Environmental Change and the Social Response in the Amur River Basin

This book features research on historical land use/ land cover in the Amur River which are important not only for residents in the river basin but also for those affected by its material and water cycles. Land use/land cover are affected by natural and human interactions over long and short time scales. The authors address historical changes in the land cover analysis of the Amur. Amur region of Russia, land cover change analysis of the Amur, wet land and flooding in the Amur provide evidence of land cover change. Changes of wetland and floodplain sedimentation processes demonstrates the influences of land cover change on fluvial environment discussed with geomorphology. Water chemistry is showing physical dimension of geography of the Amur. The Development process of timber harvesting in the Khabarovsk and land use dynamics in the 20th century are important development evidences. The Amur poses an essential question: how can we manage a transboundary watershed without disturbing terrestrial and marine ecosystems for future generations? This book provides essential information for geographers about this relatively unknown region.