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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vogtmann, Hartmut (Editor), Dobretsov, Nikolai (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: NATO Security through Science Series
• Subjects: Environment.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Nature conservation.; Environmental Management.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Nature Conservation.; Climate Change.

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 sec...