Ecology and agricultural development in four villages of Central Karnataka
Agriculture ; Ecology ; Farming system ; Fertilizer ; India ; Karnataka ; Pesticide ; Precipitation ; Soil properties
In Central Karnataka the farmers have for a long time adjusted their farming methods and strategy to ecological conditions, seasonal distribution and variability of precipitation and soils. This study concerns four villages. The crop composition
This paper shows one example of biogeographic inventory of natural ecosystems in an unflooded meadow in the Dyje-Svratka basin. It indicates relations of eco- and geosystems which confirm the necessity of ecological orientation of the present
biogeography and its potential contribution to ecology.
National park protection in relation to the ecological zonation of a neighbouring human community : an example from northern Peru
Agriculture ; Andes ; Applied ecology ; Community ; Ecosystem ; Environment ; Land use ; National park ; Nature conservation ; Nature park ; Peru ; Resource management ; Vegetation
Empirical data on plants, vegetation types and land-use in different ecological zones of Pataz (Department of La Libertad), Peru, next to Rio Abiseo National Park. Problems of resource extraction by people who live near park boundaries. - (DWG)
Ecological models at regional and global scales, presentation of a cooperative research agenda; Lund - Copenhagen
Africa ; Ecology ; Ecosystem ; Global change ; Model ; Remote sensing ; Sahel ; Scale ; Spatial distribution ; Vegetation dynamics
The objective of this research is to work on a new approach to the development of ecological models where all input parameters can actually be measured on a relevant scale (from regional to global), primarily by means of remote sensing.
The ecosystematical evaluation of different units of landscapes and the distributional pattern of floristical groups and different ecosystems is represented in Ecological Maps with vegetation units. Species diversity, the abundance of species
Environmental conservation ; Germany ; Project ; Urban construction ; Urban development ; Urban ecology ; Urbanism
This essay analyses the experimental building projects of the research field Stadtökologie und umweltgerechtes Bauen (Urban ecology and environmentally compatible building) in the programme Experimenteller Wohnungs- und Städtebau (Experimental house
-building and urban development) and considers whether ecological issues such as soil protection can be adapted to the large scale housing construction which is necessary today. - (L'A.).
Ecological bases, sustainability, and current trends in traditional agriculture in the Venezuelan High Andes
Study of the traditional land use between 3 000 and 4 000 m in the Cordillera de Mérida around Gavidia. Peasant farming here is ecologically sustainable with recuperating fallows, little erosion and high diversity, but it is now obsolete. Even
Agro-ecological zones for planning and research : using Geographic Information System
This paper describes the development and methodology of the International Research Institute's (IRRI) agro-ecological zone model (AEZ). The model is based on data developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. IRRI's AEZ
this of the processes in the ecology of the landscape which change these habitats. The results of this study can be applied to restoration projects, if desired target situation is defined. The technical and sustainable measures for restoration have to be incorporated
Close together and worlds apart: an analysis of changes in the ecology of income in Canadian cities
Canada ; Inner city ; Living standard ; Neighbourhood ; Social status ; Toronto ; Urban area ; Urban ecology ; Urban life ; Urban structure ; Wage inequality
continue to grow in most cities, in a few places these contrasts are overwhelmed by internal diversity and by new clusters of poverty and wealth. The ecology of income is more complex and variable than can be predicted.
The Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP), originally undertaken in the USA to provide consistent, detailed, and statistically valid information on the current status of ecological resources and on long-term trends
Ecology ; Environment ; Fluvial processes ; Forecast;Prediction ; Geomorphology ; Hydraulic works ; Land use ; Model ; Research
After a brief history of fluvial geomorphology, the A. considers the linkages with ecology, engineering, recreation and landuse managers and environmental studies. He outlines the part of modelling and prediction.
Ecological catastrophe ; Environmental degradation ; Extractive industry ; Mine ; Montana ; Pollution ; United States
The A. exposes the geographic myth behind a recent Hollywood film. Unrelenting resource extraction and toxic pollution have turned the Blackfoot River of Western Montana into an ecological disaster. - (DWG)