Dynamics and Development of Highland Ecosystems - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dynamics and Development of Highland Ecosystems write by Ek Raj Ojha. This book was released on 1999. Dynamics and Development of Highland Ecosystems available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Agricultural Terracing Development Perspectives
Agricultural Terracing Development Perspectives - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Agricultural Terracing Development Perspectives write by Ek Raj Ojha. This book was released on 2017-06-21. Agricultural Terracing Development Perspectives available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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
Spatial Diversity and Dynamics in Resources and Urban Development - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Spatial Diversity and Dynamics in Resources and Urban Development write by Ashok K. Dutt. This book was released on 2015-10-15. Spatial Diversity and Dynamics in Resources and Urban Development available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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
Forest Science in the South - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Forest Science in the South write by United States. Forest Service. Southern Research Station. This book was released on 2003. Forest Science in the South available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Slash-and-Burn Agriculture
Slash-and-Burn Agriculture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Slash-and-Burn Agriculture write by Cheryl Palm. This book was released on 2005-08-17. Slash-and-Burn Agriculture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
