Population Land Use And Environment

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Economics, Governance, and International Studies,Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change,Panel on New Research on Population and the Environment
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309096553

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Population, Land Use, and Environment by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Economics, Governance, and International Studies,Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change,Panel on New Research on Population and the Environment Pdf

Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions offers recommendations for future research to improve understanding of how changes in human populations affect the natural environment by means of changes in land use, such as deforestation, urban development, and development of coastal zones. It also features a set of state-of-the-art papers by leading researchers that analyze population-land useenvironment relationships in urban and rural settings in developed and underdeveloped countries and that show how remote sensing and other observational methods are being applied to these issues. This book will serve as a resource for researchers, research funders, and students.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Economics Governance and International Studies,Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change,Panel on New Research on Population and the Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0309386128

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Population, Land Use, and Environment by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Economics Governance and International Studies,Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change,Panel on New Research on Population and the Environment Pdf

Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions offers recommendations for future research to improve understanding of how changes in human populations affect the natural environment by means of changes in land use, such as deforestation, urban development, and development of coastal zones. It also features a set of state-of-the-art papers by leading researchers that analyze population-land useenvironment relationships in urban and rural settings in developed and underdeveloped countries and that show how remote sensing and other observational methods are being applied to these issues. This book will serve as a resource for researchers, research funders, and students.

Author : Lori M. Hunter
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0833043684

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The Environmental Implications of Population Dynamics by Lori M. Hunter Pdf

This report discusses the relationship between population and environmental change, the forces that mediate this relationship, and how population dynamics specifically affect climate change and land-use change.

Author : Margarit Mircea Nistor
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128232651

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Climate and Land Use Impacts on Natural and Artificial Systems by Margarit Mircea Nistor Pdf

Climate and Land Use Impacts on Natural and Artificial Systems: Mitigation and Adaptation provides in-depth information on the linkages between climate change and land use, how they are related, how land use is shifting over time, and the major global regions at risk for climate and land use changes. This comprehensive resource discusses climatic factors and processes that impact natural and artificial systems, as well as the relationship between climate change and both natural and man-made hazards. The book includes case studies and original maps to provide real-life examples of climate change and land use over regions around the globe. In addition, the book presents future perspectives on mitigation and adaptation of the climate change impact. Summarizes current research on land use and climate change Provides future perspectives on climate change using climate models Includes case studies to provide real-life examples from various countries Incorporates high level graphics, images, and maps to support reviews and case studies

Author : Paul Harrison,Fred Pearce
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520230841

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AAAS Atlas of Population & Environment by Paul Harrison,Fred Pearce Pdf

Review: This volume discusses and illustrates the effects of the world's population on natural resources, land use, atmosphere, chemicals, wastes, ecosystems, and biodiversity. It is filled with high-quality maps, charts, and informative illustrations."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2002

Author : Richard White
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295980546

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Land Use, Environment, and Social Change by Richard White Pdf

Whidbey and Camano, two of the largest of the numerous beautiful islands dotting Puget Sound, together form the major part of Island Country. Taking this county as a case study and following its history from Indian times to the present, Richard White explores the complex relationship between human induced environmental change and social change. This new edition of his classic study includes a new preface by the author and a foreword by William Cronon.

Author : National Academy of Sciences,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Indian National Science Academy
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001-06-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309170727

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Growing Populations, Changing Landscapes by National Academy of Sciences,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Indian National Science Academy Pdf

As the world's population exceeds an incredible 6 billion people, governmentsâ€"and scientistsâ€"everywhere are concerned about the prospects for sustainable development. The science academies of the three most populous countries have joined forces in an unprecedented effort to understand the linkage between population growth and land-use change, and its implications for the future. By examining six sites ranging from agricultural to intensely urban to areas in transition, the multinational study panel asks how population growth and consumption directly cause land-use change, and explore the general nature of the forces driving the transformations. Growing Populations, Changing Landscapes explains how disparate government policies with unintended consequences and globalization effects that link local land-use changes to consumption patterns and labor policies in distant countries can be far more influential than simple numerical population increases. Recognizing the importance of these linkages can be a significant step toward more effective environmental management.

Author : F. T. Last,M. C. B. Hotz,B. G. Bell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461321699

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Land and its Uses — Actual and Potential by F. T. Last,M. C. B. Hotz,B. G. Bell Pdf

During its existence the Ecosciences Panel of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was constantly concerned with (i) the communic ation gap between the generators of ecological/environmental infor mation and those who use it and (ii) the narrow interpretation of 'environmental' which too frequently was taken as being synonymous with pollution. Because of this concern, and because the panel recognised that land-use is perhaps the overriding facet of environmental policy it was decided to arrange the Seminar recorded in this volume :- Land and its Uses : Actual and Potential An Environmental Appraisal The development of this Seminar was chaired by Professor F. T. Last who was enthusiastically supported by B. G. Bell (U.K.), Drs S. Bie (Norway), 0. W. Heal (U.K.), R. Herrmann (Federal Republic of Germany), M.C.B.Hotz (formerly of NATO, Belgium, but now in Canada), L. Munn (Canada) and N. Yassoglou (Greece). Together, they decided that the participants should include (i) planners/decision makers and (ii) scientists generating ecological/environmental infor mation, in the hope that they would gain a better understanding of each others problems and attitudes and as a result identify how information can be prepared in a more usable form.

Author : Donald M. McAllister
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Environmental engineering
ISBN : STANFORD:36105044246531

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Environment by Donald M. McAllister Pdf

Author : Information Resources Management Association
Publisher : Engineering Science Reference
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-02
Category : Agricultural informatics
ISBN : 1522596216

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Environmental and Agricultural Informatics by Information Resources Management Association Pdf

"This book examines the design, development, and implementation of complex agricultural and environmental information systems to quickly process and access environmental data in order to make informed decisions for the protection of the environment"--

Author : Stephen J. Walsh,Diego Riveros-Iregui,Javier Arce-Nazario,Philip H. Page
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030439736

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Land Cover and Land Use Change on Islands by Stephen J. Walsh,Diego Riveros-Iregui,Javier Arce-Nazario,Philip H. Page Pdf

Globalization is not a new phenomenon, but it is posing new challenges to humans and natural ecosystems in the 21st century. From climate change to increasingly mobile human populations to the global economy, the relationship between humans and their environment is being modified in ways that will have long-term impacts on ecological health, biodiversity, ecosystem goods and services, population vulnerability, and sustainability. These changes and challenges are perhaps nowhere more evident than in island ecosystems. Buffeted by rising ocean temperatures, extreme weather events, sea-level rise, climate change, tourism, population migration, invasive species, and resource limitations, islands represent both the greatest vulnerability to globalization and also the greatest scientific opportunity to study the significance of global changes on ecosystem processes, human-environment interactions, conservation, environmental policy, and island sustainability. In this book, we study islands through the lens of Land Cover/Land Use Change (LCLUC) and the multi-scale and multi-thematic drivers of change. In addition to assessing the key processes that shape and re-shape island ecosystems and their land cover/land use changes, the book highlights measurement and assessment methods to characterize patterns and trajectories of change and models to examine the social-ecological drivers of change on islands. For instance, chapters report on the results of a meta-analysis to examine trends in published literature on islands, a satellite image time-series to track changes in urbanization, social surveys to support household analyses, field sampling to represent the state of resources and their limitations on islands, and dynamic systems models to link socio-economic data to LCLUC patterns. The authors report on a diversity of islands, conditions, and circumstances that affect LCLUC patterns and processes, often informed through perspectives rooted, for instance, in conservation, demography, ecology, economics, geography, policy, and sociology.

Author : Alice Coleman
Publisher : Macmillan Company of Canada Limited for the Ministry of State for Urban Affairs
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Canada Population
ISBN : UOM:39015028160474

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Canadian Settlement and Environmental Planning by Alice Coleman Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1993-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309048385

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Population and Land Use in Developing Countries by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population Pdf

This valuable book summarizes recent research by experts from both the natural and social sciences on the effects of population growth on land use. It is a useful introduction to a field in which little quantitative research has been conducted and in which there is a great deal of public controversy. The book includes case studies of African, Asian, and Latin American countries that demonstrate the varied effects of population growth on land use. Several general chapters address the following timely questions: What is meant by land use change? Why are ecological research and population studies so different? What are the implications for sustainable growth in agricultural production? Although much work remains to be done in quantifying the causal connections between demographic and land use changes, this book provides important insights into those connections, and it should stimulate more work in this area.

Author : Singh, Rajeev Pratap,Singh, Anita,Srivastava, Vaibhav
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781522516842

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Environmental Issues Surrounding Human Overpopulation by Singh, Rajeev Pratap,Singh, Anita,Srivastava, Vaibhav Pdf

There are many factors to be considered when examining the current state of environmental problems in the modern world. By addressing these causes, the preservation of ecosystems and environmental resources can be maintained. Environmental Issues Surrounding Human Overpopulation is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly research on the depletion of natural resources due to overpopulation and presents insights on how these environmental threats can be addressed. Highlighting technological, economic, and social perspectives, this book is ideally designed for policymakers, researchers, academics, students, and practitioners interested in better understanding the current state of the global environment.

Author : Thomas Weith,Tim Barkmann,Nadin Gaasch,Sebastian Rogga,Christian Strauß,Jana Zscheischler
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030508418

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Sustainable Land Management in a European Context by Thomas Weith,Tim Barkmann,Nadin Gaasch,Sebastian Rogga,Christian Strauß,Jana Zscheischler Pdf

This open access book presents and discusses current issues and innovative solution approaches for land management in a European context. Manifold sustainability issues are closely interconnected with land use practices. Throughout the world, we face increasing conflict over the use of land as well as competition for land. Drawing on experience in sustainable land management gained from seven years of the FONA programme (Research for Sustainable Development, conducted under the auspices of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research), the book stresses and highlights co-design processes within the “co-creation of knowledge”, involving collaboration in transdisciplinary research processes between academia and other stakeholders. The book begins with an overview of the current state of land use practices and the subsequent need to manage land resources more sustainably. New system solutions and governance approaches in sustainable land management are presented from a European perspective on land use. The volume also addresses how to use new modes of knowledge transfer between science and practice. New perspectives in sustainable land management and methods of combining knowledge and action are presented to a broad readership in land system sciences and environmental sciences, social sciences and geosciences. This book received the Gerd Albers Award. The prize is awarded by the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP).