The Carpathians: Integrating Nature and Society Towards Sustainability

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kozak, Jacek (Editor), Ostapowicz, Katarzyna (Editor), Bytnerowicz, Andrzej (Editor), Wyżga, Bartłomiej (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Environmental Science and Engineering,
• Subjects: Environment.; Nature conservation.; Sustainable development.; Nature Conservation.; Sustainable Development.

The Carpathians are a distinct mountain chain in the core of Central and Eastern Europe holding valuable biological resources and a rich cultural heritage. The last twenty years have witnessed an increasing awareness of the Carpathians’ value for European society and strengthened research cooperatio...

Table of Contents:

• The Carpathian Mountains: challenges for the Central and Eastern European landmark
• Science for the Carpathians: using regional capacity to cope with global change
• Progress in understanding the dynamics of Carpathian abiotic environment
• Progress in understanding the dynamics of Carpathian abiotic environment
• Landslide susceptibility assessment: GIS application to a complex mountainous environment
• GIS evaluation of erosion-sedimentation risk caused by extreme convective rainstorms: case study of the Stonávka River catchment, Czech Republic
• Assessment of the impact of agricultural land utilization practices on soil losses
• The effects of climate change on element content and soil pH (Síkfőkút DIRT Project, northern Hungary)
• Climate changes in the vertical zones of the Polish Carpathians in the last 50 years
• Air temperature variability in the High Tatra Mountains
• Climate trends in the Slovak part of the Carpathians.