Designing Low Carbon Societies in Landscapes

This book focuses on three major means of achieving a low carbon society: conservation of the ecosystem complex, changes of arrangement of landscapes, and creation of biodiversity. There are specific countermeasures to be taken for carbon absorption in the three types of landscapes-urban, cultural,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Nakagoshi, Nobukazu (Editor ), Mabuhay, Jhonamie A. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Ecological Research Monographs,
Temas:
Landscape ecology.
Sustainability.
Renewable energy sources.
Landscape Ecology.
Renewable Energy.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Introduction
  • 1. Landscape Ecological Approaches to Low-Carbon Society
  • Part II. Urban Landscape Ecology
  • 2. Cooling potential of urban green spaces in summer
  • 3. Is Ecotopia Possible? A few Proposals for Urban Ecology
  • 4. Transpiration characteristics of Chinese pines (Pinus tabulaeformis) in an urban environment
  • 5. Landscape design for urban biodiversity and ecological education in Yomiya park, Kitakyushu-city, Japan : Approaching from Multi Functional Landscape Planning
  • Part III. Ecologies on Cultural Landscapes
  • 6. Can Satoyama Offer a Realistic Solution for a Low Carbon Society? Public Perception and Challenges Arising
  • 7. Effects of Sustainable Energy Facilities on Landscape: A Case Study of Slovakia
  • 8. Low Carbon Society through Pekarangan Traditional Agroforestry Practices in Java, Indonesia
  • 9. Challenges and Goal of Sustainable Island: Case Study in UNESCO Shinan Dadohae Biosphere Reserve, Korea
  • 10. The neglect of traditional ecological knowledge on the wild elephant-related problems in Xishuangbanna, SW China
  • 11. Effects of Tropical Successional Forests on Bird Feeding Guilds
  • Part IV. Ecologies on Protected Areas
  • 12. Understanding development trends and landscape changes of protected areas in peninsular Malaysia: a much needed component of sustainable conservation planning
  • 13. Land Use Trends Analysis Using SPOT 5 Images and Its Effect on the Landscape of Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
  • 14. The Relationship between land use land cover and land degradation of natural protected area in Batang Merao Watershed, Indonesia
  • 15. Ecotourism Activities for Sustainability and Management of Forest Protected Areas (Case of Camili Biosphere Reserve Area in Turkey)
  • 16. Community Aspects on Forest Ecosystems in the Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park UNESCO Biosphere Reserves, Indonesia
  • 17. Landscape ecology based approach for assessing pekarangan condition to preserve protected area in West Java
  • 18. Integrated the Aerial Photos and DTM to Estimate the Area and Niche of Arundo formosana in Jiou-Jiou Peaks Natural Reserve of Taiwan
  • 19. REDD+ readiness through selected project activities, financial mechanism and provincial perspectives in Indonesia.

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