1.Preview -- Chapter 28 : The future of oases in North Africa through the prism of a systemic approach: towards which type of viability and coviability? -- 3. Chapter 29 : Landscape dynamics and the control of infectious diseases : The question of the integration of health into coviability -- 4. Chapter 30 : A history of loss in coviability between Nature and Society: the Evolution of Vegetativ…
Introduction -- Challenges actions of soil and water management in the changing world -- Climate change as a driver of erosion, sediment dynamics and river morphology transformation -- Ecological restoration and regional sustainable development -- Erosion and sediment transport models and river basin management tools -- Influence of climate change on water quality and drinking water treatment a…
1. Introduction -- 2. Climate Change and its impacts on Bhutan -- 3. Glaciers as indicators of changing climate in Himalaya -- 4. Land degradation in the Khyber mountains, Pakistan -- 5. Biodiversity Conservation in a Himalayan fringe -- 6. Spreading urban tentacles in the Scotland of the East -- 7. Blowing hot, blowing cold: The urban heat island effect in Srinagar -- 8. Protected areas in Bhu…
Introduction -- 1. Global and Regional variability of Tropical Cyclone-induced thermocline Warming -- 2. How has the expansion of the Tropics affected Tropical Cyclogensis? -- 3. Current and Future Cyclone Activity in High-resolution Global Model Ensemble Simulations -- 4. Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Changes in a Warmer Climate -- 5. Forecasting Catastrophe Losses in a Changing Climate -- Conclus…
Evolution and progress accomplished during previous French-Japanese symposiums of Oceanography -- Challenge to resolve problems in the ocean and coastal waters in future Earth with stronger cooperation between the two Societies -- Slower decrease in radioactive concentrations in some fish species after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster -- Relationship between patterns of fish b…
Part I 2015 Keynote Lecture: Geoffrey Palmer, Small Pacific Island States and the Catastrophe of Climate Change -- Part II Small States: Challenges and Adventures in Law: Lino Briguglio, Competition Law and Policy in Small States -- Baldur Thorhallsson, Small States in the UNSC and the EU: Structural Weaknesses and Ability to Influence -- Michèle Finck, The Impact of EU Law in Luxembourg: Does…
From the contents: Introduction. T. Hofer; The International Year of Mountains, Challenge and opportunity for mountain research -- Part I: Paleoenvironmental Changes -- Part II: Cryospheric Changes -- Part III: Hydrological Changes -- Part IV: Ecological Changes -- Part V: Human Dimensions -- Synthesis -- A. Björnsen, U. M. Huber, M. Reasoner, B. Messerli, H. Bugmann; Future research direction…
Classification and terminology -- Debris flows in history -- Instability of steep slopes -- Mechanism of landslide-triggered debris flows: Liquefaction phenomena due to the undrained loading of torrent deposits -- Debris-flow mechanics -- Entrainment of material by debris flows -- Hyperconcentrated flow — transitional process between water flow and debris flow -- Subaqueous debris flows -- Vo…
Record -- The Rise of Trees and How They Changed Paleozoic Atmospheric CO2, Climate, and Geology -- Atmospheric CO2 During the Late Paleozoic and Mesozoic: Estimates from Indian Soils -- Alkenone-Based Estimates of Past CO2 Levels: A Consideration of Their Utility Based on an Analysis of Uncertainties -- Atmospheric CO2 Data from Ice Cores: Four Climatic Cycles -- Atmospheric CO2 and 13CO2 Exch…
Linking Climate and Economic Dynamics -- Coupling Climate and Economic Dynamics: Recent Achievements and Unresolved Problems -- An Oracle Method to Couple Climate and Economic Dynamics -- An Abrupt Stochastic Damage Function to Analyze Climate Policy Benefits -- A Viability Approach to Global Climate Change Issues -- Climate Policy Cooperation Games between Developed and Developing Nations: A Q…