Dynamics and Development of Highland Ecosystems
| Author | : Ek Raj Ojha |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 358 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Agricultural ecology |
| ISBN | : |
Dynamics And Development Of Highland Ecosystems
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Agricultural Terracing Development Perspectives
| Author | : Ek Raj Ojha |
| Publisher | : American Academic Press |
| Total Pages | : 80 |
| Release | : 2017-06-21 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 1631818457 |
Agricultural terracing is intrinsically intertwined with the overall livelihoods, and living style and situation of people. This is most distinctly so in highlands of predominantly agricultural regions and countries. In many important ways, in the similar vein, the processes and patterns of sustained growth and development in human settlements, such as the rural settings in particular, have very strong linkages with agricultural terrace systems. Clearly, therefore, the need for and importance of improved and sustainable management of, and hence a better understanding about, these systems have been persistently growing. Besides technical and financial backing, a thorough understanding of and due consideration to the location and people are crucial. Only then, achieving the aims and ambitions of any conservation program would be possible. Being a brief yet balanced account of various vital aspects of agricultural terracing, this book should be of considerable interest and use to everyone concerned with using the land and preventing its degradation. However, its extensive readership may mostly comprise planners, policymakers, professional as well as student researchers, teachers and students of agriculture and forestry, agriculturists, silviculturists, pedologists, extension workers, environmentalists, conservationists, nature lovers, tourism promoters, resort managers, landscape architects and some farmers.
Spatial Diversity and Dynamics in Resources and Urban Development
| Author | : Ashok K. Dutt |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 558 |
| Release | : 2015-10-15 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9401797714 |
This double-volume work focuses on socio-demographics and the use of such data to support strategic resource management and planning initiatives. Papers go beyond explanations of methods, technique and traditional applications to explore new intersections in the dynamic relationship between the utilization and management of resources, and urban development. International authors explore numerous experiences, characteristics of development and decision-making influences from across Asia and Southeast Asia, as well as recounting examples from America and Africa. Papers propound techniques and methods used in geographical research such as support vector machines, socio-economic correlates and travel behaviour analysis. In this volume the contributions examine issues such as natural resource and environmental management, livelihoods issues in the context of climate change, land markets and land trusts, adaptive management of wildlife sanctuaries, ground water scarcity, flood hazards and flood plain management, non-conventional energy resources, community forestry and management and land use and land cover change. The significance of these topics lie in the pace and volume of change as is reflected through continued development within established fields of inquiry and the introduction of significantly new approaches during the last decade. Readers are invited to consider the dynamics of spatial expansion of urban areas and economic development, and to ex plore conceptual discussion of the innovations in and challenges on urbanization processes, urban spaces themselves and both resource management and environmental management. Together, the two volumes contribute to the interdisciplinary literature on regional resources and urban development by collating recent research with geography at its core. Scholars of urban geography, human geography, urbanism and sustainable development will be particularly interested in this book.
Forest Science in the South
| Author | : United States. Forest Service. Southern Research Station |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Forests and forestry |
| ISBN | : |
Slash-and-Burn Agriculture
| Author | : Cheryl Palm |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 494 |
| Release | : 2005-08-17 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 9780231508834 |
Caused in part by the slash-and-burn practices of both large- and small-scale farmers, the environmental implications of tropical deforestation remain a worldwide concern. Yet the small-scale farmers who use slash-and-burn agriculture depend on it to produce food and make a living for their families. With contributions from scientists, economists, ecologists, and anthropologists, this book provides an overall analysis of the environmental, economic, and social reasons for why slash and burn is so common and presents alternatives to this destructive practice.
Ecosystem Dynamics
| Author | : Richard H. W. Bradshaw |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 341 |
| Release | : 2014-06-03 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1119970776 |
Ecosystem Dynamics focuses on long-term terrestrial ecosystems and their changing relationships with human societies. The unique aspect of this text is the long-time scale under consideration as data and insights from the last 10,000 years are used to place present-day ecosystem status into a temporal perspective and to test models that generate forecasts of future conditions. Descriptions and assessments of some of the current modelling tools that are used, along with their uncertainties and assumptions, are an important feature of this book. An overarching theme explores the dynamic interactions between human societies and ecosystem functioning and services. This book is authoritative but accessible and provides a useful background for all students, practitioners, and researchers interested in the subject.
Resilience, Development and Global Change
| Author | : Katrina Brown |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 242 |
| Release | : 2015-12-14 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1134614187 |
Resilience is currently infusing policy debates and public discourses, widely promoted as a normative goal in fields as diverse as the economy, national security, personal development and well-being. Resilience thinking provides a framework for understanding dynamics of complex, inter-connected social, ecological and economic systems. The book critically analyzes the multiple meanings and applications of resilience ideas in contemporary society and to suggests where, how and why resilience might cause us to re-think global change and development, and how this new approach might be operationalized. The book shows how current policy discourses on resilience promote business-as-usual rather than radical responses to change. But it argues that resilience can help understand and respond to the challenges of the contemporary age. These challenges are characterized by high uncertainty; globalized and interconnected systems; increasing disparities and limited choices. Resilience thinking can overturn orthodox approaches to international development dominated by modernization, aid dependency and a focus on economic growth and to global environmental change – characterized by technocratic approaches, market environmentalism and commoditization of ecosystem services. Resilience, Development and Global Change presents a sophisticated, theoretically informed synthesis of resilience thinking across disciplines. It applies resilience ideas specifically to international development and relates resilience to core theories in development and shows how a radical, resilience-based approach to development might transform responses to climate change, to the dilemmas of managing forests and ecosystems, and to rural and urban poverty in the developing world. The book provides fresh perspectives for scholars of international development, environmental studies and geography and add new dimensions for those studying broader fields of ecology and society.
Redefining Diversity and Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Asia, Volume 1
| Author | : Ganesh Shivakoti |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 420 |
| Release | : 2016-09-01 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 0128104708 |
Redefining Diversity and Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Asia, Volumes 1-4 brings together scientific research and policy issues across various topographical area in Asia to provide a comprehensive overview of the issues facing the region. Sustainable Natural Resources Management in Dynamic Southeast Asia, Volume 1, pulls together regional experts in the field to look specifically at sustainability issues across the region, to see what has been implemented, what the impacts have been, and what other options are available. In the race to be a developed region, many Southeast Asian countries have foregone natural resources through haphazard use. As a result, the people are faced with numerous environmental challenges, particularly deforestation and forest degradation, biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, reduction in soil quality, and decreases in the quantity of available water. Community-based forest management is the involvement of local communities in the protection, conservation and management of public forests to prevent degradation through sustainable practices while still responding to the basic social and economic needs of local populations. When the people who depend on forest resources for their livelihoods are jointly responsible for managing and protecting them, they tend to do so in a more sustainable manner by focusing on the long-term benefits rather than the immediate short-term gains. However, when tenure rights are weak, unclear, or insecure, or offer limited benefits, people are incited in extracting more immediate benefits, resulting in suboptimal forest management and the reduction of carbon stocks. - Features case studies that cover issues such as rising levels of deforestation, forest degradation, regional food security, ecosystem degradation, biodiversity loss, conflicts over natural resource use, water management issues, and impacts on local communities - Includes contributions from local researchers who are dealing with these issues first hand, and on a daily basis - Includes a comparative review on REDD+ implementation in different communities - Focuses on sustainability issues across the region
