Problems associated with the unequal water resources of mountainous Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and their low-lying neighbors Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan have at times raised fears of armed conflict.
The growing population threatened Puerto Rico's already fragile economy and quality of life because of the island's rural economy and limited physical resources, including mountainous slopes poorly suited to agriculture.
Rangelands represent one of the most important natural resources in mountainous regions of northern Nepal.
The island is endowed with valuable natural resources (biodiversity, mountainous part, exceptional landscapes, caves etc).. Certain parts of the island (both land and sea parts) are placed among the protected areas of NATURA 2000 (Fig. 2b).
Given the need to consider the cryosphere in water resources management for mountainous regions, the purpose of this paper is to model the daily spatially distributed dynamics of snow covered area (SCA) by using calibrated cellular automata models.
Shaped ash trees, cyclically and rigorously pollarded and pruned, play a role in shaping a cultural landscape that is closely related to livestock production for the better valorization of the rare available resources in this mountainous area.
Local traditions, culture, gastronomy, agriculture, small scale manufacturing, traditional settlements, natural resources of the mountainous part, local products, such as wine and oil, etc. constitute the core of alternative tourist development, strongly connected with the mass coastal tourist poles for reaping the benefits of tourist flows and diffusing local identity values and local products.
Extermination, surrender or flight to France at an early date are the only alternatives left these troops, as they cannot long live on the resources of this meager, mountainous country.
The estimation of daily precipitation and snow water equivalent in mountainous watersheds is essential for water resources management.
The most disadvantaged part of the health workforce are those working in difficult mountainous and rural environments with limited resources coupled with little opportunity to practice to maintain and develop professional competencies and with poor supervision.
