The Carpathians: Integrating Nature and Society Towards Sustainability

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<U+0019> value for European society and strengthened resear...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kozak, Jacek. (Editor), Ostapowicz, Katarzyna. (Editor), Bytnerowicz, Andrzej. (Editor), Wy|ga, BartBomiej. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Environmental Science and Engineering, Environmental Engineering,
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12725-0
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 Stonv̀ka 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 (Sk̕fQkt͠ 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.