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Vulnerability of land systems in Asia /
This book provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview of land systems vulnerability assessment in Asia - fundamental to the understanding of the link between global change, environmental sustainability and human wellbeing. The extent and intensity of human interactions with the environment have...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Land systems vulnerability / Ademola K. Braimoh and He Qing Huang
- Drought and extreme climate stress on human-environment systems in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia / Troy Sternberg
- Vulnerability and resilience of the Mongolian pastoral social-ecological systems to multiple stressors / Dennis Ojima, Togtokh Chuluun and Myagmarsuren Altanbagana
- Vulnerability of pastoral communities in central Mongolia to climate and land-use changes / T. Chuluun, M. Altanbagana, S. Davaanyam, B. Tserenchunt and D. Ojima
- Vulnerability assessment: a case study on drought in Middle Inner Mongolia, China / Xiaoqian Liu, He Yin and Ademola K. Braimoh
- Vulnerability of agriculture to climate change in arid regions: a case study of western Rajasthan, India / R.B. Singh and Ajay Kumar
- Dendrogeomorphological and sedimentological analysis of debris flow hazards in the northern Zailiiskiy Alatau, Tien Shan Mountains, Kazakhstan / Vanessa Winchester, David G. Passmore, Stephan Harrison, Alaric Rae, Igor Severskiy and Nina V. Pimankina
- Regional scenarios and simulated land-cover changes in montane mainland Southeast Asia / Jefferson Fox, John B. Vogler, Omer L. Sen, Alan L. Ziegler and Thomas W. Giambelluca
- Land-use change and its impacts on agricultural productivity in China / Huimin Yan, He Qing Huang, Xiangzheng Deng and Jiyuan Liu
- Long-term land-cover change in Amur River Basin / Shigeko Haruyama, Yoshitaka Masuda and Akihiko Kondoh
- Simulating land-use change in China from a global perspective / Xuefeng Cui, Mark Rounsevell, Yuan Jiang, Muyi Kang, Paul Palmer, Wen Chen and Terence Dawson
- Sustainable land use planning in west Asia using MicroLEIS decision support systems / Farzin Shahbazi, Maria Anaya-Romero, Ademola K. Braimoh and Diego De La Rosa
- Impacts of agricultural land change on biodiversity and ecosystem services in Kahayan watershed, central Kalimantan / J.S. Rahajoe, L. Alhamd, E.B. Walujo, H.S. Limin, M.S. Suneetha, A.K. Braimoh and T. Kohyama
- Spatio-temporal evolution of urban structure in Shanghai / Wenze Yue, Peilei Fan and Jiaguo Qi
- Governing ecosystem services from upland watersheds in Southeast Asia / Louis Lebel and Rajesh Daniel
- Socio-economic impacts of a wetland restoration program in China's Poyang lake region / Fen Li, Lin Zhen, He Qing Huang, Yunjie Wei, Li Yang and Sandra Uthes
- China's sloping land conversion program : are the farmers paid enough? / Shubhechchha Thapa, Xing Lu and Ademola K. Braimoh
- Community-based peatland management for greenhouse gas reduction based on fire-free land preparation / Bambang Hero Saharjo
- Structuring climate finance for adaptation measures in vulnerable ecosystems : lessons from India / A. Damodaran
- Scientific uncertainty and policy making : how can communications contribute to a better marriage in the global change arena? / Gabriela Litre
- Planning for resilience : the quest of learning and adaptation / Fernando Teigao dos Santos
- Conclusion / He Qing Huang and Ademola K. Braimoh.