Designing Low Carbon Societies In Landscapes
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Designing Low Carbon Societies In Landscapes
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Author : Nobukazu Nakagoshi
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-05-09
Designing Low Carbon Societies In Landscapes written by Nobukazu Nakagoshi and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-09 with Science categories.
This book focuses on three major means of achieving a low carbon society: conservation of the ecosystem complex, changes of arrangement of landscapes, and creation of biodiversity. There are specific countermeasures to be taken for carbon absorption in the three types of landscapes—urban, cultural, and natural—because their carbon balances differ. Urban landscapes are promising sites because they have the potential for greening and the creation of biodiversity. Cultural landscapes in the tropics had not been actively researched until recently, but this book now presents a collection of several cases focused on those areas. Natural landscapes had existed in abundance in developing countries; later, nature protection areas were designated to coexist with development. Now, however, developmental pressure has penetrated into those nature protection areas, and landscape ecological projects are urgently required to preserve them. As a result of global warming, abnormal weather phenomena including super typhoons have occurred frequently in recent years. The major underlying cause is the higher concentration of greenhouse gases released by human activities. As well, major natural absorbers of CO2 such as forests, wetlands, and coral reefs are shrinking, and the human impact is causing the ecological balance to deteriorate. Controlling CO2 emissions and expanding the CO2 absorbers are keys to reducing total CO2. Low carbon societies can be established by maintaining the original CO2 balance through integration of multiple tools, with contributions from diverse fields such as physics and chemistry, physiology and humanities, and education. On the basis of an international consensus, the environment must be protected no matter what sacrifices are required. As this book demonstrates, achieving a low carbon society is a top priority, and landscape conservation is the first step in ecological research toward that goal.
Landscape Ecology For Sustainable Society
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Author : Sun-Kee Hong
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-03-23
Landscape Ecology For Sustainable Society written by Sun-Kee Hong and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-23 with Science categories.
The research category of the landscape ecology, which researches the structure, functions, and the spatio-temporal changes of the ecological landscapes, has now been contributing to the human life and the shifts of the socio-economic paradigm. Global warming has been influencing the universal life patterns of the mankind which have been maintained in the past several hundreds of years. And it has been having the influences on the international social problems and economic problems. Although the diverse plans for adapting to the climate changes have been the topics of the conservations among the ecologists internationally, it is the reality that the speed of the changes of the environment has been quicker than the time it takes to complete the solutions. In order to maintain the sustainable earth and the sustainable society, the role of the landscape ecology has been coming to the fore. Especially, the theories and the methodologies of the landscape ecology have been applied to the multidisciplinary researches by going beyond the research category of ecology, including the maximization of the efficiencies of the land spaces, the management of the ecological space (habitats) in which the biological diversity can be maintained, the utilization of the resources that are absolutely needed by the human beings (Here, it is compressed to water, energy, and food), etc. and until reaching the human society. It is considered that, to that extent, the utilizations and the applications of the landscape ecology are very much needed for the diagnoses and the evaluations of the global environmental problems which have been proceeded with rapidly in the modernity. This book is not comprised of any general remarks that explain the theories and the methods of the landscape ecology. Already, based on the basic theories of the landscape ecology, the writers have conducted the investigations on the farm villages, the cities, and the coastal ecosystems. And, through the space analyses and interpretations, the structure and functions of the landscapes were analyzed. Of course, in this book, too, the diverse ecosystems and the landscape ecological methodologies regarding the land use have been presented. However, the core of this book focuses more on what role the landscape ecology must play for the materialization of a sustainable society in the future. At the farm villages, the sustainable agriculture will be presented, and, at the cities, the discussions on the green networks and the energies will be proceeded with. Also, regarding the coasts and the seas, a thesis on the safety of the life zones of the residents adjacent to the sea and on the conservation of the island ecosystems will be presented. The sustainable society is a system that is formed by having the sustainable development as a basis. It is considered to be one aspect within a kind of a sustainable process with regard to which the natural world and the human world coexist and are in a symbiotic relationship harmoniously. In order to maintain the biodiversity, the reasonable adjustments of the human activities, like the use of the resources, are absolutely needed. Without the biological resources, the cultural diversity of the human beings, too, cannot exist. Consequentially, recently and internationally, there are a lot of the case examples that express the biocultural diversity by linking the biological diversity with the cultural diversity. In this book, the role of the landscape ecology as an academic link which can connect the two possible, if possible, is highly expected. It is, indeed, the biocultural landscape. It can be said that this concept, also, is the interconnection of the multidisciplinary spaces that must be dealt with in the modern landscape ecology. Through this book, it is intended to present a new directionality which can contribute to the sustainable society at the same time as the organization of the theories and the methods of the landscape ecology.
Urban Biodiversity And Ecological Design For Sustainable Cities
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Author : Keitaro Ito
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-03-23
Urban Biodiversity And Ecological Design For Sustainable Cities written by Keitaro Ito and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-23 with Science categories.
This book highlights various designs for urban green spaces and their functions. It provides an interesting meeting point between Asian, European and North America specialists (researchers, planners, landscape architects) studying urban biodiversity; urban biodiversity and green space; relations between people and biodiversity. The most important feature of this book is the unique point of view from each contributor towards “the relationship between nature and people in urban areas”, in the context of the ecosystem and biodiversity in urban areas and how to manage them. All chapters explore and consider the relationship between humans and nature in cities, a subject which is taking on increasing importance as new cities are conceptualized and planned. These discussion and examples would be useful for urban ecology researchers, biologists, city planners, government staff working in city planning, architects, landscape architects, and university instructors. This book can also be used as a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate city planning, architecture or landscape architecture courses.
Conserving Biocultural Landscapes In Malaysia And Indonesia For Sustainable Development
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Author : Saiful Arif Abdullah
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-04-01
Conserving Biocultural Landscapes In Malaysia And Indonesia For Sustainable Development written by Saiful Arif Abdullah and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-01 with Science categories.
This book presents perspective on the importance of natural and cultural relationships for conserving bio-cultural landscapes. It explores the approaches and concepts used to conserve bio-cultural landscapes in Malaysia and Indonesia. The book highlights the importance of bio-cultural landscape in sustainable development framework and its link to sustainable development goals are also included. It fills the gap in literature with special focus on this region. The book is of interest to teachers, researchers, climate change scientists, conservationists, capacity builders and policymakers. Also it serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of ecology, and environmental sciences. National and international environmental scientists, policy makers also find this to be a useful read.
Comfort In A Lower Carbon Society
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Author : Elizabeth Shove
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-09-13
Comfort In A Lower Carbon Society written by Elizabeth Shove and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-13 with Architecture categories.
Current expectations and standards of comfort are almost certainly unsustainable and new methods and ideas will be required if there is to be any prospect of a significantly lower carbon society. This collection reassesses relationships between people and the multitude of environments they inhabit in the context of increasing carbon intensities of everyday life. In this bold and unconventional volume historians, sociologists, environmentalists, geographers, and cultural theorists provoke and stimulate debate about the future of comfort in a lower carbon society. These contributions are then subject to critical commentary from a range of academic and policy perspectives. The result is a book that promotes academic and policy discussion of the environmental consequences of indoor climate change around the world, and that offers new perspectives and strategies for moving towards a lower carbon future. This book was published as a special issue of Building Research & Information.
Energy Emissions Trends And Policy Landscape For India
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Author : P.R. Shukla
language : en
Publisher: Allied Publishers
Release Date : 2015-01-22
Energy Emissions Trends And Policy Landscape For India written by P.R. Shukla and has been published by Allied Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-22 with Energy consumption categories.
India’s energy system has evolved around domestic coal, sizable imports of oil and LNG, moderate contribution of hydro power, declining and yet sizable use of traditional biomass as cooking fuel by rural households and growing attention to modern renewable, nuclear and energy efficient technologies. India’s per-capita GHG emissions are below the global average and far below those in the developed countries. Notwithstanding the inherited fossil based energy system and high economic growth expectations, India voluntarily committed to reduce GHG emissions intensity of the economy by 20-25 per cent from 2005 to 2020. This book details inventory of energy and emissions at national and sector levels. It maps firm and locale level energy use and emissions and their impacts such as on the urban air pollution. The future energy and emissions trends are analyzed following scenarios analysis using integrated assessment modelling framework that aligns India’s national development goals with global climate change actions. The analysis shows that the global 2˚C temperature stabilization target shall require fundamental transformation of India’s energy system, both on demand and supply sides. The book demonstrates the necessity and validity of following a long-term development-centric perspective; even while delineating near-term energy and emissions policies, programs and targets such as those needed to delineate the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). The book, while illustrating the best practice modeling, scenarios development and policy assessment for India, provides insights into the mode and means of navigating the energy and emissions policy landscape for India. The complexity of the policymaking notwithstanding, the book is intended to demystify the methods and means for delineating the policies. The book, we hope demonstrates the need to use best practice methodologies for national assessments and also the existence of the scientific capacity in the country to carry out such assessments.
Conserving Agricultural Heritage And Revitalizing Communities In The Asia Pacific Region
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Author : Kazem Vafadari-Mehrizi
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2024-10-31
Conserving Agricultural Heritage And Revitalizing Communities In The Asia Pacific Region written by Kazem Vafadari-Mehrizi and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10-31 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This book is an important milestone in our understanding of the development and use of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (FAO, GIAHS) and Building Back Better (BBB) community resilience initiatives. GIAHS was designed by the FAO to conserve important agricultural heritage sites of the world through active coordination with local farming communities. Since its inauguration, the program has recognized several extraordinary agricultural systems in the Asia Pacific and in Japan, ranging from the Ifugao terraces in the Philippines to the Satoyama-Satoumi traditional landscapes throughout Japan. The book looks at the key functions of traditional agriculture while promoting their use in regional revitalization through the promotion of conservation, traditional knowledge, multilateral engagement, and rural tourism. Also, during the discussions on the Sendai Framework, the concept of "Build Back Better" was proposed by the Japanese delegation where communities can use a disaster as a trigger to create more resilient nations and societies than before. Our compilation of conceptual and empirical research findings shows the way forward for community understanding of sustainable practices.
Towns Ecology And The Land
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Author : Richard T. T. Forman
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-07
Towns Ecology And The Land written by Richard T. T. Forman and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-07 with Nature categories.
A pioneering book highlighting the dynamic environmental dimensions of towns and villages and spatial connections with surrounding land.
Pengukuran Ketahanan Destinasi Pariwisata Berbasis Asta Gatra
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Author : Anang Sutono
language : id
Publisher: Pusat Penelitian dan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat Politeknik Pariwisata NHI Bandung
Release Date : 2023-03-01
Pengukuran Ketahanan Destinasi Pariwisata Berbasis Asta Gatra written by Anang Sutono and has been published by Pusat Penelitian dan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat Politeknik Pariwisata NHI Bandung this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-01 with Reference categories.
Buku Pengukuran Ketahanan Destinasi Pariwisata ini akan berfokus pada delapan pilar Astagatra yang selanjutnya melalui penyesuaian dengan konteks destinasi wisata diturunkan ke dalam 21 atribut penilaian. Ke delapan pilar tersebut terdiri dari Pilar Ideologi, Politik, Ekonomi, Sosial & Budaya, Pertahanan Keamanan, Sumber Daya Alam, Demografi, dan Geografi. Dengan seluruh pilar dan atribut yang telah dijabarkan secara rinci dan rigid dalam buku ini, tentu harapannya dapat menjadi alat (tools) yang dapat secara efektif dan efisien menilai tingkat ketahanan sebuah destinasi. Implikasi akhirnya ialah terhadap nilai-nilai manfaat (beneficial values) yang dapat diterima oleh masing-masing pemangku kepentingan di destinasi baik secara langsung maupun tidak.
Agroforestry For Sustainable Intensification Of Agriculture In Asia And Africa
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Author : Jagdish Chander Dagar
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-04-19
Agroforestry For Sustainable Intensification Of Agriculture In Asia And Africa written by Jagdish Chander Dagar and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-19 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This edited book opens up new vistas for sustainable intensification in agriculture to provide food to ever growing population as well as adapting to the risks of global environmental change. Diverting from conventional agriculture, the book explores new dimensions and concepts that have been identified for future research and development in sustaining agriculture in Asia and Africa regions. The chapters are written by leading researchers and practitioners in the field of agroforestry. The book demonstrates how agroforestry could be instrumental in bringing stability and sustainability in agricultural production. It offers sustainable solutions for the impending problems of climate change, ecosystem degradation, declining agricultural productivity, and uncertain food security. It is an essential resource for students in agroforestry courses, as well as a valuable introduction to the field for professionals in related areas.