Designing Low Carbon Societies in Landscapes

Designing Low Carbon Societies in Landscapes edited by Nobukazu Nakagoshi, Jhonamie A. Mabuhay.

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,...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Nakagoshi, Nobukazu (Editor), Mabuhay, Jhonamie A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Ecological Research Monographs,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Landscape ecology.
Sustainable development.
Renewable energy resources.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Introduction
  • 1. Landscape Ecological Approaches to Low-Carbon Society
  • Part II. Urban Landscape Ecology
  • 2. Cooling potential of urban green spaces in summer
  • 3. Is Ecotopia Possible? A few Proposals for Urban Ecology
  • 4. Transpiration characteristics of Chinese pines (Pinus tabulaeformis) in an urban environment
  • 5. Landscape design for urban biodiversity and ecological education in Yomiya park, Kitakyushu-city, Japan : Approaching from Multi Functional Landscape Planning
  • Part III. Ecologies on Cultural Landscapes
  • 6. Can Satoyama Offer a Realistic Solution for a Low Carbon Society? Public Perception and Challenges Arising
  • 7. Effects of Sustainable Energy Facilities on Landscape: A Case Study of Slovakia
  • 8. Low Carbon Society through Pekarangan Traditional Agroforestry Practices in Java, Indonesia
  • 9. Challenges and Goal of Sustainable Island: Case Study in UNESCO Shinan Dadohae Biosphere Reserve, Korea
  • 10. The neglect of traditional ecological knowledge on the wild elephant-related problems in Xishuangbanna, SW China
  • 11. Effects of Tropical Successional Forests on Bird Feeding Guilds
  • Part IV. Ecologies on Protected Areas
  • 12. Understanding development trends and landscape changes of protected areas in peninsular Malaysia: a much needed component of sustainable conservation planning
  • 13. Land Use Trends Analysis Using SPOT 5 Images and Its Effect on the Landscape of Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
  • 14. The Relationship between land use land cover and land degradation of natural protected area in Batang Merao Watershed, Indonesia
  • 15. Ecotourism Activities for Sustainability and Management of Forest Protected Areas (Case of Camili Biosphere Reserve Area in Turkey)
  • 16. Community Aspects on Forest Ecosystems in the Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park UNESCO Biosphere Reserves, Indonesia
  • 17. Landscape ecology based approach for assessing pekarangan condition to preserve protected area in West Java
  • 18. Integrated the Aerial Photos and DTM to Estimate the Area and Niche of Arundo formosana in Jiou-Jiou Peaks Natural Reserve of Taiwan
  • 19. REDD+ readiness through selected project activities, financial mechanism and provincial perspectives in Indonesia.

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