aims to provide a comprehensive and systematic description of the major environmental impacts of mountaineering and to develop a comprehensive...

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