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  • Demographic Change in Australia's Rural Landscapes

    Implications for Society and the Environment

    Edited by Gary W. Luck, Digby Race, Rosemary Black ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The distribution and re-distribution of people across the landscape has signi cant implications for ecological, economic and social dynamics. Movement of people to urban centres (mostly from rural landscapes, especially in the developing world) is a major global phenomenon. This can result in the de-population of rural landscapes. Conversely, population growth and a changing demographic pro le ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

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  • Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice

    Pattern and Process

    by Monica G. Turner, Robert H. Gardner ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This work provides in-depth analysis of the origins of landscape ecology and its close alignment with the understanding of scale, the causes of landscape pattern, and the interactions of spatial pattern with a variety of ecological processes. The text covers the quantitative approaches that are applied widely in landscape studies, with emphasis on their appropriate use and interpretation.The field ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Plants and Habitats of European Cities

    Edited by John G. Kelcey, Norbert Müller ...
    A collection of studies on the ecologies of European cities, including Paris, Zurich, and Amsterdam among others. Discussion includes the natural and historical development of each city, local flora, the environmental impact of city growth, and environmental planning, design, and management. ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Restoration of Coastal Dunes

    Edited by Juan B. Gallego-Fernández, Luisa M Martínez, Patrick A. Hesp ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The continuously growing human population along the world’s coasts will exacerbate the impact of human activities on all coastal environments. Restoration activities will therefore become increasingly important. In particular, sandy shores and coastal dunes will require significant restoration efforts because they are preferred sites for human settlement, industrial and urban development and ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Landscape Ecology for Sustainable Environment and Culture

    Edited by Bojie Fu, Bruce Jones K ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    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 ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance

    Edited by Derek Armitage, Ryan Plummer ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Rapid environmental change calls for individuals and societies with an ability to transform our interactions with each other and the ecosystems upon which we depend. Adaptive capacity - the ability of a social-ecological system (or the components of that system) to be robust to disturbances and capable of responding to changes - is increasingly recognized as a critical attribute of multi-level ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Satoyama

    The Traditional Rural Landscape of Japan

    Edited by K. Takeuchi, R.D. Brown, I. Washitani, A. Tsunekawa, M. Yokohari ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Japan’s traditional and fragile satoyama landscape system was developed over centuries of human life on mountainous island terrain in a monsoon climate. The carefully managed coppice woodlands on the hillsides, the villages strung along the base of the hills, and the carefully tended paddy fields of rural Japan made possible the sustainable interaction of nature and humans. Radical changes in the ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • China's Energy Efficiency and Conservation

    Sectoral Analysis

    Edited by Bin Su, Elspeth Thomson ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This Brief identifies various aspects of energy challenges faced by the Chinese central/local governments, and also provides an opportunity to study how best to achieve green growth and a low-carbon transition in a developing country like China. The progress of China’s carbon mitigation policies also has significant impacts on the on-going international climate change negotiations. Therefore, both ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • People, Places and Landscapes

    Social Change in High Amenity Rural Areas

    by Richard S. Krannich, A. E. Luloff, Donald R. Field ...
    Series Book 14 - Landscape Series
    This volume is a cogent empirical analysis of the interplay between a region’s natural amenities and its socioeconomic evolution. It focuses on the rural sectors of America’s Intermountain West region, which lies between the Cascades and Sierra Nevada mountains to the west and the Rocky Mountains to the east. Coherently structured and meticulously detailed, it adds much to our understanding of the ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice

    Pattern and Process

    by Monica G. Turner, Robert V. O'Neill, Robert H. Gardner ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Landscape ecology is not a distinct discipline or simply a branch of ecology, but rather is the synthetic intersection of many related disciplines that focus on the spatial-temporal pattern of the landscape. Risser et al. , 1984 The emergence of landscape ecology as a discipline has catalyzed a shift in paradigms among ecologists, . . . resource managers and land-use planners. Having now seen the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The European Landscape Convention

    Challenges of Participation

    Edited by Michael Jones, Marie Stenseke ...
    Series Book 13 - Landscape Series
    This important and insightful book provides, for the first time, a broad presentation of ongoing research into public participation in landscape conservation, management and planning, following the 2000 European Landscape Convention which came into force in 2004. The book examines both the theory of participation and what lessons can be learnt from specific European examples. It explores in what ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Italian Historical Rural Landscapes

    Cultural Values for the Environment and Rural Development

    Edited by Mauro Agnoletti ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Sustainable development and rural policies have pursued strategies where farming has been often regarded as a factor deteriorating the ecosystem. But the current economic, social and environmental problems of the Earth probably call for examples of a positive integration between human society and nature. This research work presents more than a hundred case studies where the historical ... Read more

    $143.09 USD