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Book Synopsis Land Use Change in Tropical Watersheds by : Ian A. Coxhead
Download or read book Land Use Change in Tropical Watersheds written by Ian A. Coxhead and published by CABI. This book was released on 2005 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies land use change in tropical landscapes, with particular emphasis on the economic processes that influence rates of land degradation and forest clearing. Multidisciplinary contributions draw lessons from data collected between 1992 and 2004 in the Manupali watershed in southern Philippines. Through this detailed case study, the book documents forces leading to land use changes, in particular the potential impacts of institutional evolution and policy reforms, and highlights interrelationships among biological, economic, and social phenomena. This book will be of interest to those studying natural resource economics, soil and water conservation, land use, and agricultural development. The book has 12 chapters and a subject index.
Book Synopsis Land Use Change in Tropical Watersheds by : Ian A. Coxhead
Download or read book Land Use Change in Tropical Watersheds written by Ian A. Coxhead and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sustainability in Natural Resources Management and Land Planning by : Walter Leal Filho
Download or read book Sustainability in Natural Resources Management and Land Planning written by Walter Leal Filho and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-06 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes contributions from scientists and representatives from government and non-governmental organisations working in the field of land management and use and on management of fires. The book is truly interdisciplinary and has both a research and application-oriented dimension. The list of topics includes sustainability and water management; sustainability and biodiversity conservation; the future sustainability of nature-based industries such as agriculture, mining, tourism, fisheries and forestry; sustainability, people and livelihoods; sustainability and landscapes planning; sustainability and land use planning; handling and managing forest fires. The papers are innovative and cross-cutting, and many have practice-based experiences. Also, this book, prepared by the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP) and the World Sustainable Development Research and Transfer Centre (WSD-RTC), reiterates the need to promote a sustainable use of land resources today.
Book Synopsis Predicting Rainfall Erosion Losses by : Walter H. Wischmeier
Download or read book Predicting Rainfall Erosion Losses written by Walter H. Wischmeier and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) enables planners to predict the average rate of soil erosion for each feasible alternative combination of crop system and management practices in association with a specified soil type, rainfall pattern, and topography. When these predicted losses are compared with given soil loss tolerances, they provide specific guidelines for effecting erosion control within specified limits. The equation groups the numerous interrelated physical and management parameters that influence erosion rate under six major factors whose site-specific values can be expressed numerically. A half century of erosion research in many States has supplied information from which at least approximate values of the USLE factors can be obtained for specified farm fields or other small erosion prone areas throughout the United States. Tables and charts presented in this handbook make this information readily available for field use. Significant limitations in the available data are identified.
Book Synopsis Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics by : M. Bonell
Download or read book Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics written by M. Bonell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics is the most comprehensive review available of the hydrological and physiological functioning of tropical rain forests, the environmental impacts of their disturbance and conversion to other land uses, and optimum strategies for managing them. The book brings together leading specialists in such diverse fields as tropical anthropology and human geography, environmental economics, climatology and meteorology, hydrology, geomorphology, plant and aquatic ecology, forestry and conservation agronomy. The editors have supplemented the individual contributions with invaluable overviews of the main sections and provide key pointers for future research. Specialists will find authenticated detail in chapters written by experts on a whole range of people-water-land use issues, managers and practitioners will learn more about the implications of ongoing and planned forest conversion, while scientists and students will appreciate a unique review of the literature.
Book Synopsis Linking Land Use by : David Gray Buck
Download or read book Linking Land Use written by David Gray Buck and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecosystems in tropical regions are expected to experience substantial impacts related to human land use and land cover change in the coming decades. Freshwater ecosystems will likely experience a disproportionate impact relative to other tropical ecosystems. My dissertation research takes an interdisciplinary approach to examine interactions between humans and their environment in lowland tropical watersheds of Belize, Central America. I present results from a rapid assessment technique (Chapter 2) designed to estimate the intensity of impacts on freshwater ecosystems stemming from riparian zone land use practices. The technique provides an accessible, low-tech method for identifying river reaches experiencing high degrees of impact. Chapter 3 also examines riparian zone land use practices and focuses on the use of agrochemicals by small-scale Q'eqchi' Maya farmers. A high percentage of farmers in the Temash River watershed of Belize are cultivating corn within riparian zones and are using herbicides without adequate training. The continued use of herbicides in these riparian zone farms represents an emerging threat to both human and ecosystem health in the Temash River.
Book Synopsis Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics by : M. Bonell
Download or read book Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics written by M. Bonell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-12-17 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics is a comprehensive review of the hydrological and physiological functioning of tropical rain forests, the environmental impacts of their disturbance and conversion to other land uses, and optimum strategies for managing them. The book brings together leading specialists in such diverse fields as tropical anthropology and human geography, environmental economics, climatology and meteorology, hydrology, geomorphology, plant and aquatic ecology, forestry and conservation agronomy. The editors have supplemented the individual contributions with invaluable overviews of the main sections and provide key pointers for future research. Specialists will find authenticated detail in chapters written by experts on a whole range of people-water-land use issues, managers and practitioners will learn more about the implications of ongoing and planned forest conversion, while scientists and students will appreciate a unique review of the literature.
Book Synopsis Soils of Tropical Forest Ecosystems by : Andreas Schulte
Download or read book Soils of Tropical Forest Ecosystems written by Andreas Schulte and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An understanding of the characteristics and the ecology of soils, particularly those of forest ecosystems in the humid tropics, is central to the development of sustainable forest management systems. The present book examines the contribution that forest soil science and forest ecology can make to sustainable land use in the humid tropics. Four main issues are addressed: characteristics and classification of forest soils, chemical and hydrological changes after forest utilization, soil fertility management in forest plantations and agroforestry systems as well as ecosystem studies from the dipterocarp forest region of Southeast Asia. Additionally, case studies include work from Guyana, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia and Nigeria.
Book Synopsis Catchments and Corals by : Miles Jonathan Furnas
Download or read book Catchments and Corals written by Miles Jonathan Furnas and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides the first comprehensive description of the state of the Great Barrier Reef catchment, modern levels of runoff to the reef and the influence of runoff on coastal reef ecosystems.
Book Synopsis Policy And Practice In The Management Of Tropical Watersheds by : H. C. Pereira
Download or read book Policy And Practice In The Management Of Tropical Watersheds written by H. C. Pereira and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the upper watershed technologies and quotes successful examples. It is concerned with the less researched and often less-tractable land-use problems of rural areas involving the management of croplands, plantations, forests, and rangelands.
Book Synopsis Water-resource and Land-use Issues by : Ian R. Calder
Download or read book Water-resource and Land-use Issues written by Ian R. Calder and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1998 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper reviews perceived notions of the relationships between catchment land use and hydrology and explores whether much of the widely disseminated folklore, so often inextricably linked with issues of land use, is based on myth or reality. Gaps in our knowledge of the underlying processes in relation to land use and hydrology are identified. Our ability to apply this knowledge at different scales ranging from the plot to the catchment and regional scales are discussed and specific examples are drawn from Indian and African case studies. Methods for linking spatially distributed land-use hydrological models with economics and ecology through decision support systems are outlined and proposed as a framework for the integrated management of land and water developments at the catchment scale.
Book Synopsis Water and Land Security in Drylands by : Mohamed Ouessar
Download or read book Water and Land Security in Drylands written by Mohamed Ouessar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents recent lessons learned in the context of research and development for various dryland ecosystems, focusing on water resources management, land and vegetation cover degradation and remediation, and socioeconomic aspects, as well as integrated approaches to ensuring water and land security in view of the current and predicted climate change. As water and land are the essential bases of food production, the management of these natural resources is becoming a cornerstone for the development of dryland populations. The book gathers the peer-reviewed, revised versions of the most outstanding papers on these topics presented at the ILDAC2015 Conference in Djerba, Tunisia.
Book Synopsis Forest Watershed Functions and Tropical Land Use Change by : P.M. Susswein
Download or read book Forest Watershed Functions and Tropical Land Use Change written by P.M. Susswein and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Land Change Science by : Garik Gutman
Download or read book Land Change Science written by Garik Gutman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-24 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a synthesis of the NASA funded work under the Land-Cover and Land-Use Change Program. Hundreds of scientists have worked for the past eight years to understand one of the most important forces that is changing our planet-human impacts on land cover, that is land use. Its contributions span the natural and the social sciences, and apply state-of-the-art techniques for understanding the earth: satellite remote sensing, geographic information systems, modeling, and advanced computing. It brings together detailed case studies, regional analyses, and globally scaled mapping efforts. This is the most organized effort made to understand the dominant force that has been responsible for changing the Earth’s biosphere. Audience: This publication will be of interest to students, scientists, and policy makers. This volume includes a CD-ROM containing full color images of a selection of illustrations which are printed in black-and-white in the book.
Author :United States Government Environmental Protection Agency Publisher :CreateSpace ISBN 13 :9781481827546 Total Pages :80 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (275 download)
Book Synopsis Climate and Land Use Change Effects on Ecological Resources in Three Watersheds: a Synthesis Report by : United States Government Environmental Protection Agency
Download or read book Climate and Land Use Change Effects on Ecological Resources in Three Watersheds: a Synthesis Report written by United States Government Environmental Protection Agency and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-12-23 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the early 2000s, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Office of Research and Development, Global Change Research Program, supported three watershed assessments to evaluate different approaches and tools for understanding and managing climate and land-use change impacts on watershed ecological resources. Watershed assessments were conducted for (1) several small rivers in southern Maryland, (2) Arizona's San Pedro River, and (3) California's Sacramento River. In this report, we comparatively analyze the three case-study approaches in order to develop recommendations that may be useful as guidance to others conducting similar assessments. Key insights gained from these studies include: 1. Prioritize locations for studies to maximize decision support. 2. Target selection of stakeholders, establish credibility of underlying methods and models, and incorporate incentives for mutually beneficial results. 3. Provide essential climate science capabilities and tools to project teams. 4. Develop model linkages at the onset, carry out assessment activities at multiple scales, and require explicit uncertainty analysis of results. The watershed assessment case studies described in this report yield richness of detail in terms of methods and results, as well as inform more generally on best practices for conducting future watershed assessments. However these were pioneering studies addressing difficult and complex problems. Future assessments will continue to refine the understanding of how to maximize decision support, including providing necessary keystone capabilities and tools to effectively estimate climate change vulnerabilities, developing and supporting successful stakeholder processes, and characterizing uncertainty and scaling or transferring results to increase their relevance.
Book Synopsis Landscape Dynamics, Soils and Hydrological Processes in Varied Climates by : Assefa M. Melesse
Download or read book Landscape Dynamics, Soils and Hydrological Processes in Varied Climates written by Assefa M. Melesse and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents the processes governing the dynamics of landscapes, soils and sediments, water and energy under different climatic regions using studies conducted in varied climatic zones including arid, semi-arid, humid and wet regions. The spatiotemporal availability of the processes and fluxes and their linkage to the environment, land, soil and water management are presented at various scales. Spatial scales including laboratory, field, watershed, river basin and regions are represented. The effect of tillage operations and land management on soil physical characteristics and soil moisture is discussed. The book has 35 chapters in seven sections: 1) Landscape and Land Cover Dynamics, 2) Rainfall-Runoff Processes, 3) Floods and Hydrological Processes 4) Groundwater Flow and Aquifer Management, 5) Sediment Dynamics and Soil Management, 6) Climate change impact on vegetation, sediment and water dynamics, and 7) Water and Watershed Management.
Book Synopsis Impact of Land Use Land Cover Change on Runoff and Water Quality of an Increasingly Urbanized Tropical Watershed in Java, Indonesia by : Ike Sari Astuti
Download or read book Impact of Land Use Land Cover Change on Runoff and Water Quality of an Increasingly Urbanized Tropical Watershed in Java, Indonesia written by Ike Sari Astuti and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing water resource problems such as accelerated sedimentation, drying-up springs, and downstream eutrophication were reported in Indonesian water bodies, especially in Java. The growing pressures on watershed due to land use land cover change (LULC) was perceived as the cause of watershed degradation. Information about the nature of LULC change and drivers were poorly understood, how LULC plays a role in generating runoff was unknown, and what factors governing the variability of water quality (TSS and Chl-a) in water ecosystems like reservoirs is unavailable. This study aims at improving the understanding on relationship between LULC change (1995-2015), drivers, impacts on runoff and water quality. Upper Brantas was chosen as the study state, representing a typical urbanized tropical watershed in developing countries. Varying methods were used covering remote sensing, GIS and SWAT modelling. Findings revealed the direct and indirect causes of LULC change with agricultural expansion, population growth, infrastructure, accessibility, economic, social and cultural factors jointly affected the LULC change. Major LULC change trajectories were forest to dryland agriculture, dryland-agriculture to rice-field, and rice-field/dryland agriculture to settlement. Urban areas became the land use type exhibits the fastest growth, being doubled in a 21-year period. Forest conversion, farm loss, and rapid uncontrollable settlement development appear to be the challenges for land use planning. SWAT-based assessment results showed that the LULC change over the past 21 years led to subtle increase in surface runoff, water yield, and decrease in ground water. Among these, surface runoff was the most affected variable with relative increase of 8%. Forest conversion both to settlement or dryland agriculture generated greater impact in generating runoff, followed by dryland agriculture conversion to urban. Long-term TSS and Chl-a assessment showed that TSS in all reservoirs was closely associated with rainfall and discharge. This amplifies the needs for runoff management from existing land use practices. On the other hand, the Chl-a variability appeared to be influenced both by internal and external conditions of each reservoir as well as the corresponding draining watershed. The findings suggest the watershed management cannot be generalized due to large variability in land use and watershed physical conditions.
