Tropentag 2021 – International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development

Tropentag 2021 – International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development
Author: Eric Tielkes
Publisher: Cuvillier Verlag
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2022-02-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3736965737

Tropentag is the largest interdisciplinary conference in Europe on developmentoriented research in the fields of tropical and subtropical agriculture, food security, natural resource management and rural development. Normally, the Tropentag takes place annually. However, for reasons that by now have become obvious, the past two years have been particularly challenging. We are therefore, delighted that the University of Hohenheim managed to host a hybrid version of the conference from 15𝑡ℎ to 17𝑡ℎ September 2021. Being a hybrid conference, it was pleasing to note that people did not only gather in one of the lecture theatres at the University of Hohenheim but also in one of the state-of-the art seminar rooms at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague. The rest, of course, attended via Zoom meetings being streamed on YouTube channels using the Whova online platform.

Tropentag 2021 - International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development.Towards Shifting Paradigms in Agriculture for a Healthy and Sustainable Future - Book of Abstracts

Tropentag 2021 - International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development.Towards Shifting Paradigms in Agriculture for a Healthy and Sustainable Future - Book of Abstracts
Author: Eric Tielkes
Publisher: Cuvillier
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2022-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9783736975736

Tropentag is the largest interdisciplinary conference in Europe on development oriented research in the fields of sub-/tropical agriculture, food security, natural resource management and rural development. Taking place annually, Tropentag 2020 turned out to be a special challenge. Originally planned to take place in Prague, the Corona pandemic did not allow presence in or travel to Prague for prospective participants. ATSAF took on the challenge to organise a virtual Tropentag based on Zoom meetings being streamed on YouTube channels using the Whova as online conference platform from September 7 to 9, 2020.

Geoecology of Landscape Dynamics

Geoecology of Landscape Dynamics
Author: Seema Sahdev
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9811520976

This book provides an overview of the ecological indicators of landscape dynamics in the context of geographical landscape integration. Landscape dynamics depicts every change that occurs in the physical, biological, and cognitive assets of a landscape. To understand and interpret the complex physical, biological, and cognitive phenomena of landscapes, it is necessary to operate conceptually and practically on a broad range of spatial and temporal scales. Rapid land use changes have become a concern to environmentalists and planners because of their impacts on the natural ecosystem, which further determines socioeconomic dynamics. In this regard, the book discusses case studies that share new insights into how landscape patterns and processes impact small creatures, and how small creatures in turn influence landscape structure and composition. In turn, the relevant aspects of land use and land cover dynamics are covered, and the multi-faceted relationship between the substrata and ecological community is highlighted. The book is unique in its focus on the application of spatial informatics such as automatic building extraction from high-resolution imagery; a soil resource inventory for meeting the challenges of land degradation; hydrological modeling; the temporal variation analysis of glacier area and the identification and mapping of glacial lakes; morphometric analysis of river basins; and the monitoring and modeling of urban sprawl, among other features.

Tropentag 2019 – International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development

Tropentag 2019 – International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development
Author: Eric Tielkes
Publisher: Cuvillier Verlag
Total Pages: 626
Release: 2019-09-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3736960832

Tropentag is the largest interdisciplinary conference in Europe on research in sub-/tropical agriculture, food security, natural resource management and rural development. Taking place annually, Tropentag 2019 is jointly organised by the Centre for International Rural Development at the University of Kassel and the Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use at the University of Göttingen, and takes place at the University of Kassel's main campus from 18 to 20 September 2019.

Tropentag 2020 - International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development. Food and Nutrition Security and Its Resilience to Global Crises - Book of Abstracts

Tropentag 2020 - International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development. Food and Nutrition Security and Its Resilience to Global Crises - Book of Abstracts
Author: Eric Tielkes
Publisher: Cuvillier
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2022-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9783736975729

Tropentag is the largest interdisciplinary conference in Europe on development oriented research in the fields of sub-/tropical agriculture, food security, natural resource management and rural development. Taking place annually, Tropentag 2020 turned out to be a special challenge. Originally planned to take place in Prague, the Corona pandemic did not allow presence in or travel to Prague for prospective participants. ATSAF took on the challenge to organise a virtual Tropentag based on Zoom meetings being streamed on YouTube channels using the Whova as online conference platform from September 7 to 9, 2020.

Telecoupling

Telecoupling
Author: Cecilie Friis
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2019-03-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3030111059

This book presents a comprehensive exploration of the emerging concept and framework of telecoupling and how it can help create a better understanding of land-use change in a globalised world. Land-use change is increasingly characterised by a spatial disconnect between its main environmental, socioeconomic and political drivers and the main impacts and outcomes of those changes. The authors examine how this separation of the production and consumption of land-based resources is driven by population growth, urbanisation, climate change, and biodiversity and carbon conservation efforts. Identifying and fostering more sustainable, just and equitable modes of land use and intervening in unsustainable ones thus constitute substantial, almost overwhelming challenges for science and policy. This book brings together leading scholars on land-use change and sustainability to systematically discuss the relevance of telecoupling research in addressing these challenges. The book presents an overview of the telecoupling approach, reflects on a number of the most pressing issues surrounding land-use change today and discusses the agenda for advancing understanding on sustainable land-use change through interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research.

Tropentag 2015

Tropentag 2015
Author: Eric Tielkes
Publisher: Cuvillier Verlag
Total Pages: 806
Release: 2015-09-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3736980922

Large quantities of water are appropriated to produce the feed annually consumed in global livestock production. Rising concerns about increasing competition for water resources and projected increase in demand for livestock products make it imperative to look for strategies to sustainably increase livestock production, with water being one key natural resource to consider. Using a combination of different datasets, a mechanistic livestock model, and a dynamic vegetation model, we estimate the annual consumptive water use (CWU) in the global livestock sector associated with crops and fodder cultivated on cropland and grazed biomass from pastures.

Tropentag 2017

Tropentag 2017
Author: Eric Tielkes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 600
Release: 2017-09-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9783736996120