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. Ed(S): Fu, Bojie; Jones, Bruce K. - Landscape Ecology for Sustainable Environment and Culture - 9789400765290 - V9789400765290
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Landscape Ecology for Sustainable Environment and Culture

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Description for Landscape Ecology for Sustainable Environment and Culture Hardback. Climate change and escalating human demands on the environment have had increasing impacts on landscapes across the world. This book discusses issues regarding the landscape, landscape ecology, social and economic development, and adaptive management. Editor(s): Fu, Bojie; Jones, Bruce K. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSTS; RNCB; RNF; RNK; RNU; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 690.

Climate change and the pressures of escalating human demands on the environment have had increasing impacts on landscapes across the world. In this book, world-class scholars discuss current and pressing issues regarding the landscape, landscape ecology, social and economic development, and adaptive management. Topics include the interaction between landscapes and ecological processes, landscape modeling, the application of landscape ecology in understanding cultural landscapes, biodiversity, climate change, landscape services, landscape planning, and adaptive management to provide a comprehensive view that allows readers to form their own opinions.

Professor Bojie Fu is an Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chair of scientific ... Read more

Professor K. Bruce Jones is the Executive Director for Earth and Ecosystem Sciences Division at Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400765290
SKU
V9789400765290
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

Reviews for Landscape Ecology for Sustainable Environment and Culture
From the reviews: “This collection of papers stems from a 2011 meeting of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, held in Beijing. The book seems to highlight a tension in the new fields of sustainability and ecological landscape studies, in which a philosophical/cultural/local framework contrasts with technological/macro approaches. … Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals.” (S. Hammer, ... Read more

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