Land management / / Surendra Suthar, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910956898403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, 2012
• ISBN: 9781620814604; 1620814609
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (183 pages)
• Collana: Environmental remediation technologies, regulations and safety
• Altri autori (Persone): SutharSurendra
• Disciplina: 333.73
• Soggetti: Soil remediation; Landscape protection; Soil conservation
• 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 -- LAND MANAGEMENT -- ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATIONTECHNOLOGIES, REGULATIONS AND SAFETY -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- THE UK APPROACH TO CONTAMINATEDLAND MANAGEMENT -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXTENT OF LAND CONTAMINATION -- 3. CONTAMINATED LAND POLICY: A UK PERSPECTIVE -- 1. Contaminated Land Legislation -- 2. Regulatory Roles and Responsibilities -- 3. Definition of Contaminated Land -- 4. The Risk-Based Approach -- 5. Other Policy Drivers -- 4. CONTAMINATED LANDMANAGEMENT PROCESS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- APPLICATION OF SOIL WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL(SWAT) IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT: A CASESTUDY IN A TROPICAL AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTOF THE PANAMA CANAL WATERSHED -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES -- 3. THE SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL -- 4. METHODOLOGY -- Model Input Data -- Model Calibration and Validation -- Validation -- Land Cover Change Scenarios -- 5. RESULTS -- Stream Flow Calibration and Validation -- Sediment Calibration and Validation -- Land-Use/Land-Cover -- Scenarios -- 6. DISCUSSION -- SWAT and Payment for Ecosystem Services -- SWAT and Land Cover Change Scenarios -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ; REFERENCES -- ORGANIC AMENDMENTS FOR AGRICULTURE LANDRESTORATION PRACTICES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CHEMICAL FERTILIZER: DEMAND,SUPPLY AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION? -- 3. SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM) UNDER CHEMICAL FARMINGSYSTEMS: AN ISSUE OF CONCERN -- 4. ORGANIC FARMING: A SOLUTIONFOR MANIFOLD PROBLEMSOF MODERN CHEMICAL FARMING SYSTEM -- 5. IMPACT OF ORGANIC AMENDMENTS ON SOILS QUALITY:A CASE STUDY -- 5.1. Background -- 5.2. Results and Discussion -- 6. ORGANIC AMENDMENTS AND SOIL HEALTH BUILDING -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.; COMPARATIVE EFFECT OF COMPOSTSAND VERMICOMPOSTS ON P-MINERALIZATIONIN LATERITIC SOIL: FACTORS AFFECTINGTHE PROCESS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENT SETUP -- 2.1. Substrates Used -- 2.2. Soil Incubation Study -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 3.1. Soil Chemical Properties -- 3.2. Phosphatase Activity in Soil -- 3.3. MICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL -- 3.4. Phosphate Solubilizing Mechanism -- 3.4.1. Organic Acid Assay -- 2.4.2. Enzyme Assay -- REFERENCES -- SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF LANDAND PEOPLE'S FORESTS IN THE INDIAN EASTERNHIMALAYA: A C&amp -- I APPROACH -- ABSTRACT -- REFERENCES -- LANDSCAPE STABILITY EVALUATIONBY LANDSCAPE GEOMORPHOLOGICDYNAMICS (LGD) ASSESSMENT:PLANNING AND MANAGING LANDSCAPES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. SCOPE OF THE REVIEW -- 2. INTRODUCTION -- 3. LANDSCAPE GEOMORPHOLOGICAL DYNAMICSASSESSMENT: MORPHOGENESIS/PEDOGENESIS RATE -- 3.1. Morphogenesis/Pedogenesis Rate -- 3.2. Morphogenesis -- Agriculture -- Pastoralism/Grazing -- Forestation -- Urban Expansion -- 3.3. Pedogenesis -- 4. LANDSCAPE GEOMORPHOLOGIC DYNAMICS APPLICATION OFASSESSMENT CASE STUDIES -- 4.1. Methodology -- 4.2. Case Studies -- (i). Morphogenesis Areas -- (ii). Pedogenesis Areas -- (iii). Intergrade to Morphogenesis Areas -- Intergrade to Morphogenesis I -- Intergrade to Morphogenesis II -- (iv). Intergrade to Pedogenesis Areas -- Intergrade to Pedogenesis II -- Intergrade to Pedogenesis I -- 5. LANDSCAPE GEOMORPHOLOGIC DYNAMICS ASSESSMENT ANDLAND MANAGEMENT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- RESTORATION AND THE SUSTAINABLE USE OFCOMPLEX LANDSCAPES:AN INTEGRATIVE CONCEPTUAL MODEL -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. RESTORATION FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTOF CONIFER FORESTS IN WESTERN MEXICO -- 3. PLANT RESTORATION EXPERIENCESIN NUEVO SAN JUAN -- 4. ZOOLOGICAL EVIDENCE -- 5. IMPLICATIONS FOR LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES.; RECLAMATION OF DEGRADED LANDTHROUGH FORESTRY PRACTICES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. CAUSES OF LAND DEGRADATION AND ITS TYPES -- 2. LAND DEGRADATION - A GLOBAL CONCERN -- 3. RECLAMATION OF DEGRADED LANDS -- a. Reclamation of Degraded Land through Agroforestry Practices -- b. Reclamation of Degraded Land through Bioenergy Plantation -- 4. BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF FORESTRY PRACTICES -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- GREEN TECHNOLOGY TO ACCELERATEECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROCESSON LLMESTONE MINE DEGRADED LAND -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MICROBES AND NUTRIENT CYCLE -- 3. MYCORRHIZAL TECHNOLOGY IN LAND RESTORATION -- 4. RESTORATION PROCESS -- (I) Restoration of Soil Characteristics -- (II) Ecosystem Approach for Mined Land Restoration -- (III) Activities under Ecosystem Approach of Rehabilitation -- (IV) Selection of Site-specific Suitable Plant Species -- 5. BIO- INOCULANTS IN SOIL RESTORATION -- 6. MULCHING AND MANURING -- 7. PLANTATION ACTS AS CATALYST ; -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book addresses the issues and problems related with land resources degradations and its meaningful solution using local tool and technological interventions at regional as well as global scale. A variety of subjects has been covered in this edited volume dealing issues of current interest - national policy frameworks for land restoration, land improvements through inputs quality management, geomorphic dynamic assessment, conceptual models in land restoration plans, agro-forestry practices and its reliability in land restoration programmes etc. This edited volume will serve as an interesting reference text for a wide range of stakeholders from land mangers to policy makers, farmers, environmentalist, researchers, and decision makers.

Current indications for the implantable cardioverter defibrillator / / by Dirk Bocker, Lars Eckardt, Gunter Breithardt

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911020163703321
• Autore: Böcker Dirk
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Futura, c2004
• ISBN: 9786610197224; 9781280197222; 1280197226; 9780470761908; 0470761903; 9780470750797; 0470750790; 9781405146180; 1405146184
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (102 p.)
• Collana: Clinical approaches to tachyarrhythmias ; ; v. 18
• Altri autori (Persone): EckardtLars; BreithardtGünter
• Disciplina: 617.4/120592
• Soggetti: Cardiovascular instruments, Implanted; Heart - Surgery; Defibrillators; Arrhythmia - Treatment
• 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: Evolution of guidelines for defibrillator therapy -- Background of ICD therapy -- Current indications for ICD therapy -- Legal implications of defibrillator guidelines.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this book, well-known physicians, Bocker, Eckardt and Breithardt have put together a succinct and focused book that compliments the CATA Series well. Implantation of defibrillators has evolved dramatically since its introduction by Mirowski in 1980. Technological improvements in devices and leads included a gradual reduction in the size of the device, the introduction of the endocardial approach in 1988, the biphasic waveform and antitachycardia pacing in 1991, pectoral implantation in 1995, inclusion of DDD pacing in 1996 and the delivery of atrial therapies in 1998. Since the first