Environmental Security and Sustainable Land Use - with special reference to Central Asia

Climate change, non-sustainable land management and the insufficient participation of the local population leads to land degradation problems in parts of the Altai Region, which includes China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and the Russian Federation.
This book presents important aspects of environmental security and sustainable land use in general and in particular for Central Asia, i.e. the environmental consequences of climate change; sustainable land use and regional development; sustainable development in mountain and steppe regions; beyond borders: Transboundary Biosphere Reserve "Altai" as an approach for regional development; landscape planning as an integrative tool for sustainable development; challenges and threats for environmental stability in Central Asia.
A final recommendation in the area of sustainable development and land use as well as the proceeding efforts towards the establishment of the Transboundary Biosphere Reserve "Altai" and the implementation of landscape planning were set in the book as some of the main results of the meeting.

Summary

Climate change, non-sustainable land management and the insufficient participation of the local population leads to land degradation problems in parts of the Altai Region, which includes China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and the Russian Federation.
This book presents important aspects of environmental security and sustainable land use in general and in particular for Central Asia, i.e. the environmental consequences of climate change; sustainable land use and regional development; sustainable development in mountain and steppe regions; beyond borders: Transboundary Biosphere Reserve "Altai" as an approach for regional development; landscape planning as an integrative tool for sustainable development; challenges and threats for environmental stability in Central Asia.
A final recommendation in the area of sustainable development and land use as well as the proceeding efforts towards the establishment of the Transboundary Biosphere Reserve "Altai" and the implementation of landscape planning were set in the book as some of the main results of the meeting.

Product details

• Assisted by: Hartmut Vogtmann (Editor), Nikolai Dobretsov (Editor), Hartmu Vogtmann (Editor), Dobretsov (Editor), Dobretsov (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.07.2009
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences
• EAN: 9781402044922
• ISBN: 978-1-4020-4492-2
• Pages: 382
• Illustrations: X, 362 p.
• Dimensions (packing): 16.6 x 2.1 x 23.5 cm
• Weight (packing): 586 g
• Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security, NATO Security through Science Series C: Environmental Security > 7, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series, Nato Security through Science Series C:, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security, Nato Security through Science Series C:
• Subjects: Umweltschutz, Umwelt, C, Ökologie, Biosphäre, Geography, Humangeographie, Urban Planning, Climate Change, Earth and Environmental Science, Conservation Biology, Nature Conservation, Environmental Management, Conservation of the environment, Regional & area planning, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Environmental Sciences, Geoecology, Environmental geology, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Regional planning