Environmental Sustainability in the Mediterranean Region : Challenges and Solutions / edited by Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira, Georgia Destouni, Zahra Kalantari

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Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Buch (Online)Sprache: Englisch Reihen: Springer GeographyVerlag: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2024Verlag: Cham : Imprint: Springer, 2024Auflage: 1st ed. 2024Beschreibung: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 268 p. 54 illus., 50 illus. in color.)ISBN:

9783031645037

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304.2 23

DOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-64503-7Online-Ressourcen:

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Zusammenfassung: Part 1: Environmental Status and Challenges -- 1. Socio-economic trends and implications for land-use changes -- 2. Changing dynamics of cropland and driving forces in the Mediterranean region -- 3. Past, present and future climates in the Mediterranean region -- 4. Water resources and water security in the Mediterranean region -- 5. Current status of land degradation in the Mediterranean region -- 6. Drivers and future trends in soil degradation in the Mediterranean region -- Part 2: Solutions for mitigation and adaptation -- 7. Multi-disciplinary systems analysis for water security in the Mediterranean region – Examples and Lessons from theory and practice -- 8. Sustaining soil resources in the Mediterranean region: From principles to practice -- 9. Towards achieving water and food security in the Mediterranean region -- 10. Forest management and restoration of degraded areas -- 11. Management and restoration of the Mediterranean coastal areas -- 12. Sustainable transformation in cities: Regenerating urban areas through nature-based solutions -- 13. Governance and partnership for sustainable development in land and water management in the Mediterranean region.Zusammenfassung: The book provides a cross sectoral assessment of the most relevant environmental challenges in the Mediterranean region, including land and water degradation, water and food security, and solution opportunities for these. It also discusses main change drivers, such as changes in climate, land use, population, demographics and technology. Additionally, the book explores improved management, participatory planning, and nature-based strategies and measures for meeting the key environmental challenges, e.g. restoring degraded areas and improving land management in different land uses (e.g. forest, coastal and urban areas). Finally, the book addresses needs and opportunities to improve governance and partnerships for assuring sustainable development in the Mediterranean region.PPN: PPN: 1902234480Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-SEB | ZDB-2-EES | ZDB-2-SXEE

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