Ebook: Landscape Ecology for Sustainable Environment and Culture

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.

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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.

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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.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Coupling Landscape Patterns and Ecological Processes....Pages 3-20
Strengthening Landscape Ecology’s Contribution to a Sustainable Environment....Pages 21-35
Urban Landscape Ecology: Past, Present, and Future....Pages 37-53
Biocultural Diversity for Sustainable Ecological, Cultural and Sacred Landscapes: The Biocultural Landscape Approach....Pages 55-76
Using Ecosystem Services in Community-Based Landscape Planning: Science is Not Ready to Deliver....Pages 77-101
Effects of Global Household Proliferation on Ecosystem Services ....Pages 103-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Bringing Climate Change Science to the Landscape Level: Canadian Experience in Using Landscape Visualisation Within Participatory Processes for Community Planning....Pages 121-143
Watershed Scale Physically Based Water Flow, Sediment and Nutrient Dynamic Modeling System....Pages 145-171
Simulation of River Flow for Downstream Water Allocation in the Heihe River Watershed, Northwest China....Pages 173-186
Evaluating the Transport and Fate of Nutrients in Large Scale River Basins Using an Integrated Modeling System....Pages 187-204
Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis for Landscape Pattern Characterization....Pages 205-221
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Discursive Relationships Between Landscape Science, Policy and Management Practice: Concepts, Issues and Examples....Pages 225-248
Planning Multifunctional Measures for Efficient Landscape Management: Quantifying and Comparing the Added Value of Integrated and Segregated Management Concepts....Pages 249-284
The Structure and Dynamics of Agricultural Landscapes as Drivers of Biodiversity ....Pages 285-308
Forest Influences on Climate and Water Resources at the Landscape to Regional Scale....Pages 309-334
Are We Destroying Our Insurance Policy? The Effects of Alien Invasion and Subsequent Restoration ....Pages 335-364
Back Matter....Pages 365-368

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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.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Coupling Landscape Patterns and Ecological Processes....Pages 3-20
Strengthening Landscape Ecology’s Contribution to a Sustainable Environment....Pages 21-35
Urban Landscape Ecology: Past, Present, and Future....Pages 37-53
Biocultural Diversity for Sustainable Ecological, Cultural and Sacred Landscapes: The Biocultural Landscape Approach....Pages 55-76
Using Ecosystem Services in Community-Based Landscape Planning: Science is Not Ready to Deliver....Pages 77-101
Effects of Global Household Proliferation on Ecosystem Services ....Pages 103-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Bringing Climate Change Science to the Landscape Level: Canadian Experience in Using Landscape Visualisation Within Participatory Processes for Community Planning....Pages 121-143
Watershed Scale Physically Based Water Flow, Sediment and Nutrient Dynamic Modeling System....Pages 145-171
Simulation of River Flow for Downstream Water Allocation in the Heihe River Watershed, Northwest China....Pages 173-186
Evaluating the Transport and Fate of Nutrients in Large Scale River Basins Using an Integrated Modeling System....Pages 187-204
Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis for Landscape Pattern Characterization....Pages 205-221
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Discursive Relationships Between Landscape Science, Policy and Management Practice: Concepts, Issues and Examples....Pages 225-248
Planning Multifunctional Measures for Efficient Landscape Management: Quantifying and Comparing the Added Value of Integrated and Segregated Management Concepts....Pages 249-284
The Structure and Dynamics of Agricultural Landscapes as Drivers of Biodiversity ....Pages 285-308
Forest Influences on Climate and Water Resources at the Landscape to Regional Scale....Pages 309-334
Are We Destroying Our Insurance Policy? The Effects of Alien Invasion and Subsequent Restoration ....Pages 335-364
Back Matter....Pages 365-368
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