The Carpathians: Integrating Nature and Society Towards Sustainability

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-662-51975-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 717 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 10876 g

Reihe: Environmental Science

The book includes a broad spectrum of perspectives from different scientific disciplines (both the natural and social sciences) as well as practical knowledge. It gives a new insight into the Carpathian mountain region

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kozak, Jacek

Wy¿ga, Bart¿omiej

Ostapowicz, Katarzyna

Bytnerowicz, Andrzej

Wyzga, Bartlomiej

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Biodiversität
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Carpathian Mountains: challenges for the Central and Eastern European landmark.- Science for the Carpathians: using regional capacity to cope with global change.- Progress in understanding the dynamics of Carpathian abiotic environment.- Progress in understanding the dynamics of Carpathian abiotic environment.- Landslide susceptibility assessment: GIS application to a complex mountainous environment.- GIS evaluation of erosion-sedimentation risk caused by extreme convective rainstorms: case study of the Stonávka River catchment, Czech Republic.- Assessment of the impact of agricultural land utilization practices on soil losses.- The effects of climate change on element content and soil pH (Síkfokút DIRT Project, northern Hungary).- Climate changes in the vertical zones of the Polish Carpathians in the last 50 years.- Air temperature variability in the High Tatra Mountains.- Climate trends in the Slovak part of the Carpathians.