UNU and Sustainable Mountain Development

Abstract

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Classification Method and Determination of Mountainous Area Types at Township Scales: A Case Study of Yuxi City, Yunnan Province

“…It is adjacent to the provincial capital, Kunming, which is to the northeast; Chuxiong Autonomous Prefecture in the north; Pu'er city in the southwest and Honghe Autonomous Prefecture in the southeast, as is shown in Figure 1. e city has a maximum distance of 172 km from east to the west and maximum distance of 163.5 km from north to south with a total land 2 Complexity area of 1.49 × 104 km 2 . It has jurisdiction over 7 counties, 2 districts, and 75 townships.…”

“…As important regions that support water, energy, and biological diversity on earth [1], mountains occupy 24% of the global land surface area, provide homes for 12% of the world's population, indirectly offer goods and services for more than 40% of the global population, and play a very important role in the survival and development of humans [2,3]. In 1992, chapter 13 of Agenda 21, which was titled "Managing fragile ecosystems: sustainable mountain development," was released by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, while in November 1998, the United Nations General Assembly designated the year 2002 as the International Year of Mountains [3,4].…”

Towards differentiated development policies for mountainous areas: A spatial analysis of mountain distribution and characteristics in a geographic region

“…Following the global initiatives laid down in 1992 at Rio's “Earth Summit,” with the advent of the Mountain Agenda and the inclusion of a specific chapter (Chapter 13) in Agenda 21, mountains have become much more politically and scientifically relevant, with the debates mainly focused on the environment and development (Funnell & Price, 2003). Mountains occupy 24% of the world's land area, provide a life‐support platform for about 10% of humanity are important areas on Earth that support water, energy, and biological diversity, affect the lives of more than half of the world's human population, and play an important role in human survival and development (Jansk'y, 2000). China is a mountainous country, and the definition and quantification of the mountain ranges of China have gradually become hot issues that are concerning many domestic geomorphologists (Jiang & Zeng, 2009; Yang et al, 2011; Ying & Fang, 2017; Zhong et al, 2000).…”