Study of Ecological Engineering of Human Settlements

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianfeng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Engineering ◽  
Human Settlements

The Global Report on Human Settlements

1988 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 519-520
Author(s):  
Maurice Kirk
Keyword(s):  
Human Settlements

:Structure and Meaning in Human Settlements

2007 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 202-204
Author(s):  
EDWARD SWENSON
Keyword(s):  
Human Settlements

NOTES ON THE PLACE NAMES OF KOSTROMA REGION

2020 ◽  
pp. 93-98
Author(s):  
V.P. Shulhach
Keyword(s):  
Place Names ◽  
Human Settlements

The paper discusses the etymology of the place names of Kostroma region. The author focuses on the most productive and archaic models of word building of the names of human settlements. Analyzed are also certain formally modified place names that are of interest from the phonetic and etymologic perspectives.

Technology in Architecture – Low Energy Building versus Green and Sustainable Building

2013 ◽  
Vol 649 ◽  
pp. 207-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Bielek ◽  
Boris Bielek ◽  
Juraj Híreš
Keyword(s):  
Green Building ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Energy Technology ◽  
Human Settlements ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Human Economy ◽  
Target Program ◽  
Transitional Phase ◽  
Entire Economy

Interaction - society, ecology and energy. Technology and its three principal areas in society represented by industry, transportation and human settlements. Human settlements and architecture as a symbiosis of function, aesthetics, technology and economics. The criterion of the art in architecture expressed by system link Building - Climate - Energy. New value relationships in the human economy. Transformation of the material sector, energy sector and the entire economy. Low-energy building of today. Green building as an important transitional phase to the target program of sustainable future building.

scholarly journals Agroforestry Systems of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: Land Use for Biocultural Diversity Conservation

Land ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Mariana Vallejo ◽  
M. Isabel Ramírez ◽  
Alejandro Reyes-González ◽  
Jairo López-Sánchez ◽  
Alejandro Casas
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Agroforestry Systems ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Biocultural Diversity ◽  
Semiarid Region ◽  
Agricultural Land Use ◽  
Visual Interpretation ◽  
Natural Ecosystems ◽  
Human Settlements

The Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico, is the semiarid region with the richest biodiversity of North America and was recently recognized as a UNESCO's World Heritage site. Original agricultural practices remain to this day in agroforestry systems (AFS), which are expressions of high biocultural diversity. However, local people and researchers perceive a progressive decline both in natural ecosystems and AFS. To assess changes in location and extent of agricultural land use, we carried out a visual interpretation of very-high resolution imagery and field work, through which we identified AFS and conventional agricultural systems (CAS) from 1995 to 2003 and 2012. We analyzed five communities, representative of three main ecological and agricultural zones of the region. We assessed agricultural land use changes in relation to conspicuous landscape features (relief, rivers, roads, and human settlements). We found that natural ecosystems cover more than 85% of the territory in each community, and AFS represent 51% of all agricultural land. Establishment and permanence of agricultural lands were strongly influenced by gentle slopes and the existence of roads. Contrary to what we expected, we recorded agricultural areas being abandoned, thus favoring the regeneration of natural ecosystems, as well as a 9% increase of AFS over CAS. Agriculture is concentrated near human settlements. Most of the studied territories are meant to preserve natural ecosystems, and traditional AFS practices are being recovered for biocultural conservation.

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