Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rural development
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Rural Development Studies
Author: Political Transition in Tunisia
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 143798164X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Transit Migration in Europe
Author: Franck DüvellPublisher:
ISBN: 9789089646491
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Transit migration is a term that is used to describe mixed flows of different types of temporary migrants, including refugees and labor migrants. In the popular press, it is often confused with illegal or irregular migration and carries associations with human smuggling and organized crime. This volume addresses that confusion, and the uncertainty of terminology and analysis that underlies it, offering an evidence-based, comprehensive approach to defining and understanding transit migration in Europe.
Grass Productivity: An Introduction to Rational Grazing
Author: Dr. Robert C. WorstellPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312832843
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 503
Book Description
SIMPLE questions often help us to understand problems better; and I think it indispensable, at the beginning of this work, to ask a question which appears simple in the extreme: "What is grazing?" The answer is generally as follows: "Causing grass to be eaten by an animal." That is correct! But here is another answer which, to my mind, is more realistic: "Causing the grass and the animal to meet." Since this book is almost exclusively concerned with grazing by cattle, I propose the following definition to the reader, requesting him to allow it to become well impressed upon his mind: Grazing is the meeting of cow and grass. It is by satisfying as far as possible the demands of both parties that we will arrive at a rational grazing, which will provide us with maximum productivity on the part of the grass while at the same time allowing the cow to give optimum performance. [From the Introduction]
World Heritage Cultural Landscapes, 1992-2002
Author: P. J. FowlerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World Heritage areas
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Cultural Landscapes of Universal Value
Author: Bernd von DrostePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Cultural landscapes are at the interface between nature and culture. They represent the permanent interaction between humans and their environment, shaping the surface of the earth. With the rapid social and economic development cultural landscapes belong to the most fragile and threatened sites on earth. Adapted protection and proper management is urgently needed. Since 1992 outstanding cultural landscapes can be protected under the World Heritage Convention. Thus, the World Heritage Convention is the first international legal instrument recognizing and safeguarding this type of property for future generations. This important step has led to enhanced international and national recognition. The present volume aims to contribute to enhanced protection and management of cultural landscapes around the world. It furthermore highlights in a truly interdisciplinary approach some of the most outstanding cultural landscapes of universal value in their geocultural and environmental context.
Urban Water Cycle Processes and Interactions
Author: Jiri MarsalekPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482288540
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Effective management of urban water should be based on a scientific understanding of the impact of human activity on both the urban hydrological cycle - including its processes and interactions - and the environment itself. Such anthropogenic impacts, which vary broadly in time and space, need to be quantified with respect to local climate, urban d
Transhumance and Biodiversity in European Mountains
Author: R. G. H. BuncePublisher:
ISBN: 9789032703370
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Inter-Basin Water Transfer
Author: Fereidoun GhassemiPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107404212
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
This book was first published in 2007. Increasing demands for irrigation, domestic and industrial water have generated a massive growth world-wide in the number of large water infrastructure projects involving the transfer of water from basins considered to have surplus water to those where the demand for water has exceeded or is expected to exceed supplies. Using the experiences of projects in Australia, United States, Canada, China and India, this book examines case studies within the diverse geographical, climatic, economic, and policy regimes operating in these countries. It examines the water resources of Australia, the driest inhabited continent, and explores inter-basin water transfer projects in the United States, Canada, China and India, examining their benefits and impacts within these nations' contrasting economies and governance systems. This comprehensive and well-illustrated text will be of great interest to professionals and researchers in the fields of hydrology, water resources, and to those engaged in environmental science, policy and regulation.
Climate Variability and Change
Author: Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data (Project)Publisher:
ISBN: 9781901502787
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
This volume contains 117 reviewed papers from over 30 countries, published in English, French and Spanish, which reflect both international dimension of FRIEND and the key challenges facing hydrologists in the 21st century.