1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450195403321

Titolo

Sustainable management of headwater resources [[electronic resource] ] : research from Africa and India / / edited by Libor Jansky, Martin J. Haigh and Haushila Prasad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo, Japan ; ; New York, : United Nations University Press, c2005

ISBN

92-808-7094-7

1-4237-6607-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JanskyLibor

HaighMartin J. <1950->

PrasadHaushila

Disciplina

333.91/0096

Soggetti

Watershed management - Africa

Mountain watersheds - Africa - Management

Water resources development - Africa

Sustainable development - Africa

Watershed management - India

Mountain watersheds - India - Management

Water resources development - India

Sustainable development - India

Electronic books.

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

CONTENTS; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: Sustainable management of head water resources: Head water control and the contexts of the Nairobi Head water Declaration for the International Year of Freshwater 2003; Part I: Studies on sustainable management of head water resources in India and Africa; 1 Issues and strategies for sustainable range land management in the headwaters of the Garhwal Himalaya; 2 The role of sustainable wetland use in maintaining river flow:Some experiences from the headwaters of the Nile in Ethiopia and Rwanda

3 Sustainable management of head water wetlands: The role of



indigenous knowledge in south-west Ethiopia 4 Sustainable management of head water resources: Interface-drainage analysis of a water divide; Part II: Environmental impact assessment in the head water regions of India and Africa; 5 Environmental changes and status of water resources in the Kumaon Himalayas; 6 Factors regulating fresh water quality in the Himalayan river system; 7 Modern lake-level rise and accelerated fluvio-lacustrinesedimentation of Lake Abaya, south Ethiopia - A case studyfrom the Bilate River delta, northern lake area

8 Land use changes and hydrological responses in the Lake Nakuru basin 9 Hazard risk assessment in Mount Kenya headwaters; 10 An analysis of accessibility to rural domestic water supply: A case study of Kakamega district, Kenya; Part III: Climate change and catchment modelling: Studies from the head water regions of Kenya; 11 Methodology for evaluating the regional impact of climate change on water resources; 12 Analysis of surface runoff from head water catchments in upper Ewaso Ng'iro North drainage basin in Kenya

13 Digital image analysis and GIS database design of Lake Bogoria area, Kenya: Three-dimensional modelling for slope evaluation 14 A catchment model of runoff and sediment yield for semi-arid areas; Conclusion: Sustainable development and headwaters in India and Africa: A summing up; Appendix; Acronyms; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Head waters are the source of freshwater resources, the margins of drainage basins, and the first and zero order basins that surround every catchment. The challenge is to define appropriate, self-sustainable, management strategies and structures for these lands which meet the needs of the head water habitat, including its human inhabitants, and the needs of habitats downstream.The contributors to this book strive to anticipate emerging and future problems; to discover integrated solutions to the problems already caused by land degradation, natural hazards and development processes; and to help



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996465512503316

Titolo

Multi-disciplinary Trends in Artificial Intelligence [[electronic resource] ] : 10th International Workshop, MIWAI 2016, Chiang Mai, Thailand, December 7-9, 2016, Proceedings / / edited by Chattrakul Sombattheera, Frieder Stolzenburg, Fangzhen Lin, Abhaya Nayak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-49397-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXIII, 314 p. 82 illus.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence ; ; 10053

Disciplina

004

Soggetti

Artificial intelligence

Data mining

Optical data processing

Algorithms

Application software

Pattern recognition

Artificial Intelligence

Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

Image Processing and Computer Vision

Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity

Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet)

Pattern Recognition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cognitive science -- Computational intelligence -- Computational philosophy -- Game theory -- Machine learning -- Multi-agent systems -- Natural language -- Representation and reasoning -- Speech -- Vision and the web -- Applications of AI in big data; Bioinformatics -- Biometrics -- Decision support -- E-commerce -- Image processing -- Analysis and retrieval -- Industrial applications -- Knowledge management -- Privacy -- Recommender systems -- Security -- Software engineering -- Spam filtering -- Surveillance --



Telecommunications -- Web services.

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Multi-disciplinary Trends in Artificial Intelligence, MIWAI 2016, held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in December 2016. The 22 revised full papers presented together with 5 short papers and 2 abstracts of invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. The workshop solicits papers from all areas of AI including cognitive science; computational intelligence; computational philosophy; game theory; machine learning; multi-agent systems; natural language; representation and reasoning; speech; vision and the web; as well as applications of AI in big data; bioinformatics; biometrics; decision support; e-commerce; image processing; analysis and retrieval; industrial applications; knowledge management; privacy; recommender systems; security; software engineering; spam filtering; surveillance; telecommunications; and web services.