The Carpathians: Integrating Nature and Society Towards Sustainability

The Carpathians are a distinct mountain chain in the core of Central and Eastern Europe holding valuable biological resources and a rich cultural heritage. The last twenty years have witnessed an increasing awareness of the Carpathians' value for European society and strengthened research coope...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Kozak, Jacek (Editor ), Ostapowicz, Katarzyna (Editor ), Bytnerowicz, Andrzej (Editor ), Wyżga, Bartłomiej (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:Environmental Science,
Temas:
Conservation biology.
Ecology .
Sustainability.
Conservation Biology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Carpathian Mountains: challenges for the Central and Eastern European landmark
  • Science for the Carpathians: using regional capacity to cope with global change
  • Progress in understanding the dynamics of Carpathian abiotic environment
  • Progress in understanding the dynamics of Carpathian abiotic environment
  • Landslide susceptibility assessment: GIS application to a complex mountainous environment
  • GIS evaluation of erosion-sedimentation risk caused by extreme convective rainstorms: case study of the Stonávka River catchment, Czech Republic
  • Assessment of the impact of agricultural land utilization practices on soil losses
  • The effects of climate change on element content and soil pH (Síkfőkút DIRT Project, northern Hungary)
  • Climate changes in the vertical zones of the Polish Carpathians in the last 50 years
  • Air temperature variability in the High Tatra Mountains
  • Climate trends in the Slovak part of the Carpathians.

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