XI WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS

Antalya, Turkey, 13 to 22 October 1997


VOLUME 2, TOPIC 9


    THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF WATER QUALITY IMPACT ­ A CASE OF FOREST HILL SLOPE IN TAIWAN

    Kouchung J. Lee 1

    Changing land use in watersheds and consequences of this change are described and quantified. The marginal cost of improved management practices in watershed is estimated.

    1 Professor at Department of Forest NTU, Director of Experimental Forest NTU, China's Province of Taiwan. Facsimile: (886 49) 641184; E-mail: ikhung@ms1.hinet.net

    LAND-USE AND DYNAMIC OF ECOSYSTEMS ­ CRITICAL IDEAS AND VIEWS ON THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF MOUNTAIN AREAS

    Wolfgang Weinmeister 1

    Based on ecological criteria, the idea of sustainable mountain development is investigated. Research areas such as energy flux, the dynamic of development (speed), disturbances, demographic developments, natural hazards, land use, influence of economy and recent research fields are dealt with in this paper.

    1 Institute of Torrent and Avalanche Control, University of Bodenkultur, Peter Jordanstr. 82, A-1190 Vienna, Austria. Facsimile: (43 1) 4789177; E-mail: Weinm@edvl.Boku.ac.at



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