Author: Maria Jose Prados Velasco Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 0203881141 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 524
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As the growth of the worlds population requires the continued search for residential space, the urbanization of natural lands is an inevitable process, but that process does not have to be one that is accomplished without regard for environmental quality. This book presents the unique perspective of naturbanization, the urbanization of protected a
Author: Rilus Kinseng Publisher: European Alliance for Innovation ISBN: 1631903489 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 293
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This book contains peer-reviewed proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Rural Socio-Economic Transformation: Agrarian, Ecology, Communication and Community Development Perspectives (RUSET 2021) held in Bogor, Indonesia, in September 2021. This conference was held by the Department of Communication and Community Development Science in collaboration with Asia Rural Sociology Association (ARSA) and Koalisi Rakyat untuk Kedaulantan Pangan/People’s Coalition for Food Sovereignty (KRKP). The papers reflect the conference sessions as follows: communication & agricultural extension, digital communication for rural development, conflict and trans cultural communication, risk and environmental communication, communication and social movement, family communication, agrarian & ecology, land grab and monocrop expansions, rural livelihood vulnerability, agrarian reform and peasant movement, natural resources governance, migration and development, community development social conflict and social movement, digital community, poverty and community resilience, corporate social responsibility (CSR), rural decentralization and democracy, gender and rural development, indigenous knowledge, rural development policies, ICT4D, communication for development and social change, smart village and social innovation, climate adaptation, and sustainable rural development.
Author: Stefan Kordel Igor Jelen Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing ISBN: 1527526399 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 387
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Contemporary immigration processes, such as forced migration and labour-induced mobility, as well as lifestyle and leisure-oriented movements, increasingly affect areas in Europe that are considered as peripheral or rural. This edited collection sheds light on the diversity of in-migration, its specific implications for development and strategies for coping. Contributions from various sub-disciplines of the social sciences, including human and cultural geography, sociology and spatial planning with different regional foci, encourage theoretical discussions, enhancing empirical knowledge and providing stimuli for practitioners involved in migration and development issues. The structure of the volume therefore follows four main themes: (1) conceptual reflections on immigration to peripheral rural areas and development prospects; (2) patterns and types of immigration processes, drawing on various case studies from all over Europe; (3) realms of integration: namely, housing, economy and social life; (4) immigration management with a special emphasis on regional and local strategies, undertaken by policy-makers, the private sector and civil society.
Author: Santiago López Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3031226801 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 307
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This contributed volume presents relevant examples of socio-environmental research that highlight the challenges and opportunities of using geotechnologies in interdisciplinary settings across the vast, culturally, and environmentally mega-diverse region known as Latin America. While remote sensing has been mostly used for mapping and monitoring physical features, geographic information systems open up opportunities for the integration of socio-economic and environmental data collected through individual and community-based surveys, in-situ measurements, and other participatory research techniques to offer additional analytically grounded power when evaluating socio-environmental processes that shape Latin American landscapes. The topics addressed in this book include deforestation and land degradation, borderlands dynamics, agriculture and agroecological systems, environmental conservation and development, public health, tourism, environmental justice, archeology, volunteered geography and urban planning, among others. The book is intended for academics, graduate and undergraduate classrooms, and general audiences with interest in Latin America and the socio-environmental issues that threaten the sustainability of the region and local communities. The book will also appeal to practitioners, managers, and policy makers interested in the application of geo-technologies and field-based research to address complex socio-environmental problems in the Global South.
Author: Richard T. T. Forman Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107007003 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 477
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The first richly illustrated worldwide portrayal of urban ecology, tying together organisms, built structures, and the physical environment around cities.
Author: Richard T. T. Forman Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107199131 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 637
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A pioneering book highlighting the dynamic environmental dimensions of towns and villages and spatial connections with surrounding land.
Author: Recep Efe Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing ISBN: 1443857734 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 415
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The environment in ecological systems includes both physical parameters and biotic attributes, and is a holocoenotic, dynamically interlinked system. Its investigation requires a dialectical approach which examines the different parts, but integrates the organism and the environment into a dynamic whole. Environment and ecology place emphasis on the real world. Many decisions that directly or indirectly affect the balance of our environment are based on individual, community, state, national and international decisions. Given that ecological systems now also involve the economy, ecology and its relationship with the environment are taking on an increasingly important role in today’s world. This book includes 32 chapters dealing with the different aspects cited above. It discusses transhumance activities; social changes in new life environments; dendrohistorical studies; recreation and tourism based on natural resources; physical and social geographical studies on the riparian borders; threats and environmental interactions in mountain forest ecosystems; the evolution of the traditional agricultural landscapes; the landscapes of Sierra Nevada; cork oak forests and climate change; the causes of flooding; water scarcity and adaptation in agriculture; nutrient pollution in rivers; ethnobotanical studies; and phenological observations of young beech stands. The topics discussed in this book will attract the attention of students and researchers from different disciplines, and will prove fruitful for all scholars working under the umbrella of environment and ecology studies.
Author: Gordon Wilson Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers ISBN: 1398484849 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 276
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“You have to love the mountains to live here.” Nevertheless, at seventeen Salva left, returning many years later with Àngels to the family farm. Now it’s a holiday centre. “I was sleeping in the tent. The bear was eating a sheep fifty metres away,” says Mustà, a shepherd who moved to the Pyrenees from Morocco. “Born here... without doctors, without anything.” Josep has never left his mountain village. Once a secretary in Barcelona, his wife María is now the farmer in the family. Five in-depth life stories from the fifteen in Mountain People. Stories of hope in the face of adversity, reflecting our common humanity. Stories that, like the surrounding mountains, will ignite your imagination.
Author: Laurence A. G. Moss Publisher: CABI ISBN: 1845930363 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 341
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Places with perceived high environmental quality and distinctive culture are globally attracting amenity migrants. Today this societal driving force is particularly manifest in mountain areas, and while beneficial for both the newcomers and locals, is also threatening highland ecologies and their human communities.
Author: Maria Jose Prados Velasco
Author: Rilus Kinseng
Author: Stefan Kordel Igor Jelen
Author: Santiago López
Author: Richard T. T. Forman
Author: Richard T. T. Forman
Author: Recep Efe
Author: AA. VV.
Author: Gordon Wilson
Author: Laurence A. G. Moss