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    Biosaline Agriculture as a Climate Change Adaptation for Food Security (2023)
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    Keywords: Agriculture. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Climatology. ; Plant physiology. ; Biodiversity. ; Agriculture. ; Water. ; Climate Sciences. ; Plant Physiology. ; Biodiversity.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to the book -- Chapter 2. Best practices for saline and brackish water management -- Chapter 2.1 Salt-affected soils and their management in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: A holistic approach -- Chapter 2.2 Innovation and practical experience of using saline water at farm level in Tunisia -- Chapter 2.3 Soil and nutrient management under saline conditions -- Chapter 2.4 Irrigation management under saline conditions in MENA and Sub-Saharian conditions: Lessons learned -- Chapter 2.5 Irrigation Water Management under Salinity Conditions in Arid Regions -- Chapter 2.6 Seed priming and Nano priming techniques as tools to alleviate osmotic stress in legumes -- Chapter 3. Using saline water for conventional, nonconventional and forage crops -- Chapter 3.1 Exploration and collection of quinoa’s wild ancestor in Argentina -- Chapter 3.2 Multilocality evaluation of alternative forage crops grown under salinity conditions in the south of Morocco -- Chapter 3.3 Innovation and Practical Experience of Using Saline Water at the Farm Level in Tunisia -- Chapter 4. Land management when irrigating with saline water -- Chapter 4.1 Do cultivating methods improve crop yield under saline condition in semi-arid areas? -- Chapter 4.2 Posphoypsum as potential amendment and fertilizer for crop nutrition and salt affected soils remediation -- Chapter 5. The challenges faced when using of non-Conventional water in agriculture -- Chapter 5.1 Status, Drivers and Suggested Management Scenarios of salt affected soils in Africa -- Chapter 5.2 The use of nonconventional water resources in agriculture in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Key challenges and opportunities for the use of treated wastewater -- Chapter 6. Use of models as management tools -- Chapter 6.1 SALTMED model as a tool for water, crop, field and N-fertilizers management -- Chapter 7. Use of desalination technology to produce non-saline water for irrigation -- Chapter 7.1 Is desalination for agriculture sustainable? -- Chapter 7.2 The Technological Challenges of Desalination for Irrigation in Morocco.
    Abstract: This book presents recent research work on Biosaline Agriculture presented during First International Forum on Biosaline Agriculture in Laayoune, Morocco from May 3rd to May 4th 2019. The aim of this book is to showcase the global potential of Biosaline agriculture, provide an update on the development of recent innovations in the field of Biosaline agriculture, the best management practices to safely use brackish and saline water, highlight the use of non-conventional water in marginal environment production and the current advanced technologies of desalination of brackish and seawater. The different chapters will also discuss solutions that are adapted to local conditions as part of a sustainable development perspective. The book provides up-to-date technical and scientific data on growing crops under marginal environment so as to encourage the dissemination of this knowledge in the best practices to increase the productivity in Biosaline agriculture, in view of the potential to contribute to food security. The book is expected to stimulate interest in the non-conventional water resources and crops among junior and senior researchers and among those who are increasingly focused on exploiting marginal environments. It will also be of interest to decision-makers and the public and private sectors to jointly address the issues of food security especially of the poor and vulnerable people living in marginal environments worldwide by providing innovative technology transfer.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXII, 422 p. 138 illus., 114 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031242793
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24279-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-24279-3
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    Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction : Insight Towards Perception, Response, Adaptation and Sustainability (2023)
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    Keywords: Natural disasters. ; Social sciences. ; Human geography. ; Sustainability. ; Earth sciences. ; Natural Hazards. ; Society. ; Human Geography. ; Sustainability. ; Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Conceptualising Disaster and Risk -- Chapter 1. Hazard and Disaster Perception: Cognition, Response and Adaptation -- Chapter 2. Characterising Hazard and Disaster and Sustainable Development -- Chapter 3. Understanding Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience -- Chapter 4. Traditional management of Disaster: Indigenous Knowledge, Insights and Strategies -- Part II: Approaches to Disaster Management -- Chapter 5. Different types of Risks and Vulnerability -- Chapter 6. Fields of Response to Disaster: Positive Response and Negative Response -- Chapter 7. Disaster Resilience by Indigenous Communities -- Chapter 8. Capacity Building and Community Based Disaster Preparedness -- Part III: Sustainability Through Indigenous Knowledge and Practice -- Chapter 9. Disaster Risk Identification and Mitigation with the help of Traditional Knowledge -- Chapter 10. Disaster Risk Reduction through local Knowledge and practice-case studies -- Chapter 11. Adaptation to different types of Disaster with Integration of local Knowledge-case studies -- Chapter 12. Climate Risk Management with Indigenous Perception and Strategies- case studies -- Part IV: Science-Policy Interface Through Indigenous Knowledge -- Chapter 13. Integration of Indigenous Knowledge in Policy Formulation -- Chapter 14. Insights from Regional and Field Studies on Micro Policies -- Chapter 15. Perspectives from Indigenous Knowledge in Sustainable Development -- Chapter 16. Integration of Perception Studies and Disaster Risks -- Chapter 17. Development of a holistic Regional Disaster Policy Framework based on Indigenous Knowledge -- Chapter 18. Identifying the gaps and Future Scopes in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience -- Chapter 19. Conclusion.
    Abstract: The book seeks to comprehend how indigenous knowledge systems of local communities can be effectively used in disaster management of various types. A prime example is the 2015 Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, promoting indigenous environmental management knowledge and practices. Traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples includes information and insight that supplement conventional science and environmental observations, a comprehensive understanding of the environment, natural resources, culture, and human interactions with them which is not documented before. A great deal of this knowledge have been lost in translation. In this book, the authors attempt to keep a record of each and every traditional knowledge study of the indigenous communities in managing the disasters. The use of indigenous knowledge systems in disaster understanding and management is the primary focus of the chapters. This book is organized into four major sections. The first part gives an overview and help in conceptualizing the different concepts of hazard and disaster perception and how response and adaptation are connected with it. This part also discusses the concept of the connection between hazard and sustainable development and how the understanding of risk reduction and resilience can happen with the help of indigenous knowledge, insights, and strategies. The second part of the book introduces the different approaches to disaster and risk management. It establishes how vulnerability influences the risk associated with a hazard and the responses can be both positive and negative in disaster management. The approaches of the indigenous communities in managing a disaster, their resilience, capacity building, and community-based preparedness will be the area of prime focus in this chapter. Part 3 of this book describes the concept of sustainability through indigenous knowledge and practice. The sole highlight of this chapter is the indigenous knowledge efficacies in disaster identification, risk reduction, climate risk management, and climate action. The last section of the book explores how to meet the gaps between local knowledge and policy formulation. It highlights how traditional knowledge of the indigenous communities can prove to be beneficial in developing a holistic regional-based policy framework which will be easily accepted by the target stakeholders since they will be more acquainted with the local strategies and methods. This section ends with an assessment and discussion of the gaps and future scopes in disaster risk reduction through integrating local knowledge and modern technologies.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXIX, 604 p. 200 illus., 187 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031261435
    Series Statement: Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26143-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-26143-5
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    Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture : Concepts, Issues and Policies for Developing Countries (2023)
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    Keywords: Agriculture. ; Climatology. ; Food security. ; Sustainability. ; Economic development. ; Agriculture. ; Climate Sciences. ; Food Security. ; Sustainability. ; Development Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Global Framework on Climate Change -- Chapter 2. Conceptual Elucidation of Climate Change for Developing Countries -- Chapter 3. Climate Change and Social Concerns -- Chapter 4. Unpredictable Weather and Agriculture-Based Economy of Developing Countries -- Chapter 5. Nutrition-Sensitive Climate-Smart Agriculture -- Chapter 6. Food Security Issues in Changing Climate -- Chapter 7. Engineering Principles of Precision Farming: Pathway for the Developing Countries to Ensure Food Security -- Chapter 8. GHG management implications for developed and developing nations -- Chapter 9. Concept of Climate Finance -- Chapter 10. Need of Social Security in Vulnerable Countries - A Comparison of a Developed and a Developing Country -- Chapter 11. Climate and Development -- Chapter 12. Sustainable development goals and governments’ roles for social protection -- Chapter 13. Integrated farming approach -- Chapter 14. An overview of precision agricultural technologies for crop yield enhancement and environmental sustainability -- Chapter 15. Irrigation Scheduling under Crop Water Requirements: Simulation and Field Learning -- Chapter 16. Nutrient Management Under Changing Climate -- Chapter 17. Modern Breeding approaches for climate change -- Chapter 18. Heat stress tolerance in crop plants-physiological and biochemical Approaches -- Chapter 19. Crop protection under climate change: the effect on tri-trophic relations concerning pest control -- chapter 20. Climate Change Effects on the Quality of Different Crop Plants and Coping Mechanisms -- Chapter 21. Application of Remote Sensing in Agriculture -- Chapter 22. Mitigation of climate change through carbon farming -- Chapter 23. Use of Biochar for Biological Carbon Sequestration.
    Abstract: This book offers perspective on climate change impacts on developing nations from scholars within those nations, primarily focusing on agriculture. Throughout three parts containing a total of over twenty chapters from scholars in developing countries, it aims to offer guidelines for researchers, policymakers, and farmers themselves on how developing countries can achieve sustainable food security and continue development on a sustainable basis. Part I covers climate change concepts and issues for developing countries; Part II offers chapters dealing with social issues surrounding climate change and agriculture; Part III addresses practical policies that can be implemented to work toward achieving the goals described above. Agriculture is a key sector in developing countries in terms of economic growth and social well-being. Adapting and building resilience to climate change means increasing agricultural productivity and incomes and reducing greenhouse gases emissions. This volume represents an effort toward collecting knowledge on the technical, policy and investment measures to achieve sustainable agricultural growth in the sectors of grain, fruit, vegetable, fiber, feed, livestock, fisheries and forest under climate change in one place.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXXII, 416 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031266928
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26692-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-26692-8
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    The North Atlantic Polar Triangle : Documenting The End of an Epoch (2023)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Environment. ; Oceanography. ; Human geography. ; Physical Geography. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Physical Geography. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Ocean Sciences. ; Human Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Magnitude, Frequency, and Change in Earth Systems -- Chapter2. Before the Holocene -- Chapter3. The Greenlandian -- Chapter4. The Northgrippian -- Chapter5. The Meghalayan -- Chapter6. The Anthropogenic Boundary Event.
    Abstract: This book explores the broad trajectory of the Holocene epoch in a region defined as the North Atlantic Polar Triangle (NAPT). The text is multi-disciplinary and synthetic, and focuses on the area extending from the North Pole to the Equator, and covers 60 degrees of longitude, encompassing the entire North Atlantic and significant parts of the land-masses that surround it. It discusses the physical, ecological and cultural history of the NAPT and its bordering regions after the end of the Last Glacial Maximum. It outlines the long-term changing relationships between environmental processes and humans within this single space, providing insight into the broader and more complex interactions happening globally. The author proposes, on the basis of the changes that can be documented in the NAPT, probable trajectories of change in other equally complex but less well-documented, and less geographically constrained Earth systems. It contributes to the ongoing discussion of human transformation of the world, and the current debate about the designation of a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. It concludes by supporting the proposition that the Anthropocene is best understood as a boundary event, marking the upper limit of the Holocene, rather than as a new epoch. The intended audience includes physical geographers, anthropologists and readers exploring the synthetic analyses of the crisis humans currently confront as the world enters a period of extraordinary change.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XV, 134 p. 22 illus., 18 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031272646
    Series Statement: Springer Polar Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27264-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-27264-6
    DDC: 910.02
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    Marine Climate of Russian Coastal Territories : Public Health Aspects of Biological Adaption (2023)
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    Keywords: Environmental geography. ; Public health. ; Climatology. ; Integrated Geography. ; Public Health. ; Climate Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Climate and weather: impact on the body -- Chapter 3: Climatic norms, definition periods. Methods for determining the areas of biological comfort/discomfort -- Chapter 4: Adaptation to marine climate -- Chapter 5: Influence of weather and climatic conditions on health Adaptation to the marine climate of Russian regions -- Chapter 6: Non-specific prevention of pre-disease states and diseases when adapting to a maritime climate -- Chapter 7: Conclusion.
    Abstract: The monograph was written based on the material of the post-doctoral thesis prepared under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Rakhmanov and it has been translated from its original version in Russian. It presents a comprehensive analysis of the process of biological adaptation and adaptation capacity of the population to the marine climate of Russia’s North, the Black and Caspian Sea regions and the Baltic Sea coast. The authors explore different biological reactions to adaptation and offer their classification depending on the type of climate. Special attention is given to the prevention of prenosological conditions and diseases typical of coastal areas. Evidence suggests that the human body has a remarkable capacity to adapt to a range of climatic and weather conditions through a variety of targeted adaptation measures.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: IX, 112 p. 34 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031309519
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30951-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-30951-9
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    AgriCultura : Urban Agriculture and the Heritage Potential of Agrarian Landscape (2020)
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    Keywords: Agriculture. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Cultural property. ; Agriculture. ; Urban Sociology. ; Human Geography. ; Cultural Heritage.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introductory text (Toward a linkage between Urban Agriculture and Cultural Heritage) -- Part I: Unraveling cultural potential of urban agriculture -- Chapter 1. Agricultural and urban policies in Europe: The co-construction of peri-urban agricultural landscape. Experiences, problems, perspectives (André Fleury) -- Chapter 2. Urban Agriculture as Heritage: methodological issues and perspectives (Lionella Scazzosi) -- Chapter 3. Engagement, participation and governance of Urban Agricultural Heritage (Paola Branduini) -- Part II: Landscape at risk, landscape as opportunity -- Chapter 4. Urban agriculture and territorial heritage: keys to resiliency (María-José Prados, Jesús Santiago Ramos) -- Chapter 5. Urban agriculture and landscape in Mexico City between history and innovation (Saúl Alcántara Onofre) -- Chapter 6. Tangible and intangible heritage in urban agriculture: the Australia experience (Jane Lennon) -- Chapter 7. Sewage farms in Pierrelaye: peri-urban agriculture multifunctionality model (Roland Vidal) -- Chapter 8. Urban agriculture: what about domestic gardens? (Hubert Gulinck, Valerie Dewaelheyns, Frederik Lerouge) -- Chapter 9. Is Urban Agriculture an opportunity to preserve landscape systems? Suggestions from England (Raffaella Laviscio) -- Part III: The co-construction of urban agricultural landscape -- Chapter 10. Agriculture and the city of Geneva: the end of a love affair? (Joëlle Salomon Cavin, Nelly Niwa) -- Chapter 11. Recognizing the multifunctional nature of agriculture: stakes and challenges in Montréal and Ile Bizard (Sabine Courcier, Gérald Domon) -- Chapter 12. Agro-culture in the Metropolitan area of Barcelona: a big issue, multiple landscapes, several solutions (Ana Zazo Moratalla, Valerià Paül, Sònia Callau Berenguer, Josep Montasell i Dorda) -- Chapter 13. Cultivating the Cologne green belt: the Belvedere agricultural park (Axel Timpe). Chapter 14. La Vega de Granada: the defence of a paradigmatic Agrarian Heritage space by local citizens (José Castillo Ruiz, Alberto Matarán Ruiz) -- Chapter 15. AgriCulture in Milan. The mutual benefit between urban agriculture and cultural heritage (Paola Branduini, Raffaella Laviscio, Lionella Scazzosi).
    Abstract: This book explains how cultural heritage can be a tool for enhancing urban agriculture and improving landscape and life quality. It cuts across the existing literature and fills the gaps between urban agriculture, considered as a food, social and environmental opportunity and cultural heritage, considered as resource. It focuses the role of the countryside for urban areas, in the history of the city and today. Its attention is on the quality for all areas, both outstanding, ordinary and degraded, as well as large, little or fragmented (European landscape convention 2000). It considers agricultural landscape as a system of tangible and intangible heritage components and relationships, to be retained, enhanced and transmit, in a process of inevitable but appropriate dynamic conservation and management over time (ICOMOS-IFLA Principles 2017). This book can benefit the collaboration among local players – such as farmers, citizens, associations, public institutions, stakeholders – in conserving and enhancing agrarian heritage and reinforcing the identity of places and people. It can strengthen collective action and generate positive effects on good large and local -scale management. The first part has a methodological character in order to enlighten the integrated approach between cultural heritage and urban agriculture. The second part exemplifies cases where the heritage has been recognised but not yet translated into concrete action. The third Part discloses ongoing process of co-construction, where policies have recognized the cultural, environmental and social meaning of urban agriculture as heritage. This book aims to reach scholars, local administrations, professionals, farmers and citizens. It involves many authors, many of whom are directly engaged with action-research in safeguarding and implementing the mutual interaction between urban agriculture activities and agrarian heritage.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XX, 261 p. 97 illus., 86 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030490126
    Series Statement: Urban Agriculture,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49012-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-49012-6
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    Frontier Making in the Amazon : Economic, Political and Socioecological Conversion (2020)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Human geography. ; Agriculture Economic aspects. ; Economic geography. ; Cultural geography. ; America Politics and government. ; Physical Geography. ; Human Geography. ; Agricultural Economics. ; Economic Geography. ; Social and Cultural Geography. ; American Politics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Frontier thinking and the Amazon region -- Scarcities and abundances in place and time: A proposed conceptualisation of frontier making -- Placing the agricultural frontier of Mato Grosso, Brazil -- Peasant farming in the Amazon frontiers -- Water and energy frontiers in the Amazon -- Production of poverty and the poverty of production in the Amazon -- Disrupting frontier development from within: The latent geographical agency of indigenous peoples -- Development and conservation frontiers in the Pantanal wetland -- Conclusion: Lessons learned to expand frontier theory.
    Abstract: This book discusses the outcomes of more than ten years of research in the southern tracts of the Amazon region, and addresses the expansion of the agricultural frontier, consolidation of the agribusiness-based economy, and expansion of regional infrastructure (roads, dams, urban centres, etc). It combines extensive empirical evidence with the international literature on frontier-making and regional Amazonian development, and adopts a critical politico-geographical perspective that will benefit scholars in various other disciplines. This book is intended to push the current theoretical and methodological boundaries regarding the controversies and impacts of agribusiness in the region. A new international scientific network, led by the author, is investigating the broader context of the themes analysed here. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIII, 222 p. 33 illus., 29 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030385248
    Series Statement: Key Challenges in Geography, EUROGEO Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38524-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-38524-8
    DDC: 910.02
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    Voyages on the Northern Sea Route (2020)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Transportation engineering. ; Traffic engineering. ; Climatology. ; Physical Geography. ; Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering. ; Climate Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Problems of planning vessel voyages in ice -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part II. Overcoming ice and speed of a vessel -- Chapter 2. The ability to overcome ice and speed of vessel navigating independently in ice -- Part III. Dangerous phenomena and hazards to shipping -- Chapter 3. Dangerous hydro-meteorological phenomena occurring on the NSR -- Part IV. Suggested routes and voyahe dates -- Chapter 4. Routes outside ice-covered zones on the NSR for vessels without ice strengthening -- Chapter 5. Dates of opening and closing of the seas for ice-free navigation -- Part V. Models of decision-making systems -- Chapter 6. Decision-making system of initial voyage planning -- Chapter 7. Operational voyage planning and verification of the initial voyage planning system -- Chapter 8. Summary and conclusions -- Appendices.
    Abstract: This book explains vessels’ ability to overcome ice on the Northern Sea Route, as well as the criteria of safe speed and maneuvering of vessels on ice. It provides a successful long-term forecast of ice navigation and reveals the dangers of sailing on the Northern Sea Rote, It includes tips on how to plan and schedule voyages in the Russian Arctic. The book develops a set of suggested routes for the period of opening and closing of the transit ice-free zone through the NSR based on the last eleven navigation seasons. It presents a method for determining the date for beginning a voyage of a vessel without ice strengthening through the NSR. It also develops a model of initial (long-term) and operational decision-making support system for vessel voyage planning and scheduling. The main audience for the book are officers at operational and management level of competency, people planning voyages on the Northern Sea Route in the office of ship operator and in chartering department or consulting company, and participants of Ice Navigator IMO Model Courses at basic and advanced level of competency.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXXVIII, 279 p. 317 illus., 61 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030254902
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25490-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25490-2
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    Smart Geography : 100 Years of the Bulgarian Geographical Society (2020)
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    Keywords: Geography. ; Human geography. ; Landscape ecology. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Data mining. ; Geography. ; Human Geography. ; Landscape Ecology. ; Urban Sociology. ; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.
    Description / Table of Contents: Smart Geography: 100th Years Bulgarian Geographical Society -- Part I: Towards Smart Geography -- BGS and the Contemporary Progress of the Geographical Science Towards Smart Geography -- Smart Geographies and the Political Economy of Innovation and Inequality -- Evaluate Turkey's Climate Classification by Clustering Analysis Method.
    Abstract: This book focuses on new and innovative spatial approaches based on smart solutions and developed in the field of geography and related interdisciplinary fields such as urban and regional studies, landscape ecology and ecosystem services. It includes contributions from a conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Bulgarian Geographical Society. In turn, the book reveals how 21st-century geography is expected to facilitate the development of human capital and the knowledge society, while also offering place-specific solutions for sustainable regional development and utilization of the planet’s natural and human capital to improve social wellbeing. This volume is intended for the global geographical research community, as well as professionals and practitioners in all fields that deal with space, including regional planners and environmental managers.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VIII, 455 p. 141 illus., 113 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030281915
    Series Statement: Key Challenges in Geography, EUROGEO Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28191-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28191-5
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    Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Socio-economic and Environmental Indicators for Sustainable Development : Case Studies from North Africa (2020)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Regionalism. ; Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Sustainability. ; Human geography. ; Geology. ; Physical Geography. ; Regionalism. ; Regional and Spatial Economics. ; Sustainability. ; Human Geography. ; Geology.
    Abstract: This book presents most recent research studies on mapping and spatial analysis of socio-economic and environmental indicators used by various national and international contributors to regional development projects. It gathers the best contributions to the 1st International Conference on Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Socio-Economic and Environmental Indicators for the Local and Regional Sustainable Development. The conference was held in southern Tunisia, Tataouine in March 2015.The research studies focused on generating and analyzing indicators in various domains of Agriculture, Energy, Industry, Tourism, Transport, Urban Planning, Exploitation of Natural Resources, Infrastructure, Health, Environment, Education, Information and Communication Technologies, Social Affairs and Employability, and Culture and Sport. Socio-economic and environmental indicators are important in regional development plans and strategies as they allow to observe and analyze changes in the economic growth and to measure their impact on the environment and on social networks/daily life of citizens. On the basis of well-defined geomatic approaches, and particularly, through sophisticated digital mapping and spatio-temporal analyses, authors focused on retrieving indicators to evaluate the exploitation rate of natural resources, intensity of the energy consumption in various economic sector, net migratory flows, quality checking of the air in urban areas, adaptation to climate change, and vulnerability of the coastal domain and risk of marine submersion due to sea-level rise. The book is of interest not only to investors and contributors to regional development projects, but also to all relevant policy makers. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XII, 167 p. 132 illus., 111 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030211660
    Series Statement: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21166-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-21166-0
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    Latin America in Times of Global Environmental Change (2020)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Climatology. ; America Politics and government. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Physical Geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; American Politics. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Monitoring.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Challenges of Latin America in the Global Environmental Geopolitics of the XXI Century (Fernando Estenssoro Saavedra) -- Dilemmas and Opportunities of the South American Transboundary Basins and Integration (Ana Emérica Seitz) -- Scientific Knowledge Regarding Natural Resources in South America: Conditioning Factors and Strategic Challenges for the Region (Rosina Soler) -- Identity-based Cooperation in the Multilateral Negotiations on Climate Change: The Group of 7 and China (María del Pilar Bueno) -- Public Concern on Climate Change: Taking Stock and Testing Hypotheses in Latin America (Patricio Yamin) -- International Environmental Funds: Between Domestic Policies and the Foreign Relations of Argentina (Cristian Lorenzo) -- Index.
    Abstract: This volume discusses the challenges of Latin America in global environmental geopolitics. Written by leading experts, this book brings together Latin American research on global environmental change. They cover a range of topics such as climate change, water, forest and biodiversity conservation connected with science policies, public opinion, priorities of international funds, and international politics of Latin American countries. The book describes the discrepancy between the international priorities and the regional needs or country interests. It includes several case studies and analyses the cooperation in multilateral negotiations on climate change. It also offers a synthesis of debates around global environmental changes and Latin American politics, which the authors have previously promoted in different academic events in South America, including in Santiago de Chile in Chile, and Buenos Aires and Ushuaia in Argentina. This book assesses the environmental problems from different perspectives, highlights the scientific development in the environmental changes affecting Latin America and offers a new view on geopolitics to help face those issues. Specialist readers in international relations, political sciences, environmental sciences, geography and geopolitics will appreciate this up-to-date examination of Latin America and the global environmental change.
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    Pages: XIV, 181 p. 12 illus., 3 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030242541
    Series Statement: The Latin American Studies Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24254-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-24254-1
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    Extreme Weather Events and Human Health : International Case Studies (2020)
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    Keywords: Environmental geography. ; Climatology. ; Environmental health. ; Human geography. ; Environmental management. ; Integrated Geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; Environmental Health. ; Human Geography. ; Environmental Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: I. Introductory -- 1. Introduction: Extreme Weather and Human Health: Global Perspective -- 2. Dust Storms and Human Health -- 3. The Impacts of Climate Change on Health and Development in Canadian Arctic and Sub-Arctic Communities in the 21st Century: A Systematic Review -- 4. Wildland Fire, Extreme Weather, and Society: Implications of a History of Fire Suppression in California, USA -- 5. Extreme Weather Events, Health and Development.
    Abstract: This edited book assesses the impacts of various extreme weather events on human health and development from a global perspective, and includes several case studies in various geographical regions around the globe. Covering all continents, it describes the impact of extreme weather conditions such as flash floods, heatwaves, cold waves, droughts, forest fires, strong winds and storms in both developing and developed countries. The contributing authors also investigate the spread of diseases and the risk to food security caused by drought and flooding. Further, the book discusses the economic damage resulting from natural disasters including hurricanes. It has been estimated that in 2017 natural disasters and climate change resulted in economic losses of 309 billion US dollars. Scientists also predict that if nothing is done to curb the effects of climate change, in Europe the death toll due to weather disasters could rise 50-fold by the end of the 21st century, with extreme heat alone causing more than 150,000 deaths a year, as the report on global warming of 1.5°C warns that China, Russia and Canada’s current climate policies would steer the world above a catastrophic 5°C of warming by the end of 2100. As such, the book highlights how the wellbeing of different populations is threatened by extreme events now and in the foreseeable future.
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    Pages: XVIII, 382 p. 83 illus., 70 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030237738
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23773-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23773-8
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    Food Security and Land Use Change under Conditions of Climatic Variability : A Multidimensional Perspective (2020)
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    Keywords: Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Climatology. ; Environmental management. ; Environmental economics. ; Economic development. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Sciences. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Economics. ; Development Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: PART 1 Food security as a global issue -- Chapter 1 Climate change and food security: A glance on principles and strategic road map -- Chapter 2 Commentary on evolution of policy and operationalization of action to make “food security” the first priority -- Chapter 3 Agricultural productivity and food security: Land degradation and changes over time -- Chapter 4 A Comprehensive Overview of Water and Food Security crisis influencing Human Mobility patterns -- PART 2 Climate variability and food security -- Chapter 5 The critical role of Smallholders in Survival food security -- Chapter 6 Climate change and food security in the Bamenda Highlands of Cameroon -- Chapter 7 Building capacities for agricultural disaster risk reduction in the Western Balkan Countries -- Chapter 8 Commentary on China’s current food security status, future trends and responses under climate variability -- PART 3 Food Security and Livelihoods -- Chapter 9 Leaving No One Behind from farm to fork; Building resilience along smallholder value chain in the context of climate change -- Chapter 10 Establishing Multi-Partnerships in Environmental Governance in Indonesia: Case of “DesaMakmurPerduliApi” (Prosperous and Fire Free Villages) Program -- Chapter 11 From Zero-Acreage Farming to Zero Hunger in African Cities: Some Possibilities and Opportunities -- Chapter 12 Organic Farming Practices can combat Drought and Land Degradation through efficient use of Land and Water -- Part 4 Concluding thoughts and reflections -- Chapter 13 Reality and Consequence for Livestock Production, Human Nutrition, Health and Food Security under the impact of climate change -- Chapter 14 Changes in Agricultural Land Use and Food Security: Challenges -- Chapter 15 Diversification and land use management practices for food and nutritional security under climate change scenario in arid and semi-arid regions -- Chapter 16 Unifying concepts, synthesis and conclusions.
    Abstract: This volume analyzes the global challenges of food security, land use changes, and climate change impacts on food production in order to recommend sustainable development policies, anticipate future food services and demands, and identify the economic benefits and trade-offs of meeting food security demands and achieving climate change mitigation objectives. The key points of analysis that form the conclusions of this book are based on measuring the quantity and quality of land and water resources, and the rate of use of sustainable management of these resources in the context of socio-economic factors, including food security, poverty, and climate change impacts. In six parts, readers will learn about these crucial dimensions of the affects of climate change on food security, and will gain a better understanding of how to assess the trade-offs when combating multiple climate change challenges and how to develop sustainable solutions to these problems. The book presents multidimensional perspectives from expert contributors, offering holistic and strategic approaches to link knowledge on climate change and food security with action in the form of policy recommendations, with a focus on sociological and socio-economic components of climate change impacts. The intended audience of the book includes students and researchers engaged in climate change and food security issues, NGOs, and policy makers.
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    Pages: XIV, 355 p. 129 illus., 81 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030367626
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36762-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-36762-6
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    Palaeohydrology : Traces, Tracks and Trails of Extreme Events (2020)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Geology. ; Natural disasters. ; Human geography. ; Physical Geography. ; Water. ; Geology. ; Natural Hazards. ; Human Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part A: Studies with temporal focus -- Ch.1 Global megaflood paleohydrology -- Ch.2 Flooding northern Germany: impacts and magnitudes of Middle Pleistocene glacial lake-outburst floods -- Ch.3 Outburst flood from Möhne Reservoir in May 1943 after aerial bombing -- Part B: Studies with regional focus -- Ch.4 Droughts in historical times in Europe, as derived from documentary evidence -- Ch.5 Geomorphological and geoarchaeological evidence of the Medieval deluge in the Tagliamento River (NE Italy) -- Ch.6 Inverted channels in the eastern Sahara – distribution, formation, and interpretation to enable reconstruction of paleodrainage networks -- Ch.7 Noah’s Flood – probing an ancient narrative using geoscience -- Part C: Studies with methodical and technical topics -- Ch.8 Luminescence dating in fluvial settings: overcoming the challenge of partial bleaching -- Ch.9 Large palaeomeanders in Europe: distribution, formation process, age, environments and significance -- Ch.10 Palaeostage indicators in rivers - an illustrated review -- Ch.11 High-resolution sedimentary paleoflood records in alluvial river environments - a review of recent methodological advances and application to flood hazard assessment.
    Abstract: The book provides a review of the most relevant topics on the booming discipline of palaeohydrology and focuses on previous extreme events like exceptional floods and droughts. Reviews written by leading experts of their fields are combined with selected key studies and presentations on up-to-day methodical and conceptional topics as a perspective for further research. Consequently, the compilation provides an excellent review on the state of the art of numerous relevant topics of palaeohydrology and acts as unique introduction for early career scientists and scientists of different disciplines working on hydrological extreme events, both in basic research and applied aspects. .
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    Pages: X, 230 p. 110 illus., 93 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030233150
    Series Statement: Geography of the Physical Environment,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23315-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23315-0
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    Mapping the Risk of Flood, Mass Movement and Local Subsidence : A New Proposal for Major Cities (2020)
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    Keywords: Natural disasters. ; Geographic information systems. ; Human geography. ; Natural Hazards. ; Geographical Information System. ; Human Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.Identifying and mapping flood risk in urban areas -- 2.Identifying and mapping the risk of rockfall and landslide on roads and urban areas -- 3.Identifying and mapping the risk of local subsidence.
    Abstract: This book proposes a methodology for the identification of flooding in urban areas, by the denomination of 1) urban hydrographic basin; and 2) polygon of flood risk. This work will enable readers to elaborate a preventive program in Latin America and analogous regions. The authorities could use it as a basis to create urban planning strategies or preventive programs to reduce or eliminate the flooding hazard. The growth of an urban area implies that the natural terrain is covered by an asphalt folder, which results in an Urban Hydrographic Basin where rainwater drains down its streets filtering through sewers towards rainwater drains or wastewater. Initially, the drainages are calculated according to the population in a specific urban area, however, the population growth causes the growth of the urban area, where the old drainages and new roads are linked, causing their saturation and chaos. More water runs down the streets and is accumulated in the lower areas, causing flooding.
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    Pages: XIX, 58 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030224721
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22472-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22472-1
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    KULUNDA: Climate Smart Agriculture : South Siberian Agro-steppe as Pioneering Region for Sustainable Land Use (2020)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Climatology. ; Agriculture Economic aspects. ; Agriculture. ; Soil science. ; Physical Geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Agricultural Economics. ; Agriculture. ; Soil Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Chapter 1: Background to the natural landscape and the consequences of the ecosystem conversion -- Chapter 2: Socio-economic and institutional drivers and impacts of land use change -- Chapter 3: Potentials and Strategies of adapted land use as basis for ecological and social-economic sustainable development of the rural landscape -- Chapter 4: Change in Regional Development -- Chapter 5: Summary and outlook -- Acknowledgement.
    Abstract: This book focuses on a representative example and one of the world’s largest steppe conversions, and provides a detailed overview of the results of the BMBF-funded research project KULUNDA. As part of the Siberian virgin land policy, the Kulunda steppe was transformed into agricultural land from 1954 to 1965. In the course of the project, a multidisciplinary research team conducted a natural, social-economic and agro-scientific cause-and-effect analysis of (agro-)ecosystem destabilisation, as well as various field trials covering tillage and crop rotation options in their socio-economic context. The ecologically and economically sound findings offer strategies for combining climate smart land utilization, ecosystem restoration and sustainable regional development, and can readily be applied to other virgin land conversion efforts. In addition, the findings on the Eurasian steppes will expand the current conversion literature, which mainly consists of the ‘Dust Bowl’ literature of the North American plains. Given its scope, the book will appeal to scientists, professionals, and students in the environmental, geo- and climate sciences. .
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    Pages: XXVI, 522 p. 202 illus., 164 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030159276
    Series Statement: Innovations in Landscape Research,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15927-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-15927-6
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    Governance of Arctic Shipping : Rethinking Risk, Human Impacts and Regulation (2020)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Climatology. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environmental management. ; Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Physical Geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; Water. ; Environmental Management. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- PART A: MARINE RISK ASSESSMENT PERSPECTIVES -- 1) Application of the IGRC framework for SAR -- 2) Historical Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) Incident Analysis: Interactive visualization aids for improved risk assessment and decision making -- 3) Oil spill risk in the Canadian Arctic: An exploratory application of the International Risk Governance Framework -- 4) Ship-generated underwater noise -- PART B: INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING PERSPECTIVES -- 5) Shipping Governance and Inuit Rights -- 6) Inuit knowledge and data: An exploration of decision support systems for marine spatial planning in the eastern Canadian Arctic -- 7) Balancing competing ocean uses: The EU approach to Marine Spatial Planning -- 8) Integrated Ocean Management in France: Some perspectives -- PART C: MARITIME REGULATORY POLICY PERSPECTIVES -- 9) The IMO Framework and Process of Shipping Regulations -- 10) The regulation of air pollution from ships in the Northwest Atlantic and Arctic Oceans: The need for an integrated and equitable approach -- 11) A Change in the Ice Regime: Polar Code Implementation in Canada Drummond Fraser, Transport Canada -- 12) Seafarers and Arctic cruise shipping: Protecting those who work while others explore and sightsee -- 13) Mapping the Occupational Health and Safety Challenges Arising from Employment-Related Geographical Mobility (E-RGM) Among Canadian Seafarers on the Great Lakes and St Lawrence River -- 14) Fisher safety -- 15) Search and rescue at sea: do new challenges need new rules? -- 16) Conclusion. .
    Abstract: This open access book is a result of the Dalhousie-led research project Safe Navigation and Environment Protection, supported by a grant from the Ocean Frontier Institute’s the Canada First Research Excellent Fund (CFREF). The book focuses on Arctic shipping and investigates how ocean change and anthropogenic impacts affect our understanding of risk, policy, management and regulation for safe navigation, environment protection, conflict management between ocean uses, and protection of Indigenous peoples’ interests. A rapidly changing Arctic as a result of climate change and ice loss is rendering the North more accessible, providing new opportunities while producing impacts on the Arctic. The book explores ideas for enhanced governance of Arctic shipping through risk-based planning, marine spatial planning and scaling up shipping standards for safety, environment protection and public health. .
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    Pages: XIV, 319 p. 40 illus., 31 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030449759
    Series Statement: Springer Polar Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44975-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-44975-9
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    Himalaya on the Threshold of Change (2020)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Climatology. ; Human geography. ; Economic geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Natural disasters. ; Physical Geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; Human Geography. ; Economic Geography. ; Social and Cultural Geography. ; Natural Hazards.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Natural Aspects -- Chapter 1 -- Geography and Geology -- Chapter 2 -- The Climate of the Uttarakhand Himalaya -- Chapter 3 -- Glaciers of the Uttarakhand Himalaya -- Chapter 4 -- Water Resources and Change -- Chapter 5 -- Forests of Uttarakhand Himalaya -- Chapter 6 -- Increasing Events of Disasters -- Chapter 7 -- Change in Culture and Customs -- Chapter 8 -- Population, Social and Economic Change -- Chapter 9 -- Migration and Agrarian Change -- Chapter 10 -- Sustainable Development under Changing Environment -- Chapter 11 -- Conclusions: Drivers of Change, Resilience and Adaptation -- Index.
    Abstract: This book provides a unique and comprehensive assessment of the changes that have been taking place in the Himalayas. It describes in detail all the aspects of change, both natural and cultural, along with their implications, and suggests policy measures to help mitigate them. The book is divided into two major sections – on natural changes and cultural changes – and 11 chapters: an introduction, six addressing changes that concern natural aspects, and four exploring cultural changes and presenting the book’s conclusions. The content is based on a study conducted using a participatory observation/empirical method. Time series data from secondary sources is also included, helping to analyze the various changes. The findings are presented in the form of color graphs, models, maps, photographs, and tables. The book offers a valuable resource for policymakers, and will prove equally useful for all other stakeholders, e.g. researchers, students and development agents. .
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    Pages: XXXVII, 193 p. 73 illus., 60 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030141806
    Series Statement: Advances in Global Change Research, 66
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14180-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-14180-6
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    Water Resources and Integrated Management of the United Arab Emirates (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Climatology. ; Geographic information systems. ; Geology. ; Water. ; Climate Sciences. ; Geographical Information System.
    Description / Table of Contents: List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Photographs -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Part I Geomorphology and Geology -- Chapter 2 Geomorphology -- Chapter 3 Geology -- Part II Climatic Conditions and Water Balance -- Chapter 4 Climatic Conditions -- Chapter 5 Water Balance -- Part III Conventional Water Resources -- Section A Surface Water Resources -- Chapter 6 Floods -- Chapter 7 Springs -- Chapter 8 Aflaj -- Section B Groundwater Resources -- Chapter 9 Limestone Aquifers -- Chapter 10 Ophiolite Aquifer -- Chapter 11 Gravel Aquifer -- Chapter 12 Sand Aquifer -- Chapter 13 Gravel and Sand Aquifer -- Part IV Non-Conventional Water Resources -- Chapter 14 Desalination Water -- Chapter 15 Treated Sewage Water -- Part V Water Problems -- Chapter 16 General Water Problems -- Chapter 17 Drinking Water Problems -- Chapter 18 Pollution of the Quaternary Sand Aquifer -- Part VI Integrated Water Resources Management -- Chapter 19 Water Conservation -- Chapter 20 Water Harvesting -- Chapter 21 Advanced Agricultural Technologies -- Part VII Modern Techniques in Water Studies -- Chapter 22 Remote Sensing -- Chapter 23 Geographic Information Systems -- Chapter 24 Natural Isotopes -- Chapter 25 Modelling Techniques -- Chapter 26 Water Laws in the United Arab Emirates -- Chapter 27 General Summary -- References.
    Abstract: This book provides an inventory of water resources, describes water challenges, and suggests methodologies and technologies for integrated water resources management in the UAE. It also summarizes efforts of water conservation and management, and modern approaches for improvement of water resources management and decision-making related to this valuable resource. The authors are specialized in geology and hydrogeology and have been teaching and conducting scientific research on water resources in the UAE for the last three decades. This book represents the main reference on water resources in the UAE for academia, researchers, professionals, students and the general public. .
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    Pages: LXXXI, 850 p. 460 illus., 370 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030316846
    Series Statement: World Water Resources, 3
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31684-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-31684-6
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    Adaptive Agricultural Practices : Building Resilience in a Changing Climate (2020)
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    Keywords: Agriculture. ; Climatology. ; Sustainability. ; Plant ecology. ; Environmental management. ; Botany. ; Agriculture. ; Climate Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Plant Ecology. ; Environmental Management. ; Plant Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1: Introduction -- Chapter2: Changing environmental constraints facing agricultural system -- Chapter3: Adaptive agronomic practices for sustaining food production -- Chapter4: Increasing resilience in crops for future changing environment -- Chapter5: Modelling as a tool for future climate predictions and adaptation -- Chapter6: Sustainability challenges for agricultural system and food security -- Chapter7: Farmers role in agricultural adaptation under changing climate -- Chapter8: Policy implications and future prospects -- Chapter9: Conclusion .
    Abstract: This brief explores several adaptive agricultural practices from around the world to fulfill current and future agricultural demands for food security due to the challenges posed by climate change and growing global population. Readers will discover how farmers adapt to environmental changes by adopting various agronomic practices at crop, farm and landscape levels. Particular attention is given to systemic and transformational adaptation strategies employed by farmers such as mulching, organic farming and crop diversification. This is a highly informative and carefully presented book that provides insights on how crops can build up resilience against periods of drought, high salinity, disasters such as floods, and diseases. The policy implications and future prospects of these adaptation strategies are also addressed. Environmental and plant scientists, agronomists and researchers in climate sciences will find this book interesting.
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    Pages: XVIII, 132 p. 40 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030155193
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15519-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-15519-3
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    Louisiana's Response to Extreme Weather : A Coastal State's Adaptation Challenges and Successes (2020)
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    Keywords: Natural disasters. ; Climatology. ; Physical geography. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environmental Law. ; Human rights. ; Natural Hazards. ; Climate Sciences. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Water. ; Environmental Law. ; Human Rights.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introduction to the Book: “Ahead of the Curve” -- Part1: Louisiana’s Risks Anticipating the Future Challenges to Other U.S. Coastal Communities -- Chapter2. Managing Risks in Louisiana’s Rapidly Changing Coastal Zone -- Part2: Climate Adaptation Challenges and Solutions -- Chapter3. Connecting the Dots: The Origins, Evolutions and Implications of the Land Use -- Chapter4. Antagonisms of Adaptation: Climate Adaptation Measures in New Orleans and New York City -- Chapter5. Adapting to a Smaller Coast: Restoration, Protection, and Social Justice in Coastal Louisiana -- Part3: Relocation and Resettlement -An Extreme Adjustment -- Chapter6. Community Resettlement in Louisiana: Learning from Histories of Horror and Hope -- Chapter6. Sojourners in a New Land: Hope and Adaptive Traditions -- Part4: Types/Locations of Communities and Their Responses to Extreme Weather -- Chapter8. Urban - Post-Disaster Development Dilemmas: Advancing Landscapes of Social Justice in a Neoliberal Post-Disaster Landscape -- Chapter9. Re-Imagining Housing: Affordability Crisis and its Role in Disaster Resilience and Recovery -- Chapter10. Suburban/Mid State- The 2016 Unexpected Mid-State Louisiana Flood: With Special Focus on the Different Rescue and Recovery Responses It Engendered -- Chapter11. Rural- Challenges of Post-Disaster Resilient Recovery in Rural Areas -- Chapter12. Coupled Coastal-Inland - Regional Resilience: Building Adaptive Capacity and Community Wellbeing Across Louisiana’s Dynamic Coastal-Inland Continuum.
    Abstract: This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book takes an in-depth look at Louisiana as a state which is ahead of the curve in terms of extreme weather events, both in frequency and magnitude, and in its responses to these challenges including recovery and enhancement of resiliency. Louisiana faced a major tropical catastrophe in the 21st century, and experiences the fastest rising sea level. Weather specialists, including those concentrating on sea level rise acknowledge that what the state of Louisiana experiences is likely to happen to many more, and not necessarily restricted to coastal states. This book asks and attempts to answer what Louisiana public officials, scientists/engineers, and those from outside of the state who have been called in to help, have done to achieve resilient recovery. How well have these efforts fared to achieve their goals? What might these efforts offer as lessons for those states that will be likely to experience enhanced extreme weather? Can the challenges of inequality be truly addressed in recovery and resilience? How can the study of the Louisiana response as a case be blended with findings from later disasters such as New York/New Jersey (Hurricane Sandy) and more recent ones to improve understanding as well as best adaptation applications – federal, state and local?
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    Pages: XIV, 361 p. 38 illus., 25 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030272050
    Series Statement: Extreme Weather and Society,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27205-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-27205-0
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