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Environmental Degradation in Asia : Land Degradation, Environmental Contamination, and Human Activities / / edited by Ayad M. Fadhil Al-Quraishi, Yaseen T. Mustafa, Abdelazim M. Negm
| Environmental Degradation in Asia : Land Degradation, Environmental Contamination, and Human Activities / / edited by Ayad M. Fadhil Al-Quraishi, Yaseen T. Mustafa, Abdelazim M. Negm |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (640 pages) |
| Disciplina |
363.7
363.70095 |
| Collana | Earth and Environmental Sciences Library |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental management
Environmental monitoring Human ecology - Study and teaching Environmental Management Environmental Monitoring Environmental Studies |
| ISBN | 3-031-12112-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Introduction (Ayad M. Fadhil Al-Quraishi) -- Part I: Land Degradation -- Chapter 2. Assessing Environmental Degradation using Geo-spatial Technology: A Case Study (Arnab KUNDU) -- Chapter 3. Land Use Land Cover mapping using optimized Multi-layer Perceptron algorithm (Ali Jamali) -- Chapter 4. Environmental Degradation of Mongolia from 1990 to 2019 using Landsat, MODIS, AVHRR Data, and Machine Learning Technique (Otgonbayar Munkhdulam) -- Chapter 5. Assessment of Land Degradation Vulnerability Using GIS-Based Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) (Hazhir Karimi) -- Chapter 6. Evaluation of Zarand Earthquake in Central Iran using Satellite images and GIS (Hamid Allahvirdias) -- Chapter 7. Environmental Control of the Sand Dunes in Iraq (Hasan K. Jasim) -- Chapter 8. Assessment of Aircraft Sound on Students’ Performance (Khaula Abdulla Saif Alkaabi) -- Chapter 9. Soil Degradation Assessment for the Arid Territories of Kazakhstan (Dmitry V. Malakhov). |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910624309303321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Vulnerability of land systems in Asia / / edited by Ademola K. Braimoh, He Qing Huang
| Vulnerability of land systems in Asia / / edited by Ademola K. Braimoh, He Qing Huang |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, [England] : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (371 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.70095 |
| Soggetto topico |
Land use - Environmental aspects - Asia
Climatic changes - Asia Sustainable development - Asia |
| ISBN |
1-118-85491-8
1-118-85494-2 1-118-85493-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Vulnerability of Land Systems in Asia; Contents; Editors'' Introductions; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Land Systems Vulnerability; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Overview of the book; Acknowledgements; References; I Hazards and Vulnerability; 2 Drought and Extreme Climate Stress on Human-Environment Systems in the Gobi Desert Mongolia; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Social ecological systems; 2.1.2 Mongolian rangelands; 2.2 Methods; 2.2.1 Study area; 2.2.2 Methodology; 2.3 Results; 2.3.1 Spatial continuity of droughts; 2.3.2 Dzud of 1999-2001; 2.3.3 Dzud and drought: non-drought years; 2.4 Discussion
2.4.1 Resilience2.5 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 3 Vulnerability and Resilience of the Mongolian Pastoral Social-Ecological Systems to Multiple Stressors; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The current situation; 3.2.1 Climate conditions; 3.2.2 Water resources; 3.2.3 The nomadic system; 3.2.4 Livestock changes; 3.3 Analysis of vulnerability of critical ecosystem services; 3.3.1 Vulnerability index of pastoral systems; 3.3.2 Integrated zud index; 3.3.3 Rangeland use index; 3.3.4 Assessment of rangeland vulnerability to climate and land-use changes; 3.4 Coping scenarios 3.5 Summary and conclusion3.5.1 A win-win model; Acknowledgements; References; 4 Vulnerability of Pastoral Communities in Central Mongolia to Climate and Land-Use Changes; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Study sites and methodology; 4.3 Research results; 4.4 The results of a social survey related to the 'dryland development paradigm'; 4.5 Pastoral social-ecological scenarios; 4.6 Policy-related social survey; 4.7 Discussion; 4.8 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 5 Vulnerability Assessment Diagram: A Case Study on Drought in Middle Inner Mongolia, China; 5.1 Introduction 5.2 An integrated diagram for vulnerability assessment: the VSD model5.3 Case study using the VSD model; 5.3.1 The study area; 5.3.2 Vulnerability profile at the county level; 5.4 Results and discussion; 5.4.1 Relative impact of the components on the vulnerability index; 5.4.2 Model calibration; 5.5 Conclusion; References; 6 Vulnerability of Agriculture to Climate Change in Arid Regions: a Case Study of Western Rajasthan, India; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Climate change scenarios: global, national and local levels; 6.3 Study area; 6.4 Research methodology; 6.5 Results and discussions 6.5.1 Climate variability6.5.2 Vulnerability assessment; 6.5.3 Vulnerability; 6.6 Conclusion; References; 7 Dendrogeomorphological and Sedimentological Analysis of Debris Flow Hazards in the Northern Zailiiskiy Alatau, Tien Shan Mountains, Kazakhstan; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Study area; 7.3 Methods and materials; 7.3.1 Geomorphology and sedimentology; 7.3.2 Archive datasets; 7.3.3 Dendrogeomorphology; 7.3.4 Cross-dating, reference series identification and skeleton plotting; 7.3.5 Seedling establishment, growth rates below coring height and earthquakes; 7.4 Results 7.4.1 Growth rate and establishment periods |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910132336003321 |
| Chichester, West Sussex, [England] : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Vulnerability of land systems in Asia / / edited by Ademola K. Braimoh, He Qing Huang
| Vulnerability of land systems in Asia / / edited by Ademola K. Braimoh, He Qing Huang |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, [England] : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (371 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.70095 |
| Soggetto topico |
Land use - Environmental aspects - Asia
Climatic changes - Asia Sustainable development - Asia |
| ISBN |
1-118-85491-8
1-118-85494-2 1-118-85493-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Vulnerability of Land Systems in Asia; Contents; Editors'' Introductions; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Land Systems Vulnerability; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Overview of the book; Acknowledgements; References; I Hazards and Vulnerability; 2 Drought and Extreme Climate Stress on Human-Environment Systems in the Gobi Desert Mongolia; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Social ecological systems; 2.1.2 Mongolian rangelands; 2.2 Methods; 2.2.1 Study area; 2.2.2 Methodology; 2.3 Results; 2.3.1 Spatial continuity of droughts; 2.3.2 Dzud of 1999-2001; 2.3.3 Dzud and drought: non-drought years; 2.4 Discussion
2.4.1 Resilience2.5 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 3 Vulnerability and Resilience of the Mongolian Pastoral Social-Ecological Systems to Multiple Stressors; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The current situation; 3.2.1 Climate conditions; 3.2.2 Water resources; 3.2.3 The nomadic system; 3.2.4 Livestock changes; 3.3 Analysis of vulnerability of critical ecosystem services; 3.3.1 Vulnerability index of pastoral systems; 3.3.2 Integrated zud index; 3.3.3 Rangeland use index; 3.3.4 Assessment of rangeland vulnerability to climate and land-use changes; 3.4 Coping scenarios 3.5 Summary and conclusion3.5.1 A win-win model; Acknowledgements; References; 4 Vulnerability of Pastoral Communities in Central Mongolia to Climate and Land-Use Changes; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Study sites and methodology; 4.3 Research results; 4.4 The results of a social survey related to the 'dryland development paradigm'; 4.5 Pastoral social-ecological scenarios; 4.6 Policy-related social survey; 4.7 Discussion; 4.8 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 5 Vulnerability Assessment Diagram: A Case Study on Drought in Middle Inner Mongolia, China; 5.1 Introduction 5.2 An integrated diagram for vulnerability assessment: the VSD model5.3 Case study using the VSD model; 5.3.1 The study area; 5.3.2 Vulnerability profile at the county level; 5.4 Results and discussion; 5.4.1 Relative impact of the components on the vulnerability index; 5.4.2 Model calibration; 5.5 Conclusion; References; 6 Vulnerability of Agriculture to Climate Change in Arid Regions: a Case Study of Western Rajasthan, India; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Climate change scenarios: global, national and local levels; 6.3 Study area; 6.4 Research methodology; 6.5 Results and discussions 6.5.1 Climate variability6.5.2 Vulnerability assessment; 6.5.3 Vulnerability; 6.6 Conclusion; References; 7 Dendrogeomorphological and Sedimentological Analysis of Debris Flow Hazards in the Northern Zailiiskiy Alatau, Tien Shan Mountains, Kazakhstan; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Study area; 7.3 Methods and materials; 7.3.1 Geomorphology and sedimentology; 7.3.2 Archive datasets; 7.3.3 Dendrogeomorphology; 7.3.4 Cross-dating, reference series identification and skeleton plotting; 7.3.5 Seedling establishment, growth rates below coring height and earthquakes; 7.4 Results 7.4.1 Growth rate and establishment periods |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823754203321 |
| Chichester, West Sussex, [England] : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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