Sustainable Land Use in Mountainous Regions of Southeast Asia Meeting the Challenges of Ecological, Socio-Economic and Cultural Diversity - Heidhüs, Franz J.; Herrmann, Ludger; Neef, Andreas; Neidhart, Sybille; Pape, Jens.; Sruamsiri, Pittaya; Thu, Dao Chau.; Vallé Zarate, Anne.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2007)
Sustainable Resource Management in the Highlands -- Variability of Soil Resources in Northern Thailand -- Water Allocation and Management in Northern Thailand: The Case of Mae Sa Watershed -- The Environmental Fate of Agro-Chemicals: A Case Study in the Mae Sa Noi Watershed -- Biodiversity and Landscape Structure: Challenges for Insect Management Strategies in Lychee Orchards in the Mountains of Northern Thailand -- Synthesis: Constraints to Sustainable Use of Soil and Water in the Northern Thailand Highlands and Consequences for Future Research -- Sustainable Fruit Production and Processing Systems -- Stabilisation of Fruit Production by Optimised Plant Nutrition -- Strategies for Flower Induction to Improve Orchard Productivity: From Compensation of Alternate Bearing to Off-Season Fruit Production -- The Plant-Physiological Basis of Flower Induction in the Control of Fruit Production -- Alternative Techniques for Water-Saving Irrigation and Optimised Fertigation in Fruit Production in Northern Thailand -- The Control of Postharvest Ripening Processes and its Implications for the Productivity of Mango Processing -- Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Lychee Processing -- Synthesis: Food Safety, Productivity and Environmental Awareness as Key Objectives in Sustainable Fruit Production and Processing Systems -- Livestock Production Systems -- The Contribution of Livestock to Sustainable Development of Mountain Farming in Northern Vietnam -- Suitability of Local and Improved Pig Breeds for Different Smallholder Production Conditions -- Local Livestock Genetic Resources in Northern Vietnam -- Genetic Diversity of Vietnamese Pig Breeds -- A Survey of Selected Livestock Parasites in Son La -- Synthesis -- Farm Economics and Marketing Dynamics in Support of Sustainability -- The Impact of Family Decision-Making on Sustainable Rural Livelihoods -- Sustainability of Mountainous Farming Systems -- Sustainable Farming Systems Planning Using Goal Programming in Northern Thailand -- Fresh Longan Marketing and Reference Market: A Case of Longan Grown in Northern Thailand -- Interregional Trade Flows and Market Stability -- Synthesis -- Institutional Framework for Sustainable Land Use -- Resource Tenure and Sustainable Land Management - Case Studies from Northern Vietnam and Northern Thailand -- Sustainable and Less Sustainable Developments in the Rural Financial Market of Northern Vietnam -- Participatory Research for Sustainable Development in Vietnam and Thailand: From a Static to an Evolving Concept -- State Administration and Local Networks: The Case of Pang Ma Pha District, Northern Thailand -- Synthesis, Conclusions and Implications for Institutional Development and Future Research -- Conclusion and Outlook -- Conclusions and Outlook.
Keywords: Geoecology; Environmental geology; Environmental management; Physical geography; Agriculture; Ecology .; Nature conservation; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Environmental Management; Physical Geography; Agriculture; Ecology; Nature Conservation