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This book features research on historical land use and land cover
in the Amur River Basin, which are important not only for residents
there but also for those affected by its material and water cycles.
Land use and land cover are affected by natural and human
interactions over long and short timescales. The authors address
historical changes in the land cover analysis of the Amur. The Amur
region of Russia, land cover change analysis of the Amur, wetland,
and flooding of the Amur provide evidence of land cover change.
Changes of wetland and floodplain sedimentation processes
demonstrate the influences of land cover change on fluvial
environment, which are discussed with geomorphology. Water
chemistry is showing the physical dimension of the geography of the
Amur. The development process of timber harvesting in the
Khabarovsk area and land use dynamics in the twentieth century are
important evidence of development. The Amur poses an essential
question: how can we manage a transboundary watershed without
disturbing terrestrial and marine ecosystems for future
generations? This book provides essential information for
geographers about this relatively unknown region.
Water circulates continuously and seamlessly on Earth with little
regard for the boundaries we draw. There are natural boundaries as
between land and ocean and surface and subsurface environments, as
well as human or demographic boundaries between nations, cultures,
and religions. Although considered necessary by societies, these
human-created boundaries disrupt natural water circulation, leading
to serious water-related environmental problems. The dilemma of how
to manage water beyond our boundaries remains, and nations have
different ways and means of controlling each form of water, whether
as vapor, surface water, groundwater, or seawater. Recent findings
on the interaction of water from land, oceans, and the atmosphere
encourage researchers to undertake collaborative work that goes
beyond the boundaries of each discipline, be it oceanography,
surface and subsurface hydrology, climatology, or glaciology.
Drawing on all these fields, the book focuses on two major
boundaries: that between surface water and ground water, and that
between terrestrial water and ocean water. This comprehensive work
is of great value to experts in academia, international
organizations, consulting firms, water resources, fisheries, and
urban development planning agencies.
Water circulates continuously and seamlessly on Earth with little
regard for the boundaries we draw. There are natural boundaries as
between land and ocean and surface and subsurface environments, as
well as human or demographic boundaries between nations, cultures,
and religions. Although considered necessary by societies, these
human-created boundaries disrupt natural water circulation, leading
to serious water-related environmental problems. The dilemma of how
to manage water beyond our boundaries remains, and nations have
different ways and means of controlling each form of water, whether
as vapor, surface water, groundwater, or seawater. Recent findings
on the interaction of water from land, oceans, and the atmosphere
encourage researchers to undertake collaborative work that goes
beyond the boundaries of each discipline, be it oceanography,
surface and subsurface hydrology, climatology, or glaciology.
Drawing on all these fields, the book focuses on two major
boundaries: that between surface water and ground water, and that
between terrestrial water and ocean water. This comprehensive work
is of great value to experts in academia, international
organizations, consulting firms, water resources, fisheries, and
urban development planning agencies.
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