Field Margin Vegetation And Socio Ecological Environment

Author : Sunil Nautiyal
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030692019
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Field Margin Vegetation and Socio-Ecological Environment written by Sunil Nautiyal and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been produced as a part of the project ‘Social-Ecological Systems at the Indian Rural-Urban Interface: Functions, Scales, and Dynamics of Transition’. It addresses transition processes in agriculture and society triggered by urbanization, focusing on Bengaluru as an example of a rapidly growing megacity in India. Adopting a holistic, multidisciplinary approach embedded within a social-ecological systems research framework, it explores how the physical and socio-economic landscapes have led to changes in economic priorities, which have overpowered ecological and traditional priorities with regard to ecosystem governance. Allowing readers to gain a deeper understanding of this unexplored dimension of socio-ecological systems, this book is a valuable resource for international researchers, scholars and master’s students in the field of environmental science, socio-ecology, forestry and agriculture.

Author : Ellen Hoffmann
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030799727
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rural-Urban Interface written by Ellen Hoffmann and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-18 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bengaluru is one of the fastest growing megacities in India. As such, it provides an in-situ laboratory for studying rural-urban transitions. While urbanization is most evident in the changing landscape with increasing built-up areas, it comes along with changes in ecosystem functions, new economic opportunities, changes in social organization and individual attitudes and behavior. All of these processes are interlinked and mutually depend on each other. This book attempts to integrate studies from a wide scope of disciplinary perspectives and at different spatial scales under the framework of complex social-ecological systems. Agriculture is the prime example of a system in which humans interact with their biophysical environment, and the production systems in the rural-urban interface are profoundly affected by urbanisation. Intensification and diversification of agriculture are immediate responses to urban pressures and demands, and are linked as much to resource (over-)use as to commercialisation. Yet, little is known about the spatial patterns of agricultural transformation in areas of urban sprawl. The focus of the contributions here is explicitly on the interface, in-between the rural and urban systems. It thus differs from the urban-centered perspective of city planners as well as from the rural predominance in most of the agricultural research. In the present volume this focus is implemented by analysing samples along a spatial gradient representing different stages of urbanization. Ongoing time series analyses and a panel study will complement the spatial approach by a temporal dimension.

Author : John W. Dover
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135135549X
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ecology of Hedgerows and Field Margins written by John W. Dover and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hedges and field margins are important wildlife habitats and deliver a range of ecosystem services, and their value is increasingly recognised by ecologists. This book reviews and assesses the current state of research on hedgerows and associated field margins. With the intensification of agriculture in the second half of the last century, field sizes were increased by amalgamation and the rooting out of hedges, synthetic pesticide and inorganic fertiliser use increased, and traditional methods of hedge management were largely abandoned. The book is split into two main sections. The first deals with definitions, current and historic management, the impact of pesticides, the decline in hedge stock and condition, and new approaches to hedge evaluation using remote sensing techniques. The second section explores the pollination and biological pest control benefits provided by hedges and field margins and examines the ecology of some of the major groups that are found in hedgerows and field margins: butterflies and moths, carabid beetles, mammals, and birds. A case study on birds and invertebrates from a research farm managed as a commercial enterprise, but which attempts to farm with wildlife in mind, brings these themes together. A final chapter introduces the neglected area of hedges in the urban environment. The book will be of great interest to advanced students, researchers and professionals in ecology, agriculture, wildlife conservation, natural history, landscape, environmental and land management.

Author : Vicki S. Thompson
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 288966726X
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Storage of Biomass Feedstocks: Risks and Opportunities written by Vicki S. Thompson and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 926417933X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evaluation of Agri-environmental Policies Selected Methodological Issues and Case Studies written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-24 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report includes a selection papers presented at the OECD Workshop on Evaluation of Agri-environmental Policies, held 20-22 June 2011.

Author : Richard J. Hobbs
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610910982
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old Fields written by Richard J. Hobbs and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land abandonment is increasing as human influence on the globe intensifies and various ecological, social, and economic factors conspire to force the cessation of agriculture and other forms of land management. The “old fields” that result from abandonment have been the subject of much study, yet few attempts have been made to examine the larger questions raised by old field dynamics. Old Fields brings together leading experts from around the world to synthesize past and current work on old fields, providing an up-to-date perspective on the ecological dynamics of abandoned land. The book gives readers a broad understanding of why agricultural land is abandoned, the factors that determine the ecological recovery of old fields, and how this understanding contributes to theoretical and applied ecology. Twelve case studies from diverse geographical and climatic areas—including Australian rainforest, Brazilian Amazonia, New Jersey piedmont, and South African renosterveld—offer a global perspective on the causes and results of land abandonment. Concluding chapters consider the similarities and differences among the case studies, examine them in the context of ecological concepts, and discuss their relevance to the growing field of restoration ecology. Old Fields is the first book to draw together studies on old fields from both a theoretical and practical perspective. It represents an important contribution to the development of theory on old field dynamics and the practice of ecological restoration on abandoned farmland, and the broader implications of old field dynamics to ecology and restoration.

Author : Sven Erik Jorgensen
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000082547
Total Pages : 3829 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Management Handbook, Second Edition – Six Volume Set written by Sven Erik Jorgensen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-07-30 with total page 3829 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together a wealth of knowledge, the Handbook of Environmental Management, Second Edition, gives a comprehensive overview of environmental problems, their sources, their assessment, and their solutions. Through in-depth entries, and a topical table of contents, readers will quickly find answers to questions about pollution and management issues. This six-volume set is a reimagining of the award-winning Encyclopedia of Environmental Management, published in 2013, and features insights from more than 500 contributors, all experts in their fields. The experience, evidence, methods, and models used in studying environmental management is presented here in six stand-alone volumes, arranged along the major environmental systems. Features of the new edition: The first handbook that demonstrates the key processes and provisions for enhancing environmental management. Addresses new and cutting -edge topics on ecosystem services, resilience, sustainability, food-energy-water nexus, socio-ecological systems and more. Provides an excellent basic knowledge on environmental systems, explains how these systems function and offers strategies on how to best manage them. Includes the most important problems and solutions facing environmental management today.

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Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN 13 : 9291462128
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guidelines for Assessing Environmental and Socio-economic Impacts of Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Interventions written by and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Teja Tscharntke
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540302905
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stability of Tropical Rainforest Margins written by Teja Tscharntke and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-04-26 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate, causing unprecedented losses in biodiversity and ecosystem services. This book contributes to an improved understanding of the processes that have destabilizing effects on ecological and socio-economic systems of tropical rain forest margins, as well as striving to integrate environmental, technological and socio-economic issues in their solution.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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