Sustainable Land Use in Mountainous Regions of Southeast Asia Meeting the Challenges of Ecological, Socio-Economic and Cultural Diversity /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Heidhues, Franz (Editor), Herrmann, Ludger (Editor), Neef, Andreas (Editor), Neidhart, Sybille (Editor), Pape, Jens (Editor), Zárate, Valle (Editor), Sruamsiri, Pittaya (Editor), Thu, Dao Chao (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Environmental Science and Engineering, Environmental Science,
• Subjects: Environment.; Physical geography.; Agriculture.; Ecology.; Environmental management.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Nature conservation.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Environmental Management.; Physical Geography.; Nature Conservation.

Mountainous regions are vitally important ecosystems. They are an important storage of fresh water and energy, a rich source of biodiversity and a significant provider of food for the people living there. They are ecologically highly variable, complex and vulnerable and ethnically, socio-culturally...

Table of Contents:

• Sustainable Resource Management in the Highlands
• Variability of Soil Resources in Northern Thailand
• Water Allocation and Management in Northern Thailand: The Case of Mae Sa Watershed
• The Environmental Fate of Agro-Chemicals: A Case Study in the Mae Sa Noi Watershed
• Biodiversity and Landscape Structure: Challenges for Insect Management Strategies in Lychee Orchards in the Mountains of Northern Thailand
• Synthesis: Constraints to Sustainable Use of Soil and Water in the Northern Thailand Highlands and Consequences for Future Research
• Sustainable Fruit Production and Processing Systems
• Stabilisation of Fruit Production by Optimised Plant Nutrition
• Strategies for Flower Induction to Improve Orchard Productivity: From Compensation of Alternate Bearing to Off-Season Fruit Production
• The Plant-Physiological Basis of Flower Induction in the Control of Fruit Production
• Alternative Techniques for Water-Saving Irrigation and Optimised Fertigation in Fruit Production in Northern Thailand
• The Control of Postharvest Ripening Processes and its Implications for the Productivity of Mango Processing
• Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Lychee Processing
• Synthesis: Food Safety, Productivity and Environmental Awareness as Key Objectives in Sustainable Fruit Production and Processing Systems
• Livestock Production Systems
• The Contribution of Livestock to Sustainable Development of Mountain Farming in Northern Vietnam
• Suitability of Local and Improved Pig Breeds for Different Smallholder Production Conditions
• Local Livestock Genetic Resources in Northern Vietnam
• Genetic Diversity of Vietnamese Pig Breeds
• A Survey of Selected Livestock Parasites in Son La
• Synthesis
• Farm Economics and Marketing Dynamics in Support of Sustainability
• The Impact of Family Decision-Making on Sustainable Rural Livelihoods
• Sustainability of Mountainous Farming Systems
• Sustainable Farming Systems Planning Using Goal Programming in Northern Thailand
• Fresh Longan Marketing and Reference Market: A Case of Longan Grown in Northern Thailand
• Interregional Trade Flows and Market Stability
• Synthesis
• Institutional Framework for Sustainable Land Use
• Resource Tenure and Sustainable Land Management — Case Studies from Northern Vietnam and Northern Thailand
• Sustainable and Less Sustainable Developments in the Rural Financial Market of Northern Vietnam
• Participatory Research for Sustainable Development in Vietnam and Thailand: From a Static to an Evolving Concept
• State Administration and Local Networks: The Case of Pang Ma Pha District, Northern Thailand
• Synthesis, Conclusions and Implications for Institutional Development and Future Research
• Conclusion and Outlook
• Conclusions and Outlook.