Environmental Change and the Social Response in the Amur River Basin

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Amur Region of Russia—Natural Resources, Population and Economy

   • Petre Y. Baklanov, Anatoly V. Moshkov

   Pages 1-35

3. Land-Cover Change and Climate Change Analysis of the Amur River Basin Using Remote Sensing Data

   • Yoshitaka Masuda, Shigeko Haruyama, Akihiko Kondo

   Pages 37-66

4. Wetland and Flooding in the Amur River Basin

   • Mizue Murooka, Shigeko Haruyama

   Pages 67-89

5. Changes in Wetland and Floodplain Sedimentation Processes in the Middle Reach of the Amur River Basin

   • Kotaro Yamagata, Shigeko Haruyama, Mizue Murooka, Dexuan Wang

   Pages 91-103

6. Water Chemistry of the Middle Amur River

   • Seiya Nagao, Baixing Yan, Vladimir I. Kim, Vladimir P. Shesterkin, Svetlana I. Leveshina, Muneoki Yoh et al.

   Pages 105-127

7. Droughts in North Eurasia and Climate Warming: Regional Changes and Consequences

   • Valeria V. Popova, Alexandr N. Zolotokrylin, Elena A. Cherenkova, Tatyana B. Titkova

   Pages 129-148

8. Geographical Information System for the Amur River Basin

   • Viktor V. Ermoshin

   Pages 149-176

9. Characteristics of Irrigation and Drainage Development on the Sanjiang Plain: A Case Study of State Farms

   • Hong Park

   Pages 177-201

10. Developments of Sino-Russo Timber Trade in the Amur River Basin, with Special Reference to the Transition Period During 1995–2005

    • Masanobu Yamane

    Pages 203-216

11. Development Process of Timber Harvesting in the Khabarovsk Region, Russian Federation

    • Hiroaki Kakizawa

    Pages 217-230

12. Land-Use Dynamics in the Amur River Basin in the Twentieth Century: Main Tendencies, Driving Forces and Environmental Consequences

    • Natalia V. Mishina

    Pages 231-262

This book features research on historical land use and land cover in the Amur River Basin, which are important not only for residents there but also for those affected by its material and water cycles. Land use and land cover are affected by natural and human interactions over long and short timescales. The authors address historical changes in the land cover analysis of the Amur. The Amur region of Russia, land cover change analysis of the Amur, wetland, and flooding of the Amur provide evidence of land cover change. Changes of wetland and floodplain sedimentation processes demonstrate the influences of land cover change on fluvial environment, which are discussed with geomorphology. Water chemistry is showing the physical dimension of the geography of the Amur. The development process of timber harvesting in the Khabarovsk area and land use dynamics in the twentieth century are important evidence of development. 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.

• Amur River Basin
• Environmental Change
• Governance of River Basin Management
• Land Cover Change
• Remote Sensing and GIS
• Environmental Geography

• Mie University, Mie, Japan

  Shigeko Haruyama

• Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

  Takayuki Shiraiwa

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