Land use and climate change [[electronic resource] /] / Suresh C. Rai

• Autore: Rai Suresh Chand <1958->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (143 p.)
• Disciplina: 551.6
• Soggetto topico: Land use; Climatic changes
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- LAND USE AND CLIMATE CHANGE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. BACKGROUND -- 1.2. LAND-USE/COVER CHANGE -- 1.2.1. Land-use/Cover and Biogeochemical Cycles -- 1.2.2. Land-use/Cover and Hydrology -- 1.2.3. Land-use/Cover and Climate Change -- 1.2.4. Land-use/Cover and Urban Heat Island -- 1.3. IGBP INITIATIVES ON LAND-USE/COVER AND CLIMATE CHALLENGE -- 1.4. THE KYOTO PROTOCOL -- 1.5. INDIA'S INITIATIVES ON CLIMATE CHALLENGE -- LAND-USE/COVER CHANGE DYNAMICS -- 2.1. INTRODUCTION -- 2.2. DYNAMICS OF GLOBAL LAND-USE/COVER CHANGE -- 2.2.1. Land-use/Cover Change Detection -- 2.2.1.1. Changes over the Last Century -- 2.2.1.2. Changes over the Last Decade -- 2.2.2. Extent of Land-use/Cover Change in Indian Parts ofHimalaya -- 2.2.2.1. Land-use/Cover Change in Sikkim Himalaya: A Watershed Case Study -- GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES -- 3.1. INTRODUCTION -- 3.2. THE GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE -- 3.2.1. Human Impact on the Carbon Cycle -- 3.3. THE NITROGEN CYCLE -- 3.3.1. Processes of Nitrogen Cycle -- 3.3.1.1. Nitrogen Fixation -- 3.3.1.2. Assimilation -- 3.3.1.3. Ammonification -- 3.3.1.4. Nitrification -- 3.3.1.5. Denitrification -- 3.3.1.6. Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation -- 3.3.2. Global Nitrogen Reservoir and Fluxes -- 3.3.2.1. Human Influences on the Nitrogen Cycle -- 3.4. PHOSPHORUS CYCLE -- 3.4.1. Human Impact on Phosphorus Cycle -- 3.5. THE SULPHUR CYCLE -- HYDROLOGICAL ANALYSIS -- 4.1. INTRODUCTION -- 4.2. THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE -- 4.3. HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS -- 4.3.1. Himalayan Watershed Case Study -- 4.3.1.1. Stream Discharge, Sediment Concentration, Soil and Nutrient Loss -- 4.3.1.2. Precipitation, Overland Flow and Soil Loss -- 4.4. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF HIMALAYAN RIVERS -- 4.4.1. River Transport Data Analysis -- THE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE -- 5.1. INTRODUCTION -- 5.2. GREENHOUSE EFFECTS -- 5.3. EVIDENCE FOR GLOBAL WARMING. ; 5.4. GREENHOUSE GASES -- 5.4.1. Carbon Dioxide -- 5.4.1.1. Carbon Losses from Land-use/Cover Change -- 5.4.1.2. Himalayan Watershed Carbon Loss -- 5.4.2. Methane -- 5.4.3. Chlorofluorocarbons -- 5.4.4. Nitrous Oxide (N2O) -- 5.5.POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING -- 5.5.1. Weather and Climate -- 5.5.1.1. Climate Change in the Himalayan Mountains -- 5.5.2. Melting of Polar Ice Caps and Glaciers -- 5.5.2.1. Retreat of Himalayan Glaciers -- 5.5.3. Changes in Plant and Animal Life -- 5.5.4. Impact on Soil and Nutrient Cycling -- 5.5.5. Sea Level Change -- 5.5.6. Effects on Coral Reefs -- 5.5.7. Spread of Tropical Diseases -- 5.6. GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE STUDY -- 5.6.1. Palaeoclimate Records -- 5.6.2. General Circulation Model -- 5.6.3. Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems -- 5.7. APPROACHES FOR GLOBAL WARMING -- 5.8. CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION: GLOBAL ACTION -- 5.8.1. India's Initiative for Mitigating Climate Change -- APPENDIX: CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS RELATING TO THE CARBON CYCLE -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
• Titolo autorizzato: Land use and climate change
• ISBN: 1-61728-529-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809610403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.