Monitoring Diffuse Impacts: Australian Tourism Developments.

abstract：:Biodiversity offsets are increasingly being used for securing biodiversity conservation outcomes as part of sustainable economic development to compensate for the residual unavoidable impacts of projects. Two recent New Zealand examples of biodiversity offsets are reviewed-while both are positive for biodiversity cons...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Norton DA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substantial advances have been made in our understanding of the movement of species, including processes such as dispersal and migration. This knowledge has the potential to improve decisions about biodiversity policy and management, but it can be difficult for decision makers to readily access and integrate the growi...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Barton PS,Lentini PE,Alacs E,Bau S,Buckley YM,Burns EL,Driscoll DA,Guja LK,Kujala H,Lahoz-Monfort JJ,Mortelliti A,Nathan R,Rowe R,Smith AL

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The innovative approach to the protection and management of water resources at the basin scale introduced by the European Union water framework directive (WFD) requires new scientific tools. WFD implementation also requires the participation of many stakeholders (administrators, farmers and citizens) with the aim of i...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Bocchi S,La Rosa D,Pileri P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water is an abundant resource worldwide, but fresh and clean water is scarce in many areas of the world. Increases in water consumption and climate change will affect global water security even further in the near future. With increasing numbers of people living in metropolitan areas, water, energy, and materials need...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： van Leeuwen K,de Vries E,Koop S,Roest K

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this article is to apply fuzzy set and interpolation techniques for land suitability evaluation for maize in Northern Ghana. Land suitability indices were computed at point observations using the Semantic Import (SI) model, whereas spatial interpolation was carried out by block kriging. Interpolated l...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Braimoh AK,Vlek PL,Stein A

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The environmental impacts of ski resorts in the Balkan region are great and can lead to landscape degradation and loss of land functionality. In this study, we present an example of the negative effects of human activities at the Stara Planina ski resort in southeastern Serbia. The objective of this study is detailed ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Ristić R,Kašanin-Grubin M,Radić B,Nikić Z,Vasiljević N

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Poland of the 1990s, urban demand for housing land around city agglomerations increased rapidly. The decreasing profitability of agricultural production also caused farmers to become interested in the sale of agricultural land for nonagricultural purposes, and new land legislation granted them the right to sell the...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Wasilewski A,Krukowski K

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indicators of the environmental sustainability of biofuel production, distribution, and use should be selected, measured, and interpreted with respect to the context in which they are used. The context of a sustainability assessment includes the purpose, the particular biofuel production and distribution system, polic...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Efroymson RA,Dale VH,Kline KL,McBride AC,Bielicki JM,Smith RL,Parish ES,Schweizer PE,Shaw DM

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community involvement is fundamental to the management of multijurisdictional river basins but, in practice, is very difficult to achieve. The Murray-Darling basin, in Australia, and the Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia are both cooperatively managed multijurisdictional river basins where the management authoritie...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Chenoweth JL,Ewing SA,Bird JF

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of institutional interplay (i.e., the interaction between institutions) is critical if the challenges to multilevel governance are to be better understood and addressed. Drawing on the literature on institutional interplay, this paper develops an analytical approach to examine challenges to multilevel coas...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Gonçalves LR,Fidelman P,Turra A,Young O

更新日期：2020-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:/ Describing patterns in the landscape and interpreting the effects of these patterns on flora, fauna, and other factors has been of long-standing interest. Many descriptors have been developed, and these aggregate factors into a single index. The identical numerical result for a multifactor index can be attained by u...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： GILES JR RH,TRANI MK

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ In southern Bahia, Brazil, the traditional cocoa agroecosystem with a dense shade canopy of native trees is now recognized as a secondary conservation route for highly endangered Atlantic Rainforest species. This "chocolate forest" of the densely shaded farms persists despite a massive 20-year Brazilian government m...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： JOHNS ND

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As conservation increases its emphasis on implementing change at landscape-level scales, multi-agency, cross-boundary, and multi-stakeholder networks become more important. These elements complicate traditional notions of learning. To investigate this further, we examined structures of learning in the Landscape Conser...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Petersen B,Montambault J,Koopman M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The estimated cost of repairing damage caused to recreational sites annually is in the hundreds of millions of dollars. These depreciative activities also reduce the quality of visitors' experiences in the damaged areas. Indirect methods, such as visitor education through brochures and signs, continue to be the least ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Winter PL,Sagarin BJ,Rhoads K,Barrett DW,Cialdini RB

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vulnerability assessment is considered an effective tool in establishing monitoring networks required for controlling potential pollution. The aim of this work is to propose a new integrated methodology to assess actual and forecasted groundwater vulnerability by including land-use change impact on groundwater quality...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Lima ML,Zelaya K,Massone H

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biodiversity of many Brazilian rivers is seriously threatened by industrial and municipal pollution, and Rio Paraiba do Sul, located between two major industrial centers is one example of this situation. A survey of the fish assemblage was conducted from October 1998 to September 1999 and the data were used to dev...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Araujo FG,Fichberg I,Pinto BC,Peixoto MG

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was aimed at determining, under field conditions, early interactions between planted cypress seedlings and their associated shrubs in a mesic area of Andean Patagonia and, in a nursery, the effects of increasing light availability on cypress performance when soil water was not a limiting factor. The field e...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Pafundi L,Urretavizcaya MF,Defossé GE

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implementing effective conservation requires an understanding of factors affecting deforestation and forest degradation. Previous studies have investigated factors affecting deforestation, while few studies have examined the determinants of both of deforestation and forest degradation for more than one period. To addr...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Htun NZ,Mizoue N,Yoshida S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ Much information is available on changes that occur in natural resources from both spatially-explicit data on environmental conditions and models of the interactions of these conditions and resources with human activities. The strategy for assessing land-use impacts on natural resources developed in this paper provi...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Dale VH,KING AW,MANN LK,WASHINGTON-ALLEN RA,McCORD RA

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rehabilitated riparian zones in agricultural landscapes enhance environmental integrity and provide environmental services such as carbon (C) sequestration. This study quantified differences in organic matter input, soil biochemical characteristics, and soil respiration in a 25-year-old rehabilitated (RH), grass (GRS)...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Oelbermann M,Raimbault BA,Gordon AM

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent article in Environmental Management by All argued that flood flows in North America's Colorado River do not reach the Gulf of California because they are captured and evaporated in Laguna Salada, a below sea-level lakebed near the mouth of the river. We refute this hypothesis by showing that (1) due to its li...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Glenn EP,Flessa KW,Cohen MJ,Nagler PL,Rowell K,Zamora-Arroyo F

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With 207 million ha of forest covering 22% of its land area, China ranks fifth in the world in forest area. Rapid economic growth, climate change, and forest disturbances pose new, complex challenges for forest research and management. Progress in meeting these challenges is relevant beyond China, because China's fore...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： He HS,Shifley SR,Thompson FR 3rd

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial lighting along coastlines poses a significant threat to marine turtles due to the importance of light for their natural orientation at the nesting beach. Effective lighting management requires widespread support and participation, yet engaging the public with light reduction initiatives is difficult because...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kamrowski RL,Sutton SG,Tobin RC,Hamann M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroelectric dams represent major investments and major sources of environmental and social impacts. Powerful forces surround the decision-making process on public investments in the various options for the generation and conservation of electricity. Brazil's proposed Belo Monte Dam (formerly Kararaô) and its upstrea...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Fearnside PM

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the precision and accuracy of the Trimble GeoXTtrade mark global positioning system (GPS) handheld receiver on point and area features and compared estimates of stream habitat dimensions (e.g., lengths and areas of riffles and pools) that were made in three different Oklahoma streams using the GPS receiver a...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Dauwalter DC,Fisher WL,Belt KC

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a model for assessing the impact and interactions of stressors in the ecosystem of Lake Koronia, based on fuzzy inference, is presented in this paper. The proposed fuzzy inference model assesses the synergistic interactions among several significant stressors on fish production. These stressors incl...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Ioannidou IA,Paraskevopoulos S,Tzionas P

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ Geomorphologically derived river styles provide an integrative framework for examining the interactions of biophysical processes in rivers throughout a drainage basin. Nine styles of river character and behavior are identified in Bega catchment, on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. Headwater streams abo...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Brierley GJ,Fryirs K

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Applications of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model typically involve delineation of a watershed into subwatersheds/subbasins that are then further subdivided into hydrologic response units (HRUs) which are homogeneous areas of aggregated soil, landuse, and slope and are the smallest modeling units used wi...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Teshager AD,Gassman PW,Secchi S,Schoof JT,Misgna G

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zoning and applying Limits of Acceptable Change (LAC) are two promising strategies for managing tourism in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Typically, these management strategies require the collection and integration of ecological and socioeconomic data. This problem is illustrated by a case study of Koh Chang National...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Roman GS,Dearden P,Rollins R

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental study was conducted in Tillamook, Oregon, USA, to quantify the effectiveness of edge-of-field vegetated buffers for reducing transport of fecal coliform bacteria (FCB) from agricultural fields amended with dairy cow manure. Installation of vegetated buffers on loamy soils dramatically reduced the bacte...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Sullivan TJ,Moore JA,Thomas DR,Mallery E,Snyder KU,Wustenberg M,Wustenberg J,Mackey SD,Moore DL

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00