requires careful decision making, informed by research, and with continued monitoring of changing landscapes and the climate.
About the author: Simon Cook is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Change at the University of Dundee
Suggested further reading
Huggel, C., Clague, J. & Korup, O. (2011). Is climate change responsible for changing landslide activity in high mountains? Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 37, 77 – 91. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.2223.
Xu, J. & Grumbine, E. (2014). Building ecosystem resilience for climate change adaptation in the Asian highlands. WIREs climate change 5, 709 – 718. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.302