The Carpathians: Integrating Nature and Society Towards Sustainability

Herausgegeben:Kozak, Jacek; Ostapowicz, Katarzyna; Bytnerowicz, Andrzej

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Environmental Science and Engineering
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 12992720, 978-3-642-12724-3
• 2013
• Seitenzahl: 732
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 44mm
• Gewicht: 1228g
• ISBN-13: 9783642127243
• ISBN-10: 364212724X
• Artikelnr.: 29016982

Inhaltsangabe

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 (Síkfökút 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.