Environmental impact evaluation model for industrial processes.

abstract：:Visitor use surveys and water quality data indicates that high visitor use levels of two rivers in Puerto Rico does not appear to adversely affect several water quality parameters. Optimum visitor use to maximize visitor defined satisfaction is a more constraining limit on visitor use than water quality. Our multiple ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Santiago LE,Gonzalez-Caban A,Loomis J

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Denitrification is a critical biogeochemical process that results in the conversion of nitrate to volatile products, and thus is a major route of nitrogen loss from terrestrial environments. Riparian buffers are an important management tool that is widely utilized to protect water from non-point source pollution. Howe...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Wu L,Osmond DL,Graves AK,Burchell MR,Duckworth OW

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We critically evaluate some of the key ecological assumptions underpinning the use of nutrient replacement as a means of recovering salmon populations and a range of other organisms thought to be linked to productive salmon runs. These assumptions include: (1) nutrient mitigation mimics the ecological roles of salmon,...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Collins SF,Marcarelli AM,Baxter CV,Wipfli MS

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to understand the vulnerability of the water management system in south Florida and to determine the resilience and robustness of greater Everglades restoration plans under future climate change. The current climate models, at both global and regional scales, are not ready to deliver specific climatic ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Obeysekera J,Barnes J,Nungesser M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ Aliaga town, located 50 km north of Izmir, Turkey, is facing serious air, water, and soil pollution problems of industrial origin. The town has had a widespread public reaction against the estimated environmental effects of a 500 MW power plant originally to be built by a private international company during the fir...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Müezzinoglu A

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dominant environmental determinants of aquatic communities have been a persistent topic for many years. Interactions between natural and anthropogenic characteristics within the aquatic environment influence fish communities in complex ways that make the effect of a single characteristic difficult to ascertain. Re...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Schnier S,Cai X,Cao Y

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on government and other relevant documentation, this paper explores the conceptual linkage between population, development, and waste management in Botswana and the implications of this relationship for global climate change. Population is increasing, albeit at a decreasing rate. Spatially, the population is bec...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Gwebu TD

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ We hypothesized that repeated herbicidal (maintenance) control of water hyacinth infestations in Florida suppressed biological control agent populations, especially the weevils Neochetina eichhorniae and N. bruchi. We therefore sampled water hyacinth and weevil populations at 54 sites distributed statewide. Half wer...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： CENTER TD,DRAY JR FA,JUBINSKY GP,GRODOWITZ MJ

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ While extinctions of individual species are part of a normal cycle, the current rate of extinctions should be a concern to us all. The maintenance of biological diversity is important for utilitarian reasons, quality of life considerations, and because biodiversity is important to sustainable regional economies. Sin...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： PIPKIN J

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four biomass wastes (rice husk, coffee husk, coarse wool, and landfill wood) were added with biochar and polypropylene (PP) to manufacture biocomposites. Individual biomasses were tested for their combustion behavior using cone calorimeter. Biocomposites were analyzed for their fire/thermal, mechanical, and morphologi...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Das O,Kim NK,Hedenqvist MS,Lin RJT,Sarmah AK,Bhattacharyya D

更新日期：2018-08-01 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 presents a GIS-based database framework used to assess aggregate terrestrial habitat impacts from multiple highway construction projects in California, USA. Transportation planners need such impact assessment tools to effectively address additive biological mitigation obligations. Such assessments can reduc...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Thorne JH,Girvetz EH,McCoy MC

更新日期：2009-05-01 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

abstract：:The study investigated vegetative and soil properties in four created mitigation wetlands, ranging in age from three to ten years, all created in the Virginia Piedmont. Vegetation attributes included percent cover, richness (S), diversity (H'), floristic quality assessment index (FQAI), prevalence index (PI), and prod...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Dee SM,Ahn C

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is protected by conservation policy throughout its range. Efforts to protect the species from further decline demand detailed understanding of its habitat requirements, which have not yet been rigorously defined. Current methods of identifying gopher tortoise habitat typically...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kowal VA,Schmolke A,Kanagaraj R,Bruggeman D

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three different systems of designating protected areas in a Mediterranean region in southeastern Spain were studied, referring to their effectiveness and efficiency for protecting both the breeding territories and the suitable habitat of a set of ten raptor species. Taking into consideration the varying degrees of end...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Abellán MD,Martínez JE,Palazón JA,Esteve MA,Calvo JF

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ Time and money could be saved and better invested on environmental monitoring and assessment programs if redundant elements in biological communities were identified. Either aggregation of species into higher taxonomic groupings or selection of indicator taxa are known procedures to eliminate redundancy in large fau...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Saiz-Salinas JI,González-Oreja JA

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than half a decade has passed since the December 26th 2004 tsunami hit the Indian coast leaving a trail of ecological, economic and human destruction in its wake. We reviewed the coastal ecological research carried out in India in the light of the tsunami. In addition, we also briefly reviewed the ecological rese...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Mukherjee N,Dahdouh-Guebas F,Kapoor V,Arthur R,Koedam N,Sridhar A,Shanker K

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large-scale bioenergy production will affect the hydrologic cycle in multiple ways, including changes in canopy interception, evapotranspiration, infiltration, and the quantity and quality of surface runoff and groundwater recharge. As such, the water footprints of bioenergy sources vary significantly by type of feeds...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Watkins DW Jr,de Moraes MM,Asbjornsen H,Mayer AS,Licata J,Lopez JG,Pypker TG,Molina VG,Marques GF,Carneiro AC,Nuñez HM,Önal H,da Nobrega Germano B

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community participation in climate change adaptation (CCA) programs has been advocated for long, but its implementation remains uncertain. There is also very little understanding and consensus on how and to what extent local communities can and should be involved in these projects. Arguably, both the concept and pract...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Samaddar S,Oteng-Ababio M,Dayour F,Ayaribila A,Obeng FK,Ziem R,Yokomatsu M

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Scientists and managers of natural resources have recognized an urgent need for improved methods and tools to enable effective adaptation of management measures in the face of climate change. This paper presents an Adaptation Design Tool that uses a structured approach to break down an otherwise overwhelming and compl...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： West JM,Courtney CA,Hamilton AT,Parker BA,Gibbs DA,Bradley P,Julius SH

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk-assessment methods are useful in collecting data that can help decision making to prevent the introduction of new species that have the potential of invading as well as in management of established taxa. Not only the complexity and unaffordability of available pre-introduction risk-assessment models make them rar...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Seburanga JL,Bizuru E,Mwavu EN,Kampungu KG,Gatesire T,Kaplin BA

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rivers in developing and emerging countries often lack good water quality. Tools to assess the water quality in rivers, including identification of possible sources of pollution, are therefore of increasing importance. The aim of this study is to apply mathematical material flow and spatial land use analyses to identi...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kupkanchanakul W,Kwonpongsagoon S,Bader HP,Scheidegger R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spatio-temporal trends in infrastructure footprints, energy production, and landscape alteration were assessed for the Eagle Ford Shale of Texas. The period of analysis was over four 2-year periods (2006-2014). Analyses used high-resolution imagery, as well as pipeline data to map EF infrastructure. Landscape conditio...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Pierre JP,Young MH,Wolaver BD,Andrews JR,Breton CL

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Morphological Quality Index (MQI) and the Morphological Quality Index for monitoring (MQIm) have been applied to eight case studies across Europe with the objective of analyzing the hydromorphological response to various restoration measures and of comparing the results of the MQI and MQIm as a morphological asses...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Belletti B,Nardi L,Rinaldi M,Poppe M,Brabec K,Bussettini M,Comiti F,Gielczewski M,Golfieri B,Hellsten S,Kail J,Marchese E,Marcinkowski P,Okruszko T,Paillex A,Schirmer M,Stelmaszczyk M,Surian N

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article stresses the importance of within-government capacity build as the optimal approach to minimizing landslide risk to the most vulnerable communities in the developing world. Landslide risk is an integrated issue that demands strong managerial leadership and multidisciplinary inclusion to develop structures...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Anderson M,Holcombe L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, governmental organizations played a dominant and decisive role in natural resource management. However, an increasing number of studies indicate that this dominant role is developing towards a more facilitating role as equal partner to improve efficiency and create a leaner state. This approach is char...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Fliervoet JM,Geerling GW,Mostert E,Smits AJ

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ The rural West of the United States is considered strongly antienvironment. The traditional economic reliance of the area on natural resources has long explained this antienvironment stance. The region consistently elects federal officials who as a group consistently vote against environmental bills and seek to undo...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Bennett K,Mcbeth MK

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological elements, such as benthic macroinvertebrates and fish, have been used in assessing the ecological quality of rivers according to the requirements of the Water Framework Directive. However, the concurrent use of multiple organism groups provides a broader perspective for such evaluations, since each biologic...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Cheimonopoulou MT,Bobori DC,Theocharopoulos I,Lazaridou M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Payment for Environmental Service programs are increasingly applied in communal settings where resource users collectively join the program and agree to limit their shared use of a common-property resource. Who decides to join PES and the degree to which community members agree with the collective decision is critical...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Murtinho F,Hayes T

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00