Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Satluj Floodplain: A Landscape -- Chapter 2 -- Satluj Floodplain: Patterns of Landscape Transformation -- Chapter 3 -- Satluj Floodplain: A Hazardscape -- Chapter4 -- Satluj Floodplain: A Possible Green Habitat.This book explains the tragic tale of the Satluj floodplain since its inception. As a landscape this floodplain entity evolves and sets a niche to distinctiv…
GREATER KENYIR: LANDSCAPE, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY -- The weather and climate of tropical Kenyir Lake, Terengganu -- Water quality status in Kenyir Lake, Malaysia: a preliminary assessment -- Comparative study of physico-chemical analyses of different water sources in Setiu Wetland, Terengganu -- A baseline assessment on the distributions and sources of aliphatic and…
The Asian Marginal and Enclosed Seas: an Overview -- A Historical Overview of Remote Sensing of the Asian Seas -- An Introduction to Optical Remote Sensing of the Asian Seas: Chinese dedicated satellites and data processing techniques -- An Introduction to Microwave Remote Sensing of the Asian Seas -- Sea-ice parameters from satellite remote sensing -- Ocean Colour Remote Sensing in the Laptev …
1. Introduction -- Part 1: Carbon stock and flow at ecosystem scale – Carbon Storage -- 2. Backgrounds, Theory, Methods, and Seagrass case -- 3. Mangrove case -- 4. Seaweed case -- Part 2: Carbon stock and flow at ecosystem scale – Gas exchange -- 5. Backgrounds, Theory, Methods, and Seagrass case -- 6. Mangrove case -- 7. Tidal marsh case -- 8. Tidal flat case -- Part 3: Carbon stock and f…
Concept on Landslides and Landslide Susceptibility -- Geomorphic, Geo-tectonic and Hydrologic Attributes and Landslide Probability -- Frequency Ratio Model (FRM) and Information Value Model (IVM) in landslide susceptibility Assessment and Prediction -- Logistic Regression Model (LRM) and Landslide Susceptibility: A RS & GIS based approach -- Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Model and Landslide S…
Water Management and Climate Change in the Focus of International Master Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Mangrove Conservation Policies in the Gulf of Guayaquil -- Biodiversity Issues Should be Better Taken into Account in the Energy Transition -- Approaches to Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity Assessment in Belarus -- Community Action for Biodiversity and Forest Conservation a…
1. Introduction -- 2. Starting points for creating ecological networks -- 3. Methodological base for development of the territorial system of ecological stability -- 4. Method and procedures of designing the territorial system of ecological stability -- 5. Conclusion -- 6. Summary -- 7. References -- 8. Case study: Evaluation of linear formations of non-forest woody vegetation (biocorridors) fo…
Introduction -- 1 Material Base of Sustainable Development - Landscape as a Geosystem -- 2 Landscape as a Geosystem -- 3 Construction and Mapping of Geosystems -- 4 Characteristics of Geocomplexes -- 5 Application of the Geosystems in Model Territory - An Example -- Conclusion.The book analyses the landscape as a geosystem in all its complexity (from the abiotic environment, and land use to soc…
Part I: Introduction -- 1. Mesophotic coral ecosystems: Introduction and Overview -- Part II: Regional Variation in Mesophotic Corarl Ecosystems -- 2. Bermuda -- 3. The Bahamas and Cayman Islands -- 4. Pulley Ridge, Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A. -- 5. The Mesoamerican Reef -- 6. Discovery Bay, Jamaica -- 7. Puerto Rico -- 8. The United States Virgin Islands -- 9. Bonaire and Curaçao -- 10. Brazil -- …
Chapter1: Agricultural Food Crop Production and Management Challenges under the Variable Climatic Conditions in Rungwe district, Tanzania -- Chapter2: Constraints to Agricultural Transformation in Yumbe District-Uganda -- Chapter3: Indigenous grasses for rehabilitating degraded African drylands -- Chapter4: Adoption of Recommended Maize Production Practices and Productivity among Farmers in Mor…