Modeling energy savings from urban shade trees: an assessment of the CITYgreen energy conservation module.

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：:Estimates of potential and actual C sequestration require areal information about various types of management activities. Forest surveys, land use data, and agricultural statistics contribute information enabling calculation of the impacts of current and historical land management on C sequestration in biomass (in for...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Conant RT,Paustian K

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ozegahara peatland, in the Nikko-Oze National Park in Japan, is ecologically significant because of its oligotrophic environment; it is one of the most strictly preserved areas in the country. The isotope ratio of nitrogen (15N/14N) and carbon (13C/12C) and C/N ratio of peat moss (Sphagnum spp.) and sundew (Droser...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Akagi T,Osawa K

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerical clustering has frequently been used to define hierarchically organized ecological regionalizations, but there has been little robust evaluation of their performance (i.e., the degree to which regions discriminate areas with similar ecological character). In this study we investigated the effect of the weight...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Snelder T,Lehmann A,Lamouroux N,Leathwick J,Allenbach K

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local scale has an important role in environmental management. In Spain, rapid industrialization has occurred in the last three decades, leading to substantial changes in socioeconomic relations and resulting in significant environmental degradation. This paper describes the environmental status of the township of Sax...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Maestre Gil FT

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proponents of the scientific adaptive management approach argue that it increases knowledge acquisition rates, enhances information flow among policy actors, and provides opportunities for creating shared understandings. However, evidence from efforts to implement the approach in New Brunswick, British Columbia, Canad...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： McLain RJ,Lee RG

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last two decades, coral reefs have become popular among recreational divers, especially inside marine protected areas. However, the impact caused by divers on benthic organisms may be contributing to the degradation of coral reefs. We analyzed the behavior of 142 scuba divers in the Abrolhos National Marine Par...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Giglio VJ,Luiz OJ,Schiavetti A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decision making related to incidental take of endangered species under U.S. law lends itself well to a structured decision making approach. Incidental take is the permitted killing, harming, or harassing of a protected species under the law as long as that harm is incidental to an otherwise lawful activity and does no...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： McGowan CP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last 200 years, many rivers in industrialized countries have been modified by canalization. In the last two decades, the philosophy of river management has changed considerably, and restoration of ecological integrity has become an important management goal. One appealing restoration approach is to create "...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Rohde S,Kienast F,Bürgi M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hillsborough County, Florida, is a karst region that is heavily urbanized, yet no study has been undertaken measuring the degree of human disturbance. Van Beynen and Townsend (2005) created a hierarchical and standardized disturbance index specifically designed for karst environments. To address the problem of determi...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： van Beynen P,Feliciano N,North L,Townsend K

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desertification directly threatens more than 250 million people and one third of the earth's land surface. Although it is well known that desertification could be reversed in most cases if the intensity of land use were reduced, there have been no studies on how to achieve this reversed desertification on a large scal...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Peng Y,Jiang G,Liu M,Niu S,Yu S,Biswas DK,Zhang Q,Shi X,Yang Q

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：:/ We identified and ranked 108 resident and migratory wildlife taxa on John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) that were vulnerable to local, regional, or global extinction. We ranked taxa based on their vulnerability to extinction, their potential role for maintaining faunal integrity, and the relevance of KSC for maintai...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Breininger DR,Barkaszi MJ,Smith RB,Oddy DM,Provancha JA

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the impact of an elaborated irrigation system on the natural resources and society in the deltaic part of the Indus River in Pakistan. Time series information was collected to analyze the ecological and natural resource dynamics, and their impacts on the structure and quality of the occupations of ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Memon JA,Thapa GB

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes a template for implementing an integrated community sustainability plan. The template emphasizes community engagement and outlines the components of a basic framework for integrating ecological, social and economic dynamics into a community plan. The framework is a series of steps that support a...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Ling C,Hanna K,Dale A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current study, conventional resources-based ammonia generation routes are comparatively studied through a comprehensive life cycle assessment. The selected ammonia generation options range from mostly used steam methane reforming to partial oxidation of heavy oil. The chosen ammonia synthesis process is the mos...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Bicer Y,Dincer I,Vezina G,Raso F

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Connectivity among fragmented areas of habitat has long been acknowledged as important for the viability of biological conservation, especially within highly modified landscapes. Identifying important habitat patches in ecological connectivity is a priority for many conservation strategies, and the application of 'gra...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Poodat F,Arrowsmith C,Fraser D,Gordon A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ Effects of protective fencing on birds, lizards, black-tailed hares (Lepus californicus), perennial plant cover, and structural diversity of perennial plants were evaluated from spring 1994 through winter 1995 at the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area (DTNA), in the Mojave Desert, California. Abundance and specie...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： BROOKS M

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multivariate clustering based on fine spatial resolution maps of elevation, temperature, precipitation, soil characteristics, and solar inputs has been used at several specified levels of division to produce a spectrum of quantitative ecoregion maps for the conterminous United States. The coarse ecoregion divisions ac...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Hargrove WW,Hoffman FM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the age of climate change, the demand and lack of pure water challenges many communities. Substantial amount of effort is put in every year to manage and restore degraded lakes while the long-term effects of those efforts are only poorly known or monitored. Oxygenation, or aeration, is used extensively for the rest...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Nygrén NA,Tapio P,Horppila J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the causes of forest fires, and of the main driving factors of ignition, is an indispensable step towards effective fire prevention policies. This study analyses the factors driving forest fire ignition in the Mediterranean region including the most common human and environmental factors used for modellin...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Ganteaume A,Camia A,Jappiot M,San-Miguel-Ayanz J,Long-Fournel M,Lampin C

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper gives an account of the development and implementation of a stakeholder management framework at Ream National Park, Cambodia. Firstly, the concept of stakeholder is reviewed in management and in conservation literatures. Secondly, the context in which the stakeholder framework was implemented is described. T...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： De Lopez TT

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring long-term changes in aquatic biodiversity requires the effective use of historical data that were collected with different methods and varying levels of effort. Aggregating data into different spatial scales can control for such differences and provide a robust framework for monitoring distribution trends. ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kirk MA,Wissinger SA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BioScene (scenarios for reconciling biodiversity conservation with declining agriculture use in mountain areas in Europe) was a three-year project (2002-2005) funded by the European Union's Fifth Framework Programme, and aimed to investigate the implications of agricultural restructuring and decline for biodiversity c...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Sheate WR,do Partidário MR,Byron H,Bina O,Dagg S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oil production operations produce waste fluids that may be stored in pits, open tanks, and other sites accessible to wildlife. Birds visit these fluid-filled pits and tanks ("oil pits"), which often resemble water sources, and may become trapped and die. The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has a program to reduce...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Trail PW

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：:This study has explored social carrying capacity of an underwater environment based on divers' perceived crowding. Two dimensions were assessed, the number of divers seen and the proximity of diver. Data were obtained from a survey of 132 divers dived in Mabul Island, Malaysia during 2013-2014. Photographs depicting f...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Zhang L,Chung S

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:Non-point-source pollution of surface and groundwater is a prominent environmental issue in rural catchments, with major consequences on water supply and aquatic ecosystem quality. Among surface-water protection measures, environmental or landscape management policies support the implementation and the management of b...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Viaud V,Merot P,Baudry J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigating local people's environmental perceptions can produce useful information that could be incorporated into decision making processes that help resolve environmental problems. Although China is undergoing severe desertification, the perceptions of the local people toward their degraded environment and the re...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Lee HF,Zhang DD

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00