Challenges and Conceptual Approaches -- Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes -- Causes and Consequences of Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecosystem Function -- The Template: Patterns and Processes of Spatial Variation -- Thoughts on the Generation and Importance of Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecosystems and Landscapes -- Reciprocal Cause and Effect Between Environmental Heterogeneity and Trans…
Chapter 1: Introduction Ashok Kumar -- PART I: EMERGENCE OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING EDUCATION IN INDIA Chapter 2. Planning Education in India: A Historical Perspective D.S. Meshram and Swati Meshram -- Chapter 3. Modern History of Urban and Regional Planning Education in India Ashok Kumar -- Chapter 4. Planning Education for a Smart Urban India Rolee Aranya and Chetan Vaidya -- Chapter 5. D…
Introduction: Cross Atlantic Perspectives in Methods and Models Analysing Transport and Telecommunications -- Traffic Forecasting and Transport Network Analysis -- Urban Travel Forecasting in the USA and UK -- Towards Developing a Travel Time Forecasting Model for Location-Based Services: A Review -- Transportation Networks, Case-Based Reasoning and Traffic Collision Analysis: A Methodology for…
ELOISE research and the implementation of EU policy in the coastal zone -- Land-ocean fluxes and coastal ecosystems — a guided tour of ELOISE results -- Defining a good ecological status of coastal waters — a case study for the Elbe plume -- Bathing water quality -- Establishing coastal and marine reserves — with the emphasis on fisheries -- Valuing Coastal Systems -- Group report: Method…
International Consortium on Landslides -- ICL History and Activities -- International Programme on Landslides -- Landslide Investigation in Machu Picchu World Heritage, Cusco, Peru (C101-1) -- Preliminary Remarks on Monitoring, Geomorphological Evolution and Slope Stability of Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu (C101-1) -- Geomorphological Investigations at Machu Picchu, Peru (C101-1) -- The Applicat…
Concepts, Theory and Methods -- The Liability of Smallness: Can We Expect Less Regional Disparities in Small Countries? -- Country Size in Regional Economics -- Measures of Regional Inequality for Small Countries -- Investigating Spatial Patterns of Income Disparities Using Coordinate Transformations and GIS Mapping -- Empirical Evidence -- Regional Employment Disparities in Belgium: Some Empir…
Brief overview of origin of EW idea -- Theory -- Natural Resource Management: Water and Land Use -- The Built Environment -- City Planning: Rural and Urban -- Agriculture -- Water: Vernacular water systems -- Energy. .This book offers an introduction to the theory and practice of ecological wisdom (EW). EW is the integration of robust contemporary science with proven cultural and historical pra…
Key Challenges in Geography Research with Geospatial Technologies -- Part I: Geospatial Challenges and Geographical Problems -- The Geographical Information Systems: Tools for the Effective Management of the Cultural Heritage in the Event of Natural Disasters -- Using Geospatial Technologies in Mapping the Distribution and Quality of Ecosystems -- Linking Real Geographies and Virtual Realities …
The Concept of Spatial Planning and the Planning System -- Spatial Planning in Ghana: Historical Origins and Evolution -- Contemporary Planning Systems and Spatial Planning at the National Level -- The Inception of Regional Spatial Planning in Ghana -- Spatial Planning at the Local Level and Development Management -- Policy Integration in Spatial Planning: Mechanisms, Challenges and the Way For…
Preface -- 1. Introduction and Goals -- 2. Alternative Formulas for Selected Indices -- 3. Overview of the “Difference of Means” Framework -- 4. Index-Specific Implementations of Difference of Means Formulations -- 5. Index Differences in Registering Area Group Proportions -- 6. Empirical Relationships among Indices -- 7.Distinctions between Displacement and Separation -- 8. Further Comment…