Integrated risk governance in the Yungui Plateau, China: The 2008 ice-snow storm disaster by Qian Ye, Ming Wang, Jiarui Han

“…Yungui Plateau in Southwestern China is regarded as one of the major bio- and cultural diversity centers in the world because it contains a remarkable variety of ecological niches and ethnic groups. Due to its unique mountain geographic landscape and domination by a monsoon climate, it has high vulnerabilities and is frequently hit by various climatic and geological hazards such as droughts, floods, earthquakes, and landslides. …”
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Analysis of the Pile-Soil Combined Effect of Micropiles in Strengthening Expansive Soil Landslide in Southern Shaanxi Based on the Dynamic Soil Arch Model by Xiao Ding, Hui He, Yonglong Qu, Yixuan Yang

“…Southern Shaanxi region is mountainous and landslide disasters are frequent. Micropile reinforcement technology is widely used in landslide management, especially in landslide emergency rescue projects, due to easy construction, small soil disturbance, and strong site adaptability. …”
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Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies of Spanish Catalan Alpine Ski Resorts by David Sauri, Joan Carles Llurdés

“…The transformation of the ski resorts in mountain resorts represents in principle a more reliable adaptation measure although it has still to prove its potential on two critical questions: the impacts of climate change on new activities and the environmental consequences of the same activities.…”
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Mixing knowledge to negotiate with and on a volcano by Jean-Baptiste Bing

“…The Javanese world is organized in the form of hierarchical concentric circles, with one of its limits being in the mountains. This particular limit is the realm of the supra-human (gods, spirits) as much as the infra-human (animals and wild plants) and should be approached with caution, through continual negotiation with the forces that inhabit the area. …”
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Andes septentrionales argentinos: una fábrica de territorios energéticos by Silvina Cecilia Carrizo, Guillermina Jacinto

“…Large-scale photovoltaic power plants in high mountain plains, and lithium mines in salt flats introduce profound impacts on local communities, and on landscapes of high cultural and natural value. …”
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Climats et premiers peuplements des Alpes du Nord françaises : des derniers chasseurs aux premiers paysans (15 000 à 5 000 ans av. JC.) by Pierre Bintz, Christophe Griggo

“…For nearly 40 years, in mountain massifs of the northern French Alps, research programs have renewed our knowledges of human occupations for late prehistory. …”
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Infrared Temperature Law and Deformation Monitoring of Layered Bedding Rock Slope under Static Load by Zhigang Tao, Kuiming Liu, Xuebin Cui, Xiaobing Qiao, Xiaoming Sun

“…China is a mountainous and hilly country with frequent large-scale landslides with complicated mechanisms and serious damage. …”
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Logiques touristiques en station de haute-montagne : quelles évolutions possibles vers la durabilité ? by Laurent Arcuset

“…The local approach of "sustainable tourism", indeed, seems for the moment rather to aim - as in many other high mountain ski resorts - towards a more environmental management of the basic urban functions than a real questioning of a tourist model based upon the triptych development of the ski slopes, securizing of the snow resource and touristic real estate programs.…”
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Les espaces verts de la ville d’Assise by Giulia Giacchè

“…Three examples are used to figure out : the first, which involves the planning of natural and open spaces around the town, the second, which interest a project of green space inside the city and the third, which considered the management of olive tree in the Regional Park of Subasio Mountains. The richness of this case study is that it combines two viewpoints on the landscape. …”
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Potentials and development of orchid species and medicinal plant in Tourism Loop-Trail Cikiniki-Citalahab, Gunung Halimun-Salak National Park by Aditya Hani, Tri Sulistyati Widyaningsih, Ratna Uli Damayanti

“…Halimun-Salak Mountain National Park (HSMNP) is one of the largest tropical rain forests in,West Java which has a high biodiversity value. …”
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Northern Argentinian Andes: A Factory of Energy Territories by Silvina Cecilia Carrizo, Guillermina Jacinto

“…Large-scale photovoltaic power plants in high mountain plains, and lithium mines in salt flats introduce profound impacts on local communities, and on landscapes of high cultural and natural value. …”
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Interannual Variation in Root Production in Grasslands Affected by Artificially Modified Amount of Rainfall by Karel Fiala, Ivan Tůma, Petr Holub

“…Responses of the lowland (dry Festuca grassland), highland (wet Cirsium grassland), and mountain (Nardus grassland) grasslands were studied during five years (2006–2010). …”
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IDENTIFICATION DE RÉGIONS HOMOGÈNES DU POINT DE VUE HYDROLOGIQUE. ÉTUDE DE CAS: LA RÉGION DE LA COURBURE DE L’ARC CARPATIQUE by LILIANA ZAHARIA

“…The conclusions are the following ones: i) the ensemble of the study area is heterogeneous from the point of view of the conditions of formation of the maximum flows; ii) inside this area on we can separate two sub-regions – hilly and mountainous –which heterogeneity is much more reduced, the hilly region being able to even be considered as homogeneous.…”
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A Multiyear Record of Rainfall and Ionic Composition along an Elevation Gradient in Northeastern Puerto Rico by Elvis Torres-Delgado, Grizelle González, Ernesto Medina, María M. Rivera

“…Abstract This study analyzes multiyear data recorded by 21 stations along an elevation gradient (0–1045 m a.s.l.) in the Luquillo Mountains on the rainfall and the rainwater chemistry. …”
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Quality schemes and pastoralism in France by Claire Aubron, Marceline Peglion, Marie-Odile Nozières, Jean-Pierre Boutonnet

“…This is particular true for territories known for their harsh terrain. In mountainous Mediterranean hinterland regions, numerous quality schemes have been developed which rely in a more or less explicit manner on pastoralism. …”
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Visual Environment Factors Influencing Staying Behaviors During Cycling on Countryside Greenways by Ting WEN, Yun ZHANG, Ming DU

“…This greenway, spanning across urban built-up areas, rural settlements, and natural scenic zones, showcases a unique combination of lakeside and mountainous landscapes, making it a representative example of countryside greenways. …”
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The Relationality of Collective Property. Commons and Convivial Conservation in Umbria, Italy by Michele Ravaioli

“…This article, within the field of mountain geographies, proposes a critical analysis of collective property, as a virtuous example of territorial governance, connecting property studies with the concepts of common and convivial conservation. …”
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Predicting Surface Runoff from Catchment to Large Region by Hongxia Li, Yongqiang Zhang, Xinyao Zhou

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Increasing vulnerability of an endemic Mediterranean-climate conifer to changing climate and fire regime by Frank W. Davis, Anne-Marie Parkinson, Max A. Moritz, Max A. Moritz, Isaac W. Park, Carla M. D’Antonio

“…We used species distribution modeling and wildfire probability models to assess the potential vulnerability of Pseudotsuga macrocarpa (Bigcone Douglas fir, hereafter BDF), a restricted-range conifer of southern California mountains that is a species of concern because of its ecological importance and recent mortality due to drought and wildfire. …”
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Engineering of SauriCas9 with enhanced specificity by Xiaoqi Zhang, Chen Tao, Miaomiao Li, Sufang Zhang, Puping Liang, Yan Huang, Huihui Liu, Yongming Wang

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