Land Use/Cover Change and Its Eco-environmental Responses in Nepal: An Overview
Nepal is a typical mountain country. Its eco-environment has been reported highly sensitive to land use/cover change (LUCC) related to human activities, natural disasters, and climate change. This book collected joint studies from both China and Nepal sci
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Land Use/Cover Change and Its Eco-environmental Responses in Nepal: An Overview Ainong Li and Wei Deng
Abstract Nepal is a typical mountain country. Its eco-environment has been reported highly sensitive to land use/cover change (LUCC) related to human activities, natural disasters, and climate change. This book collected joint studies from both China and Nepal scientists, and concluded the issue of eco-environmental responses to LUCC in Nepal from different aspects, including LUCC spatial-temporal pattern, eco-environmental changes, livelihood and adaptation, and mountain geo-hazards. It is supported by the China-Nepal Joint Research Center for Geography and the regional science and technology cooperation framework such as the cooperation agreements signed by Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment (IMHE), Chinese Academy of Sciences with Tribhuvan University (TU), and International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). It should be a valuable and comprehensive literature for scientific community and local government to support the land resources use, environment security protection as well as the decision making for sustainable development in Nepal. Keywords Mountain
LUCC Eco-environment Livelihood Geo-hazard
In general, land use/cover pattern is an outcome of natural and socioeconomic factors and their utilization by man in time and space. Information on land use/cover is essential for the selection, planning and implementation of land use schemes to meet the increasing demands for basic human needs and welfare, but also plays an important role on land surface eco-environment variation, which would directly influence
A. Li (&) Research Center for Digital Mountain and Remote Sensing Application, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China e-mail: [email protected] W. Deng Research Center for Mountain Development, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017 A. Li et al. (eds.), Land Cover Change and Its Eco-environmental Responses in Nepal, Springer Geography, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-2890-8_1
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ecosystem services. Therefore, quantitatively obtaining land use/cover change (LUCC) information is very essential for better understanding of landscape dynamic during a known period to achieve sustainable managements. Usually, LUCC is a widespread and accelerating process, not only closely associated with human activities, but also directly or indirectly influenced by terrestrial ecosystems, which in turn drive changes that would impact natural ecosystem, such as the impacts on land surface processes related to surface energy exchange, water cycle, and mass transfer. Meanwhile, it has been pointed out that LUCC is highly associated with the occurrences of geo-hazards, such as debris flow and landslides in the mountainous areas, which greatly threats the life and property of local people. Many sustainable d
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