Natural resources [[electronic resource] ] : management, economic development and protection / / Jeanette B. Pauling, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910825308703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• ISBN: 1-61470-352-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (335 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): PaulingJeanette B
• Disciplina: 333.7
• Soggetti: Natural resources - Management; Economic development - Environmental aspects; Conservation of natural resources
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- NATURAL RESOURCES: MANAGEMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION -- NATURAL RESOURCES: MANAGEMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 COMPETITIVENESS EVALUATION FOR THE ALENTEJO AGRICULTURE AMONG THE MONTADO ECOSYSTEM -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- ANNEX 1. -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES: BACKGROUND ON LAND AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT* -- SUMMARY -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION [1]: SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION -- BACKGROUND -- HISTORICAL REVIEW -- ISSUES -- CRS REPORTS AND COMMITTEE PRINTS [18] -- FEDERAL LANDS FINANCING [19] -- Revenues from Activities on Federal Lands -- Agency Appropriations -- Annual Appropriations -- Trust Funds and Special Accounts -- Land Acquisition Funding -- Compensation to State and Local Governments -- Revenue-Sharing -- Payments in Lieu of Taxes -- Issues -- Major Statutes -- CRS Reports and Committee Prints [26] -- THE NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM [27] -- Background [28] -- Organization -- MANAGEMENT -- Land Ownership -- Designation -- Acquisition Authority -- Disposal Authority -- Issues -- Major Statutes -- CRS Reports and Committee Prints [39] -- BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT [40] -- Background -- Organization -- Management -- Overview -- ; Rangelands -- Energy and Minerals -- National Landscape Conservation System -- Fire Management -- Land Ownership -- General -- Acquisition Authority [50] -- Disposal Authority -- Withdrawals [56] -- Issues -- Major Statutes -- CRS Reports and Committee Prints [58] -- THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM [59] -- Background -- Organization and Management -- Land Ownership -- Acquisition Authority -- Disposal Authority -- Issues -- Major Statutes -- CRS Reports and Committee Prints [81] -- THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM [82] -- Background -- Organization and Management.; Land Ownership -- Designation and Acquisition Authority -- Disposal Authority -- Issues -- Major Statutes [96] -- CRS Reports and Committee Prints [97] -- SPECIAL SYSTEMS ON FEDERAL LANDS -- THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM [98] -- Background -- Organization and Management -- Designation -- Issues -- Major Statutes -- CRS Reports and Committee Prints [100] -- THE NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS SYSTEM [101] -- Background -- Organization and Management -- Designation -- Issues -- Major Statutes -- CRS Reports and Committee Prints [104] -- NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM [105] -- Background -- Organization and Management -- National Scenic Trails -- National Historic Trails -- National Recreation Trails -- Connecting and Side Trails -- Designation -- Issues [112] -- Major Statutes [115] -- APPENDIX 1. MAJOR ACRONYMS USED IN THIS ARTICLE -- APPENDIX 2. DEFINITION OF SELECTED TERMS -- ENDNONTES -- Chapter 3 CONSERVATION, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES IN RURAL AFRICA: EVIDENCE FROM EAST AFRICA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FARMING SYSTEMS, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND DEVELOPMENT NEEDS -- 2.1. Status and Challenges -- Heterogeneous Agro-ecological and Farming Systems -- Challenges -- Population Growth -- Climate Change -- Nutrient Depletion and Soil Degradation -- Urbanisation -- Degradational vs Conservation Pathways -- 2.2. Concepts and Models -- General Conceptual Framework -- System Components of Development/Resource Management Pathways -- Analytical Layers/Scales -- 2.3. Methodologies and Application -- 3. CASE STUDY FROM A RIFT VALLEY COMMUNITY -- 3.1. Introduction to a Case Study -- 3.2. Methods -- Hypotheses -- Study Area -- Analytical Methods -- 3.3. Results -- Soil Management at Plot Level -- Identification of Conservatory and Degradational Pathways -- Determinants of Conservatory/Degradational Pathways.; 3.4. Discussions -- 4. CONCLUSION -- Newly Emerging Challenge and Future Research Agenda -- APPENDIX 1: EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FOR THE CLD PATTERNS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 PROTECTION OF RIPARIAN LANDSCAPES IN ISRAEL -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE IMPORTANCE OF RIPARIAN LANDSCAPES -- THE RIVERS IN ISRAEL -- PROTECTION OF RIPARIAN LANDSCAPES IN ISRAELI LEGISLATION -- The Water Law -- The Drainage Law -- The Rivers Authorities Law -- INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE -- Drainage Authorities -- Rivers Authorities -- The Rivers Administration -- PHYSICAL PLANNING AS A PROTECTION TOOL -- National Planning -- The Sharon Plan -- NOP 31 -- NOP 35 -- Sectorial NOPs -- Regional Planning -- Local Planning -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 COSTS AND BENEFITS OF FOREST CERTIFICATION IN THE AMERICAS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- GENESIS OF FOREST CERTIFICATION -- RESEARCH OBJECTIVES -- EXTENT OF FOREST CERTIFICATION -- CERTIFICATION EVALUATION LITERATURE -- Certification Impact Evaluations -- Aggregate Economic Impacts -- Direct and Indirect Organizational Costs -- Benefits -- RESEARCH METHODS -- RESULTS -- Average Total Costs -- Regression Analysis -- Individual Cost ; Components -- Perceived Benefits -- Perceived Disadvantages -- Perceived Achievement of Benefits and Costs -- Retention of Forest Certification -- CONCLUSIONS -- Costs -- Benefits -- Implementation -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 NATURAL RESOURCES, INTANGIBLE CAPITAL AND BARRIERS TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE MODEL -- The Production Sector -- The Household Sector -- 3. TEMPORARY EQUILIBRIUM -- 4. BALANCED GROWTH -- 5. CALIBRATION OF THE MODEL AND RELATIVE INCOMES -- Calibration -- Relative Incomes -- 6. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- APPENDIX 1. TEMPORARY EQUILIBRIUM -- APPENDIX 2. BALANCED GROWTH -- REFERENCES.; Chapter 7 ECONOMIC INPUT FOR RESTORATION DECISION MAKING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION -- MICRO-ECONOMIC TOOLS -- Cost-Benefit Analysis -- Cost-Effectiveness Analysis -- Cost-Utility Analysis -- MICRO-ECONOMIC INPUT FOR AN ADAPTIVE RESTORATION PROCESS -- Selecting an Economic Tool -- Criticality -- Marginal Change -- Availability of Cost and Benefit Measures in Monetary Units -- Issues to Consider when Selecting Cost-benefit Analysis -- CHALLENGES WITH THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF RESTORATION PROJECTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 INTRODUCING MODELLING TOOLS TO SUPPORT WATER-MANAGEMENT DECISION-MAKING UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE CONDITIONS: A SPANISH EXPERIENCE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. CLIMATE CHANGE, AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION -- 1.1. The Spanish Climate-Change Adaptation Plan -- 1.2. Climate Change and Spanish Irrigated Agriculture: The Challenge -- 2. CLIMATE SCENARIOS, SEASONAL FORECASTS AND DOWNSCALING ISSUES -- 2.1. Weather Generators -- 3. SIMULATING CROP-GROWTH AND CROP WATER-USE -- 3.1. Crop-Growth Oriented Simulation Models -- 3.1.1. The DSSAT Models and the "Cascade Approach" -- 3.1.2. The Wageningen Models -- 3.1.3. Other Available Crop-Oriented Models -- 3.2. Agrohydrological Models -- 3.2.1. Constraints of Crop-Oriented Models Regarding the Simulation of Soil Water-Movement and Crop Water-Use -- 3.2.2. SWAP Model. Generalities -- 3.2.3. SWAP Model. The Simple Approach to Estimate Crop Water-Use -- 3.2.4. HYDRUS Model -- 3.2.5. Agrohydrological Models Constraints -- 3.2.6. Simple Crop Water-Use Simulation Models. CROPWAT -- 3.3. Models Calibration, Validation and Inter-Model Comparisons -- 4. APPLYING CLIMATE AND CROP-GROWTH SIMULATION TOOLS TO SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL DECISION-MAKING -- 4.1. Previous Experience -- 4.2. The Role of Local Agricultural Research and Extension Services.; 4.3. The AGRIDEMA Proposal. General Description -- 4.3.1. Identifying and Contacting Developers -- 4.3.2. Identifying and Contacting Users -- 4.3.3. The AGRIDEMA Courses on Climate and Crop-Growth Simulation Tools -- 4.3.4. The Agridema Pilot Assessments -- 4.4. The Agridema Pilot-Assessments Results -- 4.5. A Pilot Assessment Example: Managing Sugarbeet Irrigation in the Spanish Northern Plateau under Present and Future Climate Conditions -- 4.5.1. SWAP Calibration and Validation. The Assessment Data -- 4.5.2. SWAP Calibration. The Results -- 4.5.3. SWAP Validation. The Results -- 4.5.4. Simulating Current and Future Sugarbeet Water-Use -- Introducing Climate and Crop-Growth Simulation Tool to Support Agricultural Decision-Making: The "Users" Point of View -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 THE WATER MANAGEMENT APPROACHES: TOWARDS WHERE WE GO? -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. APPROACHES TO WATER MANAGEMENT -- 2.1. Supply-side Management -- 2.2. Demand-side Management -- 2.3. Integrated Water Management -- 3. ; WATER-RELATED PROBLEMS IN MEXICO -- 4. MANAGEMENT IN MEXICO -- 5. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.