Addressing policy related issues, providing up-to-date scientific background information and laying out pressing land management questions, this interdisciplinary volume identifies and discusses key directions of environmental change in uplands, as well as providing an outlook into future management and conservation options responding to these changes.

Preface
Introduction
Drivers of change in upland environments: concepts, threats & opportunities
Processes and Policy - the overarching Drivers of Change
Natural changes in upland landscapes
Threats from air pollution and climate change on upland systems: past, present & future
Policy change in the uplands
Ecosystem Goods & Services and Drivers of Change
The carbon budget of upland peat soils
Upland hydrology
State of upland freshwater ecosystems
Condition of upland terrestrial habitats
Burning issues: the history and ecology of managed fires in the uplands
Moorland management with livestock: the effect of policy change on upland grazing, vegetation and farm economics
International importance and drivers of change of upland bird populations
Mammals in the uplands
Managing uplands for game and sporting interest: an industry perspective
Moors from the past
Leisure in the landscape: rural incomes and public benefits
Social Change, Land Management and Conservation - Driving Change
Description of the upland economy: areas of outstanding beauty and marginal economic performance
The future of public goods provision in upland regions: learning from hefted commons in the Lake District, UK
The economic value of landscapes in the uplands of England
Landscape as an integrating framework for upland management
Using scenarios to explore upland futures
Effective policy making: stakeholder involvement and sustainable development in national parks
How class shapes perceptions of nature: implications for managing visitor perceptions in upland UK
Moorland wildfire risk, visitors and climate change: patterns, prevention and policy
Moorland restoration: potential and progress
Ecosystem services: a new rationale for conservation of upland environments
Conclusion
Managing change in the uplands: challenges in shaping the future
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