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Resources & Publications

This is an edited scholarly book series on Montology: Convergent Science of Mountains for Development.

Montology Palimpsest: A primer of mountain geographies.

Mountain Lexicon: A corpus of montology and innovation

Water Mountainscapes: Converging nature and culture

Members’ Publications

CMS article on the passing of our Honorary Member Jack D. Ives was shared on various Mountain platforms. It was also published in the newsletter of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) https://www.aag.org/memorial/john-jack-ives/

It has also published an article in MRD: Sarmiento, F., Dal, N., Gunya, A., & Stadel, C. (2024). In Memoriam: Prof Dr Jack D. Ives. Mountain Research and Development, 44(4), V4-V5. https://bioone.org/journals/mountain-research-and- development/volume-44/issue-4/mrd.2024.00041/In-Memoriam-Prof-Dr-Jack-D- Ives/10.1659/mrd.2024.00041.full

Sarmiento, F.O.; Bush, M.B.; McMichael, C.N.H.; Chávez, C.R.; Cruz, J.F.; Rivas, G.; Kavoori, A.; Weatherford, J.; Hunt, C.A. 2024. Ecological Legacies and Ethnotourism: Bridging Science and Community in Ecuador’s Amazonia. Sustainability, 16 (11), 4664. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16114664

Nirbhav, Malik, A., Maheshwar, & Prasad, M. (2024). Landslide susceptibility assessment along the major transport corridor using decision tree model: a case study of Kullu-Rohtang Pass. International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining, 24(1), 1-24. DOI: 10.1504/IJBIDM.2024.135172

Namima Y., and K. Ueno, 2024: Relations between the year-to-year variation of snow cover structures and winter weather pattern in the Sugadaira Highland. Seppyo, 86, 97-114. (in Japanses with English abstract) doi.org/10.5331/seppyo.86.2_97

Abolmasov, B. Alcántara-Ayala, I., Arbanas, Ž., Huntley, D., Konagai, K., Mihalić Arbanas, S., Mikoš, M., Ramesh, M.V., Sassa, K., Sassa, S., Tang, H., Tiwari, B. (Editors) (2024) Progress in Landslide Research and Technology, Volume 3 Issue 1, 2024, Springer Cham, ISBN: ISBN 978-3-031-55119-2 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55120-8, 474 pp.

Velásquez Espinoza G., Alcántara-Ayala I. (2024). Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Rainfall- Induced Landslides in Nicaragua (2000–2022): Preliminary Insights to Communicate Landslide Disaster Risk. In: Abolmasov, B., et al. Progress in Landslide Research and Technology, Volume 3 Issue 1, 2024. Progress in Landslide Research and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55120-8_8

Alcántara-Ayala I. (2024). Landslide Disaster Risk: Refreshing Notions and Terminology in the Context of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, In Sarmiento, F. and Gunya A. (Eds.) Mountain Lexicon, A Corpus of Montology and Innovation, Springer Cham, 262 p. ISBN 978-3-031-64884-7, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-64884-7

Resler, L. M., Patil, P. V., Bristow, C., Finks, L., and Dolby, M. (2024). Patterns of native and invasive lianas of Virginia's Ridge and Valley forests in relation to land use history. Southeastern Geographer. 64(4), 384-406.

Haller, A., F. Monge-Rodríguez, E. Huamán-Chulluncuy, R. Bautista-Cañari & D. Branca (2024): Rural–urban change in highland Peru: perceived impacts and preferred performance. In: Mountain Research and Development 44 (3), R22–R33 DOI: 10.1659/mrd.2024.00026

Haller, A. (2024): Mountain cityscapes. In: Sarmiento, F. & A. Gunya (eds.): Mountain lexicon: a corpus of montology and innovation. Montology Series. Springer, Berlin, 139– 142 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-64884-7_19

2024 Stadel, C. : Mountain Identities: Multi-facety and Fluidity. In: Sarmiento, F. O. & A. Gunya (eds.): Mountain Lexicon. A Corpus of Montology and Innovation. Cham: Springer Nature, 113-115

External Resources & Networks

International initiatives and platforms that provide open data, policy documents on mountains.

Mountain Research Initiative (MRI)

Mountain Partnership (UN-FAO)

ICIMOD

Neotropical Montology Collaboratory

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Key CMS Documents

IGU-CMS Annual Report 2025 PDF

IGU-CMS Annual Report 2024 PDF