Climate and Land Use Impacts on Natural and Artificial Systems: Mitigation and Adaptation

ISBN-13: 9780128221846 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 368 str.

Margarit Mircea Nistor

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Overview of current climate and land use challenges in the environmental space 2. Climate and land use data usages in research and administration units 3. Land use and management strategies for shaping sustainable cities 4. The impact of climate change and land use on cancer burden in the 21st century 5. High-resolution projections of the aridity in Europe under climate change 6. Adapting mountain economy to climate change. Case study: Romanian Carpathians 7. Land use and environmental changes in the Andean Paramo soils 8. An area facing the climate change: monthly water availability in the Emilia-Romagna region during 1961<2015 9. The impact of climate change on intensive precipitation and flood types in Bulgaria 10. Dynamics of climate, flora and fauna of St. Petersburg and modern conditions for the development of urban planning, land use, and nature conservation 11. Significance of unsaturated soil properties on stability analyses against extreme rainfall condition 12. Preventive measures for rainfall-induced slope failures in Singapore 13. Groundwater vulnerability assessment in the Iberian Peninsula under climate change and land cover 14. Application of HEC-RAS/WMS and FHI models for the extreme hydrological events under climate change in the Ifni River arid watershed from Morocco 15. The decline of butterfly populations due to climate and land-use change in Romania 16. Environmental impacts mitigation odds by soft-computing methods 17. Research and strategies to mitigate the impact of climate change and land use practices on natural and artificial systems 18. Outlook: Advantages and disadvantages of studies of the impact of climate change and land use on the natural and artificial systems