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Climate change and the pressures of escalating human demands on the environment have had increasing impacts on landscapes across the world. In this book, world-class scholars discuss current and pressing issues regarding the landscape, landscape ecology, social and economic development, and adaptive...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Dordrecht ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6530-6 |
| Summary: |
Climate change and the pressures of escalating human demands on the environment have had increasing impacts on landscapes across the world. In this book, world-class scholars discuss current and pressing issues regarding the landscape, landscape ecology, social and economic development, and adaptive management. Topics include the interaction between landscapes and ecological processes, landscape modeling, the application of landscape ecology in understanding cultural landscapes, biodiversity, climate change, landscape services, landscape planning, and adaptive management to provide a comprehensive view that allows readers to form their own opinions.Professor Bojie Fu is an Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chair of scientific committee at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.Professor K. Bruce Jones is the Executive Director for Earth and Ecosystem Sciences Division at Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource |
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9789400765306 (electronic bk.) 9400765304 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | QH541 |
| CLC: | Q14 |
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Concepts and Approaches. Coupling Landscape Patterns and Ecological Processes / Strengthening Landscape Ecology's Contribution to a Sustainable Environment / Urban Landscape Ecology: Past, Present, and Future / Biocultural Diversity for Sustainable Ecological, Cultural and Sacred Landscapes: The Biocultural Landscape Approach / Using Ecosystem Services in Community-Based Landscape Planning: Science is Not Ready to Deliver / Effects of Global Household Proliferation on Ecosystem Services / Landscape Modeling. Bringing Climate Change Science to the Landscape Level: Canadian Experience in Using Landscape Visualisation Within Participatory Processes for Community Planning / Watershed Scale Physically Based Water Flow, Sediment and Nutrient Dynamic Modeling System / Simulation of River Flow for Downstream Water Allocation in the Heihe River Watershed, Northwest China / Evaluating the Transport and Fate of Nutrients in Large Scale River Basins Using an Integrated Modeling System / Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis for Landscape Pattern Characterization / Landscape Planning and Management. Discursive Relationships Between Landscape Science, Policy and Management Practice: Concepts, Issues and Examples / Planning Multifunctional Measures for Efficient Landscape Management: Quantifying and Comparing the Added Value of Integrated and Segregated Management Concepts / The Structure and Dynamics of Agricultural Landscapes as Drivers of Biodiversity / Forest Influences on Climate and Water Resources at the Landscape to Regional Scale / Are We Destroying Our Insurance Policy? The Effects of Alien Invasion and Subsequent Restoration / |