Monitoring and modelling dynamic environments /
[edited by] Alan P Dykes, Mark Mulligan and John Wainwright.
- West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, [2016]
- 1 online resource.
Includes index.
""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""List of contributors""; ""About the editors""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction � Understanding and managing landscape change through multiple lenses: The case for integrative research in an era of global change""; ""Monitoring, modelling and management""; ""Aims, purpose and structure of this book""; ""References""; ""Part A""; ""Chapter 2 Assessment of soil erosion through different experimental methods in the Region of Murcia (South-East Spain)""; ""Introduction"" ""Soil erosion experimental methods and results obtained in the Region of Murcia""""Discussion""; ""Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3 Shrubland as a soil and water conservation agent in Mediterranean-type ecosystems: The Sierra de Enguera study site contribution ""; ""Introduction""; ""Methods""; ""Results""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4 Morphological and vegetation variations in response to flow events in rambla channels of SE Spain ""; ""Introduction""; ""Background and methods""; ""Results"" ""Discussion""""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5 Stability and instability in Mediterranean landscapes: A geoarchaeological perspective""; ""Introduction""; ""SIC in landscape evolution""; ""Mediterranean geoarchaeology""; ""Modelling the emergence of SIC""; ""Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6 Desertification indicator system for Mediterranean Europe: Science, stakeholders and public dissemination of research results""; ""Introduction""; ""DESERTLINKS and DIS4ME""; ""Indicator database""; ""Different indicators for different issues"" ""Combining indicators into an index of desertification""""Stakeholder participation in the development of DIS4ME""; ""Conclusions and applications of the DIS4ME approach""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7 Geobrowser-based simulation models for land degradation policy support ""; ""Introduction""; ""PSSs""; ""A timeline of models for understanding Mediterranean land degradation""; ""The State of the Art (2011)""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 8 Application of strategic environmental assessment to the Rift Valley Lakes Basin master plan""; ""Introduction"" ""Approach""""Environmental and social characteristics of the RVLB""; ""Constraints on agricultural development in the RVLB""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""Chapter 9 Modelling hydrological processes in long-term water supply planning: Current methods and future needs ""; ""Introduction""; ""Hydrological requirements for water supply planning""; ""Current approaches to hydrological modelling in water supply planning""; ""Improving hydrological representation""; ""Conclusions: Improving decision-making in water resources planning""
The Times (Obituaries, 4 August 2008) reported that "John Thornes was one of the most eminent and influential physical geographers of his generation." John's keen interest in understanding landform processes and evolution was furthered through a variety of methods and informed across a range of disciplinary boundaries. In particular he pushed for better integration of monitoring, theoretical and simulation modelling, field and laboratory experimentation and remote sensing techniques. Although dominated by an interest in the Mediterranean region and problems of land degradation, his research a.