ISBN: 9789048172238

Casual readers of the title of this book might be forgiven for thinking that it is a little esoteric, far-removed from the pressing day-to-day concerns of humans and wildlife in the dryla… More...

Casual readers of the title of this book might be forgiven for thinking that it is a little esoteric, far-removed from the pressing day-to-day concerns of humans and wildlife in the drylands of the world. But they could not be more wrong. It addresses an issue of the utmost practical importance in the world today, yet does so on the basis of exciting new theory about how the world operates. Of the billion or so human beings who now live in the world''s arid and semi-arid lands, a majority depend on natural resources for their livelihoods. These natural resources include livestock and their forage, as well as the wild biota that creates opportunities for tourism or subsistence harvesting. Arid and semi-arid lands are spread over a third of the world''s land surface, from Colorado to the Kalahari, the Sahel to the Simpson, the Altai Steppe to Amboseli. Notwithstanding their diversity, these lands are broadly cha- cterised by low productivity, management at large scales, and great climate variability - in short, by high spatial and temporal heterogeneity. This book is about the implications of that high spatial and temporal heterogeneity for life, management and policy in arid and semi-arid lands. Books > Science & Nature > Science > Earth Sciences List_Books<

ISBN: 9789048172238

Casual readers of the title of this book might be forgiven for thinking that it is a little esoteric, far-removed from the pressing day-to-day concerns of humans and wildlife in the dryla… More...

Casual readers of the title of this book might be forgiven for thinking that it is a little esoteric, far-removed from the pressing day-to-day concerns of humans and wildlife in the drylands of the world. But they could not be more wrong. It addresses an issue of the utmost practical importance in the world today, yet does so on the basis of exciting new theory about how the world operates. Of the billion or so human beings who now live in the world''s arid and semi-arid lands, a majority depend on natural resources for their livelihoods. These natural resources include livestock and their forage, as well as the wild biota that creates opportunities for tourism or subsistence harvesting. Arid and semi-arid lands are spread over a third of the world''s land surface, from Colorado to the Kalahari, the Sahel to the Simpson, the Altai Steppe to Amboseli. Notwithstanding their diversity, these lands are broadly cha- cterised by low productivity, management at large scales, and great climate variability - in short, by high spatial and temporal heterogeneity. This book is about the implications of that high spatial and temporal heterogeneity for life, management and policy in arid and semi-arid lands. Books List_Books<

2010, ISBN: 9789048172238

[ED: Softcover], [PU: Springer Netherlands], With detailed data from nine sites around the world, the authors examine how the so-called 'fragmentation' of these fragile landscapes occurs … More...

[ED: Softcover], [PU: Springer Netherlands], With detailed data from nine sites around the world, the authors examine how the so-called 'fragmentation' of these fragile landscapes occurs and the consequences of this break-up for ecosystems and the people who depend on them. 'Rangelands' make up a quarter of the world's landscape, and here, the case is developed that while fragmentation arises from different natural, social and economic conditions worldwide, it creates similar outcomes for human and natural systems. 2010. xvii, 411 S. 4 Farbabb. 235 mm Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Offene Rechnung (Vorkasse vorbehalten)<

2010, ISBN: 9048172233

Hardcover

Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008 Kartoniert / Broschiert Anthropologie, Geographie, Physische Geographie und Topographie, Umweltmanagement, biocomplexity; Ecosystemfragmentat… More...

Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008 Kartoniert / Broschiert Anthropologie, Geographie, Physische Geographie und Topographie, Umweltmanagement, biocomplexity; Ecosystemfragmentation; Fauna; pastoralism; Rangelands; vegetation; ecology; ecosystem; environment, mit Schutzumschlag neu, [PU:Springer Netherlands; Springer Netherland]<

2010, ISBN: 9048172233

Hardcover

Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008 Kartoniert / Broschiert Anthropologie, Geographie, Physische Geographie und Topographie, Umweltmanagement, biocomplexity; Ecosystemfragmentat… More...

Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008 Kartoniert / Broschiert Anthropologie, Geographie, Physische Geographie und Topographie, Umweltmanagement, biocomplexity; Ecosystemfragmentation; Fauna; pastoralism; Rangelands; vegetation; ecology; ecosystem; environment, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Springer Netherlands; Springer Netherland]<