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Item Details
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LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE
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| By: |
Bojie Fu (Editor), Bruce K. Jones (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£179.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9400765290 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789400765290 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER |
| Pub. date: |
26 March, 2013 |
| Edition: |
2013 ed. |
| Pages: |
368 |
| Description: |
Climate change and escalating human demands on the environment have had increasing impacts on landscapes across the world. This book discusses issues regarding the landscape, landscape ecology, social and economic development, and adaptive management. |
| Synopsis: |
Climate change and the pressures of escalating human demands on the environment have had increasing impacts on landscapes across the world. In this book, world-class scholars discuss current and pressing issues regarding the landscape, landscape ecology, social and economic development, and adaptive management. Topics include the interaction between landscapes and ecological processes, landscape modeling, the application of landscape ecology in understanding cultural landscapes, biodiversity, climate change, landscape services, landscape planning, and adaptive management to provide a comprehensive view that allows readers to form their own opinions. Professor Bojie Fu is an Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chair of scientific committee at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Professor K. Bruce Jones is the Executive Director for Earth and Ecosystem Sciences Division at Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. |
| Illustrations: |
24 black & white tables, biography |
| Publication: |
Netherlands |
| Imprint: |
Springer |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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