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Global Land Outlook
… 124 8 Water Resources 160 9 Biodiversity and Soil 190 10 Energy and Climate 212 11 Urbanization 226 12 Drylands 246 … on rivers, floodplains, and seasonal wetlands.56 Solar and wind farms also require significant land area and, as with … Local farming practices often result in water and wind erosion and other degradation phenomena that, however, …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… necessity product supply (agricultural products, wood energy and water), erosion, sand encroachment and floods. On … and habitation patterns, such as soil erosion caused by wind and/or water, deterioration of the physical, chemical … transpirational cooling (Akbari and Taha, 1992), shade, wind reduction, sequestering of gaseous air pollutants …
Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.
… 6.1.7.4 NWFP Motor Vehicles Ordinance 1965 (Missing) 6.1.8 Energy and Hydroelectric Power 726 6.1.8.1 Sarhad Development … or pollution. Although NWFP legislation governing the energy and hydel sector is relatively recent, the law deals … necessary to protect the land from the erosive action of wind or water or for the development of such area or for the …
Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines
… challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by … the causes and consequences of climate change. Encourage energy efficiency, energy and water conservation, and the … develop facilities for outdoor recreation; and establish wind corridors between high-rise buildings to disperse air …