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Author : Donald F. McAlpine,Ian M. Smith
Publisher : NRC Research Press
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780660198354
Author : H.S. Sen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030006808
This book explores the Sundarbans eco-region from a trans-boundary perspective, examining the cross-country interaction that helps planners to develop more efficient coastal zone planning for the delta. The dynamic ecosystem of the Sundarbans is considered the largest coastal delta in the world. It is located in the Bay of Bengal and spans across Bangladesh and West Bengal (India). Featuring chapters by experts from a range of fields, it addresses (i) risk factor analyses, and the geohydrological, climatic, natural, socio-economic, and anthropological factors related to the Sundarbans; (ii) strategies for sustainability in natural resource management in trans-boundary Sundarbans, cutting across political boundaries; (iii) improved agriculture, fisheries, and forestry practices and their impacts on the socio-economy for livelihood security; and (iv) a future road map for improvements. This book will be of value to those working in academia, as well as to experts and professionals in coastal zone planning and management.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Jacana Media
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN : 1919931627
Author : Aradhna Aggarwal
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199088690
This book provides a comprehensive review of the evolution and performance of SEZs from a historical and comparative perspective by tracing the experiences of SEZs in 23 developing countries, including Korea, Taiwan, and China. Using a framework that integrates the basic tenets of the industrial cluster approach with existing theories, it proposes a set of evaluation criteria for SEZs. Analysing quantitative data provided by the Ministry of Commerce and qualitative evidence based on field surveys conducted during 2004–9, the book assesses the economic contribution in the pre- and post-SEZ Act periods in India. Exploring the impact of SEZs on employment, trade, foreign exchange earnings, government revenue, and technology transfers, it also examines evidence of social effects vis-à-vis land acquisition, human development, regional inequities, and environmental protection. Discussing the impact of internal dynamics and external forces on future prospects of SEZs, it offers constructive suggestions to make policy investor-friendly and successful.
Author : John W. Head
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000020748
This book examines global environmental governance and how legal, institutional, and conceptual reform can facilitate a transformation to a new ‘natural-systems’ form of agriculture. Profound global climate disruption makes it essential that we replace our current agricultural system – described in this book as a fossil-carbon-dependent ‘modern extractive agriculture’ – with a natural-systems agriculture featuring perennial grains growing in polycultures, thereby mimicking the natural grassland and forest ecosystems that modern extractive agriculture has largely destroyed. After examining relevant international legal and conceptual foundations (sovereignty, federalism, global governance) and existing international organizations focusing on agriculture, the book explores legal and institutional opportunities to facilitate dramatic agricultural reform and ecological restoration. Among other things, it explains how innovative federalism structures around the world provide patterns for reorienting global environmental governance, including what the book calls eco-states that would, through exercise of pluralistic sovereignty, be responsible for agroecological management. Drawing from his experience working in international institutions, the author provides detailed global-governance proposals for facilitating the type of agricultural reform that can help avoid ecological collapse, especially through soil degradation and climate change. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of international law, agroecology, climate change, ecological restoration, sustainable development, and global governance, as well as policy-makers and practitioners working in these fields.
Author : Jürgen Schultz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662031612
This abundantly illustrated book provides a fundamental introduction to the ecological zones of the geosphere. The revised edition includes more than 70 new figures and tables, plus detailed maps of agricultural regions and soil classification. A large number of new Anglo-American ecological studies are included, along with a discussion of the correlation between northern ecosystems and the carbon dioxide balance in the global atmosphere.
Author : B. A. Nicholson
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780889772540
The Canadian Prairie Ecozone (CPE) is spatially defined by the foothills of Alberta on the west and the boreal forest/parkland interface on the north and the east. As members of the multidisciplinary SCAPE (Study of Cultural Adaptations in the Canadian Prairie Ecozone) Project, the authors have synthesized a comprehensive account of the successive cultural lifeways and social practices of precontact groups that have succeeded one another over time and space in this region over the past 11,000 years.
Author : Johan Bouma,A. Kuyvenhoven,B.A.M Bouman,J.C. Luyten,H.G. Zandstra
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789401101219
In the coming decades the world will need to more than double its food and feed production, almost all of the increase being needed in developing countries. This has socioeconomic and biophysical implications. Traditional component and commodity research addresses overly narrow issues at too small a scale. Rural development needs an eco-regional approach that integrates biophysical and socioeconomic work on cropping systems, livestock, the environment, and natural resources. This book contains the papers, response papers and discussion report of a five-day seminar on eco-regional approaches. It assesses the state of the art of systems approaches applied to eco-regional problems, presenting and discussing a number of case studies. Future research needs are discussed, as well as ways to improve collaboration between research institutes. The seminar on which the book is based was organised on behalf of the Directorate General for International Cooperation of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the Research Institute for Agrobiology and Soil Fertility (AB-DLO), the Wageningen Agricultural University (WAU), and the International Potato Centre (CIP). It was held at the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR), and was attended by participants from all CGIAR centres, among others.
Author : Georgina Drew
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780816535101
"River Dialogues is an ethnographic engagement with social movements contesting hydroelectric development on River Ganges"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0889771235
Natural Neighbours: Selected Mammals of Saskatchewan focuses on various mammals found in Saskatchewan and describes their appearance, habits, food, habitat, survival strategies, ecological relationships, status, and range.
Author : Bruce Carlyle Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Ecosystem management
ISBN : IND:30000050594955
Author : Tomislav Hengl,Hannes I. Reuter
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 797 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780123743459
Geomorphometry is the science of quantitative land-surface analysis. It draws upon mathematical, statistical, and image-processing techniques to quantify the shape of earth's topography at various spatial scales. The focus of geomorphometry is the calculation of surface-form measures (land-surface parameters) and features (objects), which may be used to improve the mapping and modelling of landforms to assist in the evaluation of soils, vegetation, land use, natural hazards, and other information. This book provides a practical guide to preparing Digital Elevation Models (DEM) for analysis and extracting land-surface parameters and objects from DEMs through a variety of software. It further offers detailed instructions on applying parameters and objects in soil, agricultural, environmental and earth sciences. This is a manual of state-of-the-art methods to serve the various researchers who use geomorphometry. Soil scientists will use this book to further learn the methods for classifying and measuring the chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils and gain a further understaing of the role of soil as a natural resource. Geologists will find value in the instruction this book provides for measuring the physical features of the soil such as elevation, porosity, and structure which geologists use to predict natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and flooding. * Technical details on a variety of software packages allow researchers to solve real-life mapping issues * Provides soil and agronomy researchers best practice techniques for soil data analysis to assist in enhanced land-use and planning * Offers geologists essential tactics for better environmental management by providing a comprehensive analysis of the physical features of soil * Companion website includes access to the latest technological advancements previously unpublished in any other comprehensive source: geomorphometry software, DEM data sources, and applications
Author : United States. National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112026092442
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251300145
Watershed management has gained momentum over the past decade as a holistic way of conserving water, land and biodiversity resources while sustaining livelihoods. Based on 12 projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, this publication looks at both the strengths and weaknesses of the approach and highlights the need for stronger governance and long-term sustainability.
