Geo-trekking in Ethiopia’s Tropical Mountains
The Dogu’a Tembien District
Editors: Nyssen, Jan, Jacob, Miro, Frankl, Amaury (Eds.)
Free Preview- Enhances accessibility to research finding of more than 50 scientists, published in over 150 articles over 23 years
- Provides easy access to hundreds of didactic viewpoints
- Visits a scenic rural Ethiopian district, safely, easily and off the beaten track - almost as scenic as the Simien Mts, but much better documented and much easier to access
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- About this book
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This book is based on over 150 scientific papers about the Dogu’a Tembien district in Ethiopia. To reach a broader public of people interested in geosites and human-environment interactions, the authors here add a geoguide about this mountain district in Ethiopia(13°30’ N, 39°10’ E; upto 2850 m high) which shows a varied lithology.
A large team has carried out research in that district over the past 23 years, including long stays in the areas. Numerous viewpoints and geosites are only accessible on foot; hence the authors prepared the book as a trekking guide, which will enhance sustainable tourism in the same time. This edited work summarises the study results in the international literature into a comprehensive book, which comprises 35 thematic chapters, detailed description of 573 km of trekking routes to access the landscape and the most scenic excursion points, as well as the necessary logistical information. A state-of-the-art trekking map is included as a digital annex.
- Table of contents (39 chapters)
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Geosites, Geoheritage, Human-Environment Interactions, and Sustainable Geotourism in Dogu’a Tembien
Pages 3-27
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Regional Geology of the Dogu’a Tembien Massif
Pages 29-43
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Dogu’a Tembien’s Tropical Mountain Climate
Pages 45-61
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A Short History and Ethnography of the Tembien Tigrayans
Pages 63-78
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Political Ecology of Land Degradation in the Tembien Highlands
Pages 79-87
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Table of contents (39 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Geo-trekking in Ethiopia’s Tropical Mountains
- Book Subtitle
- The Dogu’a Tembien District
- Editors
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- Jan Nyssen
- Miro Jacob
- Amaury Frankl
- Series Title
- GeoGuide
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-04955-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-04955-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-04954-6
- Series ISSN
- 2364-6497
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXXIV, 675
- Number of Illustrations
- 27 b/w illustrations, 343 illustrations in colour
- Topics
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