10409nam 2200601 a 450 991082530870332120240410170335.01-61470-352-3(CKB)2550000000059504(EBL)3019325(SSID)ssj0000569618(PQKBManifestationID)12253371(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000569618(PQKBWorkID)10547845(PQKB)10399834(MiAaPQ)EBC3019325(Au-PeEL)EBL3019325(CaPaEBR)ebr10670890(OCoLC)758384422(EXLCZ)99255000000005950420080827d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNatural resources[electronic resource] management, economic development and protection /Jeanette B. Pauling, editor1st ed.New York Nova Science Publishersc20091 online resource (335 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60456-982-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Natural resourcesManagementEconomic developmentEnvironmental aspectsConservation of natural resourcesNatural resourcesManagement.Economic developmentEnvironmental aspects.Conservation of natural resources.333.7Pauling Jeanette B1671197MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825308703321Natural resources4033573UNINA03485nam 22005295 450 991041192390332120220407215351.0981-15-5171-510.1007/978-981-15-5171-0(CKB)4100000011363640(MiAaPQ)EBC6275256(DE-He213)978-981-15-5171-0(EXLCZ)99410000001136364020200730d2020 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierChina’s Belt and Road Initiative impacts on Asia and policy agenda /by Pradumna B. Rana, Xianbai Ji1st ed. 2020.Singapore :Springer Singapore :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2020.1 online resource (199 pages) illustrations981-15-5170-7 Chapter One: China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Introduction and Overview -- Chapter Two: Proliferating Major Power Infrastructure Initiatives -- Chapter Three: Potential Economic Impact of BRI: A CGE Analysis -- Chapter Four: Perception Survey of Asian Opinion Leaders -- Chapter Five: BRI and Southeast Asia -- Chapter Six: BRI and South Asia -- Chapter Seven: BRI and Central Asia -- Chapter Eight: Policy Recommendations.The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), officially unveiled in 2013, is Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signature foreign and economic policy initiative to achieve improved connectivity, regional cooperation, and economic development on a trans-continental scale. This book reviews the evolving BRI vision and offers a benefit-risk assessment of the BRI’s economic and geopolitical implications from the perspective of Asian stakeholder countries, using both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Among the value added of the book is first an online perception survey of opinion leaders from Asian participating countries on various aspects of the initiative. To our best knowledge, the survey is the first of its kind. Second, the book presents the simulation results of a computable general equilibrium model of the world economy to estimate the potential macroeconomic impacts of the BRI as a whole and those of its constituent overland and maritime economic corridors. Third, the book makes ten key evidence-based policy recommendations on how to enhance the prospect of a successful and mutually beneficial BRI 2.0 to both China and stakeholder countries. .International economicsEconomic policyInternational Economicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W33000Asian Economicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W45010Economic Policyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W34010AsiaEconomic conditionsInternational economics.Economic policy.International Economics.Asian Economics.Economic Policy.230Rana Pradumna Bauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut931548Ji Xianbaiauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910411923903321China’s Belt and Road Initiative2095511UNINA