Vulnerability of Land Systems in Asia (PDF)

This book provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview of land
systems vulnerability assessment in Asia - fundamental to the
understanding of the link between global change, environmental
sustainability and human wellbeing. The extent and intensity of
human interactions with the environment have increased
spectacularly since the Industrial Revolution. Thus, the global
change research community and development practitioners
increasingly recognize the need to address the adverse consequences
of changes taking place in the structure and function of the
biosphere and the implications for society. With a focus on
Asia, this book provides an overview of the vulnerability of land
systems and the subsequent multiple stressors in this region. The
book offers a discussion surrounding the potential causal processes
that affect land systems vulnerability and our capacity to cope
with different perturbations. It also identifies factors that help
to integrate vulnerability assessment into policy and
decision-making.

* Addresses the complex issues arising from
human-environment interactions that cannot be satisfactorily
dealt with by core disciplinary methods alone.

* Key coverage of a variety of topics from the
vulnerability of smallholder agriculture and urban systems to the
impact of socioeconomic processes at the sub-regional level.

* Coverage of the causal processes that affect land
systems vulnerability and capacity to cope with different
perturbations are documented.

* Focus on integrating vulnerability assessment into
policies and decision-making

* Includes contributions from leading academics in the
field.