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This book presents a new approach to heritage, linking it to territory and sustainable development. This new approach entails a broader, integrated view of heritage values on the one hand, and on the other a shift in emphasis from their protection to their valorisation. In short, it provides a view of the joint workings of natural and cultural resources, and, as a consequence, moving away from a protection point of view in favour of a perspective on their suitable sustainable valorisation. In the viewpoint taken here, sustainability is understood as the balance and long-term preservation and enhancement of such natural and cultural resources and processes in a given territory. Territorial He...
This book presents a new approach, which entails a broader, integrated view of heritage values on the one hand, and on the other a shift in emphasis from their protection to their valorisation. Territorial Heritage and Development includes contributions from different disciplines (geography, architecture, planning, sociology, environmental studies and archaeology), and is valuable to academics and policy-makers in Geography, Architecture, Planning and Sociology.
Insect and disease issues are often specific to the Mediterranean forest systems rather than shared with the temperate forests. In addition to the specific native insects and diseases, the forests are subject to the invasion of exotic species. The forests are also at risk from high degrees of human activity, including changing patterns of forest fires, land management activities, intensive plantation forestry using introduced timber species from other Mediterranean climate zones, and atmospheric deposition. Combined with elements of global climate change that may disproportionately affect Mediterranean climate systems, this creates a number of significant management issues that are unique to the Mediterranean forests. It is our goal that the information contained in this volume will contribute to understanding the unique aspects of Mediterranean forest systems and to protecting these critical resources.
By providing multiple economic goods and ecosystem services, Latin American forests play a key role in the environmental, social and economic welfare of the region’s countries. From the tropical forests of Central America to the Mediterranean and temperate vegetation of the southern cone, these forests face a myriad of phytosanitary problems that negatively impact on both conservation efforts and forest industry. This book brings together the perspectives of several Latin American researchers on pest and disease management. Each chapter provides modern views of the status and management alternatives to problems as serious as the impact of introduced exotic insects and diseases on Pinus and Eucalyptus plantations throughout the continent, and the emergence of novel insect outbreaks in tropical and temperate native forests associated with global warming. It is a valuable guide for researchers and practitioners working on forest health in Latin America and around the world.
A más de diez años de la creación de «Los Ríos» como nueva región, el desarrollo del territorio en esta parte del sur del país se ha visto expuesto a positivos cambios, tales como un mayor acceso a recursos y al control de la gestión. No obstante, se aprecian también estancamientos en diversas materias que demandan un constante seguimiento y mejoras a la planificación territorial. En la búsqueda de un desarrollo sustentable que permita una alianza virtuosa entre el sector público, privado y la ciudadanía —en armonía con los recursos naturales y el cuidado del medioambiente—, la Universidad Austral de Chile ha jugado un rol preponderante al favorecer la generación de biene...
The capacity of mixed forests to mitigate climate change effects by increasing resilience and lowering risks is pinpointed as an opportunity to highlight the role of tree species rich forests as part of complex socio-ecological systems. This book updates and presents the state-of-the-art of mixed forest performance in terms of regeneration, growth, yield and delivery of ecosystem services. Examples from more than 20 countries in Europe, North Africa and South America provide insights on the interplay between structure and functionining, stability, silviculture and optimization of management of this type of forests. The book also analyses the role of natural mixed forests and mixed plantations in the delivery of ecosystem services and the best modelling strategy to study mixed forest dynamics. The book is intended to serve as a reference tool for students, researchers and professionals concerned about the management of mixed forests in a context of social and environmental change.
Las bibliotecas definen a sus dueños y a los libros. Como en los estratos geológicos de un yacimiento, permiten ir desenterrando los restos de todos nuestros particulares naufragios. Pero, sobre todo, los libros poseen una sorprendente capacidad colonizadora y como un ejército victorioso ganan los altillos, los aparadores o las cestas de mimbre donde duermen los gatos. Podremos deshacernos de muchos, pero hay libros indispensables que nos obligan a poseerlos, a conservarlos para hojearlos de vez en cuando, tocarlos, apretarlos bajo el brazo, o de los que es imposible desprenderse porque contienen fragmentos del mapa del tesoro.
El proceso de migración digital desde la Sociedad de la Información a la actual Sociedad Red aparenta constituirse en un hecho consumado, que con más de una década de historia merece un análisis reflexivo sobre los diversos cambios que han ido modificando nuestro comportamiento social, modo de ser y de representación cultural en los inicios del siglo XXI. Doce destacados autores especialistas en teoría y praxis de la comunicación y sociedad, son invitados en esta obra compilada por Serrano y Salvat -quienes a su vez suman artículos propios- para ahondar en una reflexión interdisciplinar que da cuenta de cómo la digitalización ha rizomatizado la estructura de la información, y po...
This volume contains 117 reviewed papers from over 30 countries, published in English, French and Spanish, which reflect both international dimension of FRIEND and the key challenges facing hydrologists in the 21st century.
El pensamiento y testimonio de Ítalo Caorsi, señala Esteban Rodríguez, es “una luz en la zona de penumbra en que los académicos, los científicos y los formadores de hombres vivimos hoy (…) un proyecto de vida admirable, capaz de iluminar a cada ser humano en sus deseos, decisiones y proyecciones”. Su legado es tangible en la creación del servicio de Anatomía Patológica del Hospital Base de Valdivia y también de la Universidad Austral de Chile, con especial énfasis en su Facultad de Medicina. Se extiende asimismo a notables avances en el desarrollo de su especialidad médica, reconocida en innumerables ocasiones a nivel nacional e internacional, destacando por ejemplo la conde...