*Edited by Julius Ibukun Agboola*

Over the years, environmental change has sharpened significant dynamic evolution and knowledge in organizational structures of organisms, from cellular/molecular to macro-organism level including our society. Changes in social and ecological systems due to environmental change will hopefully result in a shift towards sustainability, with legislative and government entities responding to diverse policy and management issues concerning the building, management and restoration of social-ecological systems on a regional and global scale. Solutions are particularly needed at the regional level, where physical features of the landscape, biological systems and human institutions interact. The purpose of this book is to disseminate both theoretical and applied studies on interactions between human and natural systems from multidisciplinary research perspectives on global environmental change. It combines interdisciplinary approaches, long-term research and a practical solution to the increasing intensity of problems related to environmental change, and is intended for a broad target audience ranging from students to specialists.

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Relevant Perspectives in Global Environmental Change

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## Relevant Perspectives in Global Environmental Change

*Edited by Julius Ibukun Agboola*

**RELEVANT** 

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**PERSPECTIVES IN GLOBAL** 

Edited by **Julius Ibukun Agboola**

**ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE** 

## **RELEVANT PERSPECTIVES IN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE**

Edited by **Julius Ibukun Agboola**

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/2514 Edited by Julius Ibukun Agboola

#### **Contributors**

Adenilda Honorio-Franca, Eduardo França, Carlos Fabián Vargas-Mendoza, Nora Medina-Jaritz, Claudia Ibarra-Sánchez, Edson Romero-Salas, Raul Alcalde-Vázquez, Abril Rodríguez-Banderas, Belen Rubio, Paula Álvarez-Iglesias, Daniel Rey, Ana Bernabeu, Kais Mohamed, Federico Vilas, Iván León, Yoshihisa Yamashita, Yukie Shibata, George Ivanov, Georgi Georgiev, Zdravko Lalchev, Kabwe Nkongolo, Sophie Gervais, Ademola Adenle, Julius Ibukun Agboola

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