Описание: This second edition of Climate Change is an accessible and comprehensive guide to the science behind global warming. Edmond A. Mathez and Jason E. Smerdon provide a broad, informative introduction to the science that underlies our understanding of the climate system and the effects of human activity on the warming of our planet.
Автор: Mahesh K. Gaur; Victor R. Squires Название: Climate Variability Impacts on Land Use and Livelihoods in Drylands ISBN: 3319859722 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319859729 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20962.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This edited volume is devoted to the examination of the implications of the inevitable changes wrought by global change on the welfare and livelihoods of tens of millions of people who live in dryland regions. Global change is more than just climate change and the ramifications of changing trade patterns (geopolitical and economic aspects), the shift to the market economy, demographic factors (population growth, urbanization and re-settlement), receive attention here. Land use change specialists, policy makers and natural resource management agencies will find the book very useful.
Chapters focus on examples that are drawn from a number of sources including previously unpublished studies on the impact of climate change, markets and economics on pastoralist and dryland farming households. The key focus is to provide readers with insights into the real world implications of change (including an analysis of the drivers of change) on these vulnerable groups within dryland societies. The role of humans as agents of these changes is canvassed. A regional analysis of the world's drylands is also performed including those in Australia, Argentina, India, North America, China, North Africa, Central Asia and Southern Africa.
Автор: Mahesh K. Gaur; Victor R. Squires Название: Climate Variability Impacts on Land Use and Livelihoods in Drylands ISBN: 3319566806 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319566801 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 22359.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This edited volume is devoted to the examination of the implications of the inevitable changes wrought by global change on the welfare and livelihoods of tens of millions of people who live in dryland regions. Global change is more than just climate change and the ramifications of changing trade patterns (geopolitical and economic aspects), the shift to the market economy, demographic factors (population growth, urbanization and re-settlement), receive attention here. Land use change specialists, policy makers and natural resource management agencies will find the book very useful.
Chapters focus on examples that are drawn from a number of sources including previously unpublished studies on the impact of climate change, markets and economics on pastoralist and dryland farming households. The key focus is to provide readers with insights into the real world implications of change (including an analysis of the drivers of change) on these vulnerable groups within dryland societies. The role of humans as agents of these changes is canvassed. A regional analysis of the world's drylands is also performed including those in Australia, Argentina, India, North America, China, North Africa, Central Asia and Southern Africa.
Автор: Lawler Edward Название: Corporate Stewardship ISBN: 1783532599 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783532599 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7961.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book highlights the need for global corporations to operate in fundamentally new ways, including the creation of strategies, organization designs, and policies that are simultaneously profitable, ethical, socially and environmentally responsible. It provides a deep understanding of the emerging corporate role as stewards of the future, and of the profound transition that is required.
Автор: Victor R. Squires Название: Rangeland Stewardship in Central Asia ISBN: 9400792344 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789400792340 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 23508.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book examines how to foster land stewardship in Central Asia and its potential to arrest land degradation, conserve biodiversity and guarantee sustainable livelihoods. It presents previously inaccessible Russian reports and scientific literature.
Автор: F Stuart Chapin III; M.C. Chapin; Gary P. Kofinas; Название: Principles of Ecosystem Stewardship ISBN: 1489996508 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781489996503 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 6986.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The purpose of this book is to provide a new framework for n- ural resource management-a framework based on stewardship of ecosystems for human well-being in a world dominated by unc- tainty and change.
Автор: Peter F. Ffolliott; Malchus B. Baker; Carelton B. Название: Land Stewardship through Watershed Management ISBN: 1461351464 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781461351467 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: We must enhance the effectiveness ofland stewardship and management of the world`s natural resources to meet a growing global population`s need for conservation, sustainable development, and use of land, water, and other natural resources. The conference was sponsored by the School of Renewable Natural Resources, University of Arizona;
Автор: Mohamed Ouessar; Donald Gabriels; Atsushi Tsunekaw Название: Water and Land Security in Drylands ISBN: 3319540203 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319540207 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20896.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Contribution to the study of water stress on olive growing under the effect of climate change in South East of Tunisia.- Climate Change Impacts in the Maghreb Region: Status and Prospects of the Water Resources.- Effect of high temperature stress on wheat and barley production in Northern Tunisia.- Study of artificial recharge and climate change, using a numerical model: Figuig aquifer (Eastern High Atlas of Morocco).- Calibration of salinity stress parameters of AquaCrop for barley under different irrigation regimes in a dry environment.- Groundwater recharge of the Kairouan plain aquifer: Evidence of preferential flow paths through the El Haouareb limestones?.- Evapotranspiration of wheat in a hilly topography: results from measurements using a set of eddy covariance stations.- Assessing the groundwater pollution problem by nitrate and faecal bacteria: Case of Djerba unconfined aquifer (southeast Tunisia).- Salt and water dynamic of potato crop under irrigation with low quality waters.
Описание: Drylands account for three-quarters of Sub-Saharan Africa's cropland, two-thirds of cereal production, and four-fifths of livestock holdings. Today frequent and severe shocks, especially droughts, limit the livelihood opportunities available to millions of households and undermine efforts to eradicate poverty in the drylands. Prospects for sustainable development of drylands are assessed in this book through the lens of resilience, understood here to mean the ability of people to withstand and respond to droughts and other shocks. An original model was developed expressly to consistently and coherently evaluate different type of interventions on the ground, which provided a common framework to anticipate the scale of the challenges likely to arise in drylands, as well as to generate insights into opportunities for addressing those challenges.Such modelling framework consisted in a) estimating the baseline vulnerability profiles of people living in drylands (2010), b) estimate the evolution of vulnerability by 2030 under a range of assumptions, c) calculated the number of people affected by drought in the different administrative units of each country, and d) evaluate different types of interventions in agriculture and livestock for mitigating drought impact by calculating the potential for reducing the number of people affected for each scenario and conducting a simplified · benefit/cost (B/C) analysis for each type of intervention.For livestock, simulation models were used to estimate the impacts of feed balances, livestock production, and household income resilience interventions under different climate scenarios). For agriculture, the DSSAT (Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer) framework was used to assess the potential impact on yields likely to result from adoption of five crop farming technologies: (1) drought-tolerant varieties, (2) heat-tolerant varieties, (3) additional fertilizer, (4) agroforestry practices, (S) irrigation (6) water-harvesting techniques and selected combinations thereof.
Автор: Jiquan Chen, Shiqiang Wan, Geoffrey Henebry, Jiagu Название: Dryland East Asia: Land Dynamics amid Social and Climate Change ISBN: 3110287862 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110287868 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Рейтинг: Цена: 26024.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Drylands in East Asia (DEA)are home to more than one billion people with an environment vulnerable to natural and anthropogenic changes. One of the critical needs in the region is to fully understand how dryland ecosystems respond to the changing climate and human activities in order to develop strategies to cope with continued climate change. This book provides state-of-the-art knowledge and information on drylands ecosystem dynamics, changing climate, society, and land use in the region. In addition to the synthesis of the existing research and knowledge of DEA, the book provides a role model for regional ecological assessment. With a wide spectrum of contributions from experts around the globe, the book should be of interest to researchers and students both internationally and in East Asia. Lessons learned from this synthesis effort in DEA should be useful for developing climate adaptation strategies for other similar regions around the globe.
Автор: Bieling Claudia Название: Science and Practice of Landscape Stewardship ISBN: 1107142261 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107142268 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 7602.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: By applying stewardship principles to fields such as agriculture and ecological restoration, this book examines the science and practice of landscape stewardship and its application to emerging sustainability paradigms. Scholarly analysis is combined with innovative case studies, illustrating the practical benefits and challenges in this increasingly important area of research.
Автор: Mortimore Michael Название: Roots in the African Dust: Sustaining the Sub-Saharan Drylands ISBN: 0521457858 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521457859 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This account of the state of knowledge concerning dryland Africa dismisses the misleading and overly generalised image of a continent dogged by poverty, drought, degradation, and famine. Offering a more optimistic view of change in the drylands, it synthesises much of the best work from past years.
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