The Carpathians: Integrating Nature and Society Towards Sustainability

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

List of contents

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.

Summary

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

Product details

• Assisted by: Andrzej Bytnerowicz (Editor), Andrzej Bytnerowicz et al (Editor), Ostapowicz Katarzyna (Editor), Jacek Kozak (Editor), Katarzyn Ostapowicz (Editor), Katarzyna Ostapowicz (Editor), Bartlomiej Wyzga (Editor), Bartłomiej Wyżga (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783662519752
• ISBN: 978-3-662-51975-2
• No. of pages: 717
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 39 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 1090 g
• Illustrations: XII, 717 p. 235 illus., 13 illus. in color.
• Series: Environmental Science; Environmental Science and Engineering; Environmental Science and Engineering; Environmental Science; Environmental Science and Engineering / Environmental Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; B, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Ecology, Earth and Environmental Science, Conservation Biology, Nature Conservation, Conservation of the environment