Includes bibliographical references and index.

Land systems vulnerability / Ademola K. Braimoh, He Qing Huang -- Drought and extreme climate stress on human-environment systems in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia / Troy Sternberg -- Vulnerability and resilience of the Mongolian pastoral social-ecological systems to multiple stressors / Dennis Ojima, Togtokh Chuluun and Myagmarsuren Altanbagana -- Vulnerability of pastoral communities in central Mongolia to climate and land-use changes / Togtokh Chuluun, Myagmarsuren Altanbagana, S. Davaanyam, B. Tserenchunt and Dennis Ojima -- Vulnerability to drought in Middle Inner Mongolia of China / Xiaoqian Liu, Yanglin Wang, He Yin and Ademola K. Braimoh -- Vulnerability of agriculture to climate change in arid regions-a case study of western Rajasthan, India / R.B. Singh, Ajay Kumar -- Dendrogeomorphological and sedimentological analysis of debris flows hazards in the northern Zailiiskiy Alatau, Tien Shan Mountains, Kazakhstan / Vanessa Winchester, David G. Passmore, Stephan Harrison, Alaric Rae, Igor Severskiy and Nina V. Pimankina -- Using the conversion of land use and its effects (clue-s) model to simulate land-cover change in montane mainland Southeast Asia / Jefferson Fox, John B. Vogler, Omer L. Sen, Alan L. Ziegler and Thomas W. Giambelluca -- Land-use change and its impacts on agricultural productivity in China / Huimin Yan, He Qing Huang, Xiangzheng Deng and Jiyuan Liu -- Long term land-cover change in Amur River Basin / Shigeko Haruyama, Yoshitaka Masuda and Akihiko Kondoh -- Simulating land-use change in China from a global perspective / Xuefeng Cui, Mark Rounsevell, Yuan Jiang, Muyi Kang, Paul Palmer, Wen Chen and Terence Dawson -- Sustainable land use planning in west Asia using microleis decision support system / Farzin Shahbazi, Maria Anaya-Romero, Ademola K. Braimoh and Diego De La Rosa -- Impacts of agricultural land change on biodiversity and ecosystem services in Kahayan watershed, central Kalimantan / Joeni S. Rahajoe, Laode Alham, Eko Baroto Walujo, Suwido H. Limin, Mazhenchery S. Suneetha, Ademola K. Braimoh and Takashi Kohyama -- Spatio-temporal evolution of urban structure in Shanghai / Wenze Yue, Peilei Fan and Jiaguo Qi -- Governing ecosystem services from upland watersheds in Southeast Asia / Louis Lebel and Rajesh Daniel -- Socio-economic impacts of a wetland restoration program in China's Poyang lake region / Fen Li, Lin Zhen, Heqing Huang, Yunjie Wei, Li Yang and Sandra Uthes -- China's sloping land conversion program : are the farmers paid enough? / Shubhechchha Thapa, Xing Lu and Ademola K. Braimoh -- Community based peat land management through land preparation without fire to reduce green house gas emission / Bambang Hero Saharjo -- Structuring climate finance for adaptation measures in vulnerable ecosystems : lessons from India / A. Damodaran -- Scientific uncertainty and policy-making : how can communications contribute to a better marriage in the global arena? / Gabriela Litre -- Planning for resilience : the quest of learning and adaptation / Fernando Teigao dos Santos -- Conclusion / He Qing Huang and Ademola K. Braimoh.

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