Mountain Geoecology And Sustainable Development Of The Tibetan Plateau

Author : Du Zheng,Qingsong Zhang,Shaohong Wu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401009652

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Mountain Geoecology and Sustainable Development of the Tibetan Plateau by Du Zheng,Qingsong Zhang,Shaohong Wu Pdf

Intense uplift of the Tibetan Plateau in Late Cenozoic Era is one of the most important events in geological history of the Earth. The plateau offers an ideal region for studying of lithospheric formation and evolution, probing into the mechanism of crustal movement, and understanding of changes in environments and geo-ecosystems in Asia. Intense uplift ofthe plateau resulted in drastic changes of natural environment and apparent regional differentiation on the plateau proper and neighboring regions. The plateau therefore becomes a sensitive area of climate change in Asian monsoon region, which is closely related to the global change. As a special physical unit, its ecosystems occupy a prominent position in the world. Due to its extremely high elevation and great extent, natural types and characteristics of physical landscapes on the plateau are quite different from those in lowlands at comparable latitudes, and environments are also different from those in high latitudinal zones. Consequently, the Tibetan Plateau has been classified as one of three giant physical regions in China and considered as a unique unit on Earth. Scientific surveys and expeditions to the Tibetan Plateau on large scale began from 1950's. Amongst them, a number of comprehensive scientific expeditions to the Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region, Hengduan Mts. areas, Karakorum and Kunlun Mts. regions, as well as the Hoh Xii Mts. areas, have been successively carried out by the Integrated Scientific Expedition to Tibetan Plateau, sponsored by Chinese Academy of Sciences since 1973.

Author : Du Zheng,Qingsong Zhang,Shaohong Wu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 940100966X

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Mountain Geoecology and Sustainable Development of the Tibetan Plateau by Du Zheng,Qingsong Zhang,Shaohong Wu Pdf

Author : Du Zheng,Qingsong Zhang,Shaohong Wu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0792366883

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Mountain Geoecology and Sustainable Development of the Tibetan Plateau by Du Zheng,Qingsong Zhang,Shaohong Wu Pdf

"Audience: The book is geared to the needs of policy makers, geographers, professors, environmental managers and researchers at a graduate level."--Jacket.

Author : Rattan Lal,B. A. Stewart
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780429945458

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Soil and Climate by Rattan Lal,B. A. Stewart Pdf

Climate is a soil-forming factor and soil can mitigate climate change through a reduction in the emissions of greenhouse gases and sequestration of atmospheric CO2. Thus, there is a growing interest in soil management practices capable of mitigating climate change and enhancing environmental quality. Soil and Climate addresses global issues through soil management and outlines strategies for advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This volume in the Advances in Soil Science series is specifically devoted to describe state-of-the-knowledge regarding the climate–soil nexus in relation to: Soil Processes: weathering, decomposition of organic matter, erosion, leaching, salinization, biochemical, transformations, gaseous flux, and elemental cycling, Soil Properties: physical, chemical, biological, and ecological, Atmospheric Chemistry: gaseous concentrations of (CO2, CH4, N2O), water vapors, soot, dust, and particulate matter, Mitigation and Adaptation: source and sink of GHGs (CO2, CH4, N2O), land use and soil management, soil C sink capacity, permafrost, Soil Management: sequestration of organic and inorganic C, nutrient requirements, water demands, coupled cycling of H2O, N, P, S, and Policy and Outreach: carbon farming, payments for ecosystem services, COP21, SDGs, land degradation neutrality Special topics on soil as a source or sink of CO2, silicate weathering and carbon sequestration, nutrients required for carbon sequestration, physical protection and the mean resident time, and predicting soil carbon stocks are discussed in detail throughout the book.

Author : N. Maiellaro
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789401735636

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Towards Sustainable Building by N. Maiellaro Pdf

This volume contains the extended versions of selected papers presented at the first Mediterranean Conference "Sharing Knowledge on Sustainable Building" held at the Polytechnic ofBari in December 1999, supported by the National Research Council of Italy. The publication of this book was made possible through the efforts of the contributing Authors. Other people have provided invaluable support for the conference and for the preparation of this volume; in particular, I wish to thank Antonella Lerario for providing support in the final editing of the text and images. 1 As reported in Boonstra and Rovers (200 I) , people spend a great deal of time inside buildings; therefore, decisions about design, construction, use, maintenance, renovation, demolition, reuse and recycling of buildings have a huge impact on the sustainable development of our society. Technical aspects, however, should be supported by adequate policies, developed with appropriate tools and driven by meaningful challenges. For people involved in sustainable buildings, the conceptual frameworks, studies and experiences collected in this volume, organized into three parts - "Policies", "Tools" and "Challenges" - will help to advance knowledge allowing them to adopt and more efficiently implement such innovations sooner.

Author : I.R. Bowler,C.R. Bryant,C. Cocklin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2002-03-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 140200513X

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The Sustainability of Rural Systems by I.R. Bowler,C.R. Bryant,C. Cocklin Pdf

This book examines the interaction of the dimensions of economy, society, and environment in the context of rural systems. It embraces a wide range of topics, including globalization and reregulation in sustainable food production, conservation and sustainability, the development of sustainable rural communities, and sustainable rural-urban interaction. It is relevant to advanced-level students, teachers, researchers, policymakers and agency workers.

Author : M. Romanos,C. Auffrey
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 140200818X

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Managing Intermediate Size Cities by M. Romanos,C. Auffrey Pdf

I am both pleased and honored to introduce this book to readers, and I want to take a few moments to explain why. Michael Romanos and Christopher Auffrey have produced a volume which will be of immense value to several different types of people. Planners and other specialists concerned with the development of the Southeast Asian region and the issues and opportunities associated with urban growth and sustainable development will find much to interest them in this book. But the book, I believe, has much wider appeal, and that is what I want to touch on briefly here. The University of Cincinnati, where Michael, Chris, and I work, is attempting to globalize itself - to develop its institutional capacity for international activities, to infuse its curriculum with international themes, and to promote and increase global competence among its graduates. Many American universities are doing this, of course. In the process, we are seeing some very interesting experiments in pedagogy, as faculty look for "learning moments" in new and sometimes exotic places. Michael, Chris, and their colleagues have, it seems to me, developed an outstanding model for learning across national and cultural boundaries. In the chapters which follow, you will read the results of their work. What will be less apparent, however, is the process by which that work was produced.

Author : James L. Jr Wescoat,Douglas M. Johnston
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781402058493

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Political Economies of Landscape Change by James L. Jr Wescoat,Douglas M. Johnston Pdf

This hugely important and timely work asks how politics and economics transform the landscapes we inhabit. It explores the connections between political economy and landscape change through a series of conceptual essays and case studies. In so doing, it speaks to a broad readership of landscape architects, geographers, and related fields of social and environmental research.

Author : Peter Ache,Hans Thor Andersen,Thomas Maloutas,Mike Raco,Tuna Taşan-Kok
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781402082412

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Cities between Competitiveness and Cohesion by Peter Ache,Hans Thor Andersen,Thomas Maloutas,Mike Raco,Tuna Taşan-Kok Pdf

This book offers a cross-European analysis of urban and regional strategies of reconciling welfare and competitiveness. It develops an understanding of the strategy challenge to reconcile competitiveness with cohesion, and provides an analysis of cities and regions as actors in multi-level governance settings. The book offers a European comparative view on housing, labour markets, enterprises, ethnical issues, gender dimensions, urban development projects, transport, and sustainability.

Author : John Stillwell,Henk J. Scholten
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001-12-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 1402002130

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Land Use Simulation for Europe by John Stillwell,Henk J. Scholten Pdf

Land use change is driven by a variety of forces, including spatial policies formulated at supra-national, national, regional and local levels. The main focus of this book is to contextualise, explain and illustrate a new methodology for simulating land use change in different parts of Europe. It considers some of the more important causal factors and identifies state-of-the-art approaches to modelling human and environmental systems, and for evaluating and visualising altenative scenarios. The last part of the volume presents material from two case studies, one from The Netherlands and one from Portugal, of the implementation of a new simulation model called EuroScanner. Audience: This work will be of interest to researchers and practioners whose work involves geography, simulation and modelling, environmental planning, spatial decision making, the methodology of social sciences, and economics.

Author : I. S. A. Baud,Johan Post,Christine Furedy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004-02-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781402019753

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Solid Waste Management and Recycling by I. S. A. Baud,Johan Post,Christine Furedy Pdf

This book is for practising professionals and academics working in urban planning and international development: international project staff, trainers, urban development researchers and teaching staff in universities and polytechnics. Solid Waste Management and Recycling is unique in that it: -utilizes an 'integrated solid waste management perspective' in its analysis; -provides embedded case study data; -deals with both formal and informal actors and institutional arrangements in solid waste management and recycling; -has chapters written by experts from the countries concerned (Kenya and India); -can be used in graduate-level courses in urban development, urban management and planning, and technical engineering courses for students, project staff, and technical students.

Author : Kiril Stanilov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781402060533

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The Post-Socialist City by Kiril Stanilov Pdf

This book focuses on the spatial transformations in the most dynamically evolving urban areas of post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe. It links the restructuring of the built environment with the underlying processes and the forces of socio-economic reforms. The detailed accounts of the spatial transformations in a key moment of urban history in the region enhance our understanding of the linkages between society and space.

Author : Angela R. Glatston
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128237540

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Red Panda by Angela R. Glatston Pdf

Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda, Second Edition, provides the most up-to-date research, data, and conservation solutions for the red pandas, Ailurus species. Since the publication of the previous edition in 2010, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) updated the threat level of red pandas, and they are now considered to be endangered. This latest edition is updated to provide an in-depth look at the scientific and conservation-based issues urgently facing the red panda today. Led by one of the world’s leading authorities and advocates for red panda conservation, this new edition includes data from the Population and Habitat Viability (PHVA) workshops conducted in three of the species’ range states, Nepal, China, and India; these workshops utilized firsthand information on the decrease of red panda populations due to factors including deforestation, illegal pet trade, human population growth, and climate change. This book also includes updated information from the first edition on reproduction, anatomy, veterinary care, zoo management, and fossil history. Discusses the evidence for two species of red panda and how this might impact conservation efforts Reports on status in the wild, looks at conservation issues and considers the future of this unique species Written by long-standing red panda experts as well as those specializing in fields involving cutting-edge red panda research Includes new chapters on topic including the impact of climate change, how bamboo influences distribution, and conservation in Bhutan and Myanmar

Author : Rita Schneider-Sliwa
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781402038679

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Cities in Transition by Rita Schneider-Sliwa Pdf

This book was written with the aim of showing that even in the era of globalization developments appearing in cities are not subject to almost unconditional global forces. Rather, universal forces are decisive eventualities in the process of urban restructuring, often influencing its course and speed, yet developments and particularities within a city strongly influence the course of events and the extent to which negative characteristics of globalization might occur. Berlin, Brussels, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sarajevo and Vienna: Using these important cities the special relationship between global and local/regional forces is analyzed. The case studies were selected based on their political and cultural context and the fact that their social and political fabric was subject to major changes in the recent past. How global processes manifest themselves locally depends to a great extent on how development processes and endogenic potentials are initiated locally in order to cope with the new global economic and societal conditions.

Author : Jay D. Gatrell,Neil Reid
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402052262

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Enterprising Worlds by Jay D. Gatrell,Neil Reid Pdf

This book is the culmination of several years of work by geographers, planners, and economists. The chapters included in this volume represent the collective efforts of the International Geographical Union’s Commission on the Dynamics of Economic Spaces, at their 2005 annual meeting in Toledo, Ohio (USA). The papers were selected based on their contribution to the community of economic geographers and policymakers and to demonstrate the inherent interconnectedness of these themes.