Sustainable land management in marginal mountain areas of the Himalayan region
of the effort to provide food security and sustainable livehoods for such marginal farmers. The International Centre for Integrated Mountains Development's (ICIMOD) afforestation strategies for degraded marginal areas are discussed, with reference to Sikkim
Albacete ; Arid area ; Climate ; Infiltration ; Mediterranean area ; Murcia ; Precipitation ; Rainfall simulation ; Rill wash ; Soil ; Soil erosion ; Soil water ; Spain ; Valencia ; Vegetation ; Water cycle ; Water erosion ; Zoning
The aim of this paper is to quantify the amount of surface water redistribution in 3 areas in Spain (Murcia, Valencia, Albacete) having different climatological characteristics, for a fine spatial scale and temporal scales of 1 yr and 10 yr
. Rainfall simulations experiments were carried out to determine runoff and infiltration characteristics of the bare and vegetated zones. The largest amount of redistribution during these events is found for areas having an intermediate rainfall regime
Chicago ; Enquiry ; Illinois ; Japaneses ; Location ; Multinational firm ; Subsidiary company ; United States of America ; Urban area
This paper aims to explain spatial changes and characteristics of Japanese-affiliated companies in the Chicago metropolitan area based on field and questionnaire research. - (KA)
Agglomeration economies and spatial configurations in rural areas
Agglomeration ; Area of attraction ; Economic activity ; Economies of scale ; Employment area ; France ; Local labour market ; Location ; Rural area ; Rural development ; Spatial equilibrium ; Spatial organization
Periglacial features developed on the exposed lake bottoms of seven lakes that drained rapidly after 1950, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula area, western Arctic coast, Canada
Canada ; Cold area ; Cryoturbation ; Drainage ; Glacial lake ; Ice wedge ; Northwest Territories ; Periglacial features ; Thawing ; Thermokarst ; Underground flow
Arid area ; Australia ; Concept ; Ecosystem ; New South Wales ; Plant cover ; Rill wash ; Semi-arid area ; Slope gradient ; Soil properties ; Vegetation ; Zoning
Vegetation arcs are near parallel bands of denser vegetation aligned perpendicular to slope and separated by barer inter-arc zones. These patterns occur in arid and semi-arid areas of gentle gradient. Similar, but much smaller scale patterns, here
Arid area ; Australia ; Geochemistry ; Infiltration ; New South Wales ; Salt ; Soil ; Soil properties ; Spatial distribution ; Vegetation ; Zoning
and the underlying soil chemical properties; that bare areas have a relatively larger soluble salt concentration compared to the vegetated areas. A model that explains this distribution, and incorporates vegetation, microtopographic and infiltration differences
Application of DEM overlaying technique in surface subsidence identification - a case study in Ruqigou coal mining area of Ningxia, China
subsidence, many techniques have been employed. With the development of GIS techniques, identification of surface subsidence is becoming a relative easy problem. Ruqigou coal mining area was selected as a case study to identify the surface subsidence with DEM
The area around Kleiner Arbersee, part of the highest region of the Bavarian Forest, was investigated to get a better insight of the glaciation of the German Mid-Mountains. After a historical retrospective, a detailed description of the glacial
features including several maps is presented. In addition to several microrelief forms, there are at least 9 Würmian morainic deposits in the accumulation area, 8 cirques with 6 in statu nascendi, and a lot of nivation niches in the erosion area
Landscape evolution of the Gross Brukkaros inselberg area (Southern Namibia) - geomorphological, sedimentological and morphotectonic interpretation of Landsat Thematic Mapper data
Active layer monitoring in two Greenlandic permafrost areas : Zackenberg and Disko Island
Active layer ; Cold area ; Data ; Global change ; Greenland ; Impact ; Interannual variability ; Nivation hollow ; Permafrost ; Polar region ; Thawing ; Years 1990-99