Mapping threats to power line corridors for Connecticut rights-of-way management.

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：:Effects of human activity on ecosystem carbon fluxes (e.g., net ecosystem exchange (NEE), ecosystem respiration (R(eco)), and gross ecosystem exchange (GEE)) are crucial for projecting future uptake of CO2 in terrestrial ecosystems. However, how ecosystem that carbon fluxes respond to grazing exclusion is still under ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Chen J,Shi W,Cao J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article investigates the involvement of local stakeholders in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) processes of Ghana's first off-shore oil fields (the Jubilee fields). Adopting key informants interviews and documentary reviews, the article argues that the public hearings and the other stakeholder engagement...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Bawole JN

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ Each year damage to forests caused by snow and wind causes high economic losses. In Sweden, approximately 4 million m3 are damaged annually by snow and wind, roughly corresponding to a value of US$150 million, and in Europe, the damage amounts to hundreds of millions of US dollars each year. To help to reduce these ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Valinger E,Fridman J

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：:In recent years, altered forest conditions, climate change, and the increasing numbers of homes built in fire prone areas has meant that wildfires are affecting more people. An important part of minimizing the potential negative impacts of wildfire is engaging homeowners in mitigating the fire hazard on their land. It...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： McCaffrey SM,Stidham M,Toman E,Shindler B

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring is essential to track the long-term recovery of endangered species. Greater emphasis on habitat monitoring is especially important for taxa whose populations may be difficult to quantify (e.g., insects) or when true recovery (delisting) requires continuous species-specific habitat management. In this paper,...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Bried J,Tear T,Shirer R,Zimmerman C,Gifford N,Campbell S,O'Brien K

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ Residential development of farmland is one of the primary driving forces of land degradation in both rural and urban fringe areas throughout the world. The loss of prime agricultural land is of great concern to planning offices and organizations seeking to preserve open space. The objective of this study is to demon...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Levia DF Jr,Page DR

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide, the ecological condition of streams and rivers has been impaired by agricultural practices such as broadscale modification of catchments, high nutrient and sediment inputs, loss of riparian vegetation, and altered hydrology. Typical responses include channel incision, excessive sedimentation, declining wate...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Lester RE,Boulton AJ

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mapped environmental classifications are defined using various procedures, but there has been little evaluation of the differences in their ability to discriminate variation in independent ecological characteristics. We tested the performance of environmental classifications of the streams and rivers of France that ha...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Snelder TH,Pella H,Wasson JG,Lamouroux N

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large body of literature addresses the role of science in environmental impact assessment (EIA) but less attention has been given to the views of practitioners themselves. In this research a survey of 31 EIA practitioners in Western Australia was undertaken to determine their perceptions of the quality and importanc...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Morrison-Saunders A,Bailey J

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Green space plays an important role in complex urban ecosystems and provides significant ecosystem services with environmental, aesthetic, recreational and economic benefits. Beijing is the capital city of China and has a large population of about 15.81 million. Construction of green spaces is an important part of sus...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Xu X,Duan X,Sun H,Sun Q

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:Water governance occurs at multiple levels, from the local to the supra-national, which are often highly fragmented. The interconnected nature of water requires interactions among these multiple governance levels. Public participation may foster such interactions. Thus, many water management reforms involved decentral...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Hassenforder E,Barreteau O,Daniell KA,Ferrand N,Kabaseke C,Muhumuza M,Tibasiima T

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Carolinian Life Zone in southwestern Ontario, Canada is valued because it represents an almost disjunct ecosystem (i.e., one that is typical of the mid-Atlantic United States, rather than the rest of Canada or the nearby states in the United States). The landscape of the Carolinian Life Zone has undergone dramatic...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Meloche C,Murphy SD

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since wetland construction projects are becoming more commonplace, meaningful follow-up studies are needed to evaluate how these systems change over time. To that end, the objective of our study was to examine the temporal changes in plant community composition and water chemistry in two constructed wetlands. We inves...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kearney MA,Fickbohm S,Zhu W

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates farmers' preferences to participate in payment contracts to adopt silvopastoral systems in Ecuador. A choice experiment was used to elicit preferences between different contract attributes, including differing payment amounts and land management requirements. The research was carried out in the...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Raes L,Speelman S,Aguirre N

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans can dive with critically endangered grey nurse sharks (Carcharias taurus) along the east coast of Australia. This study investigated both compliance of tourist divers to a code of conduct and legislation and the behaviour of grey nurse sharks in the presence of divers. A total of 25 data collection dives were c...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Smith K,Scarr M,Scarpaci C

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Riparian buffer zones can improve water quality and enhance habitat, but a comprehensive yet rapid method that can assist the resource manager in assessing the effectiveness of buffers is not available. The aim of this paper is to describe and illustrate the use of a newly developed field-based evaluation tool for rip...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Ducros CM,Joyce CB

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：: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：:This paper analyzes the human-nature interaction in a village in rural South Africa. It discusses preconditions, perceptions, and consequences of natural resource use, and places these findings into a regional and historical context. Applying an interdisciplinary perspective, the study uses interviews, questionnaires,...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Haag F,Hajdu F

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The environmental behavior of the residents depends on their perception of environmental pollution. Hence, it is important for scientific and policy experts to research on the impact of the environmental pollution perception of local residents. Owing to the richness of natural resources, Hancheng coal mine areas are a...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Shi X,He F

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brazil's Samuel Dam, which formed a 540-km2 reservoir in the state of Rondônia in 1988, provides lessons for development decisions throughout Amazonia and in other tropical areas. The decision to build the dam was heavily influenced by its role in the political strategies of key decision makers. Samuel illustrates bot...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Fearnside PM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case study examines the coastal zone problems focusing on the existing conflicts between tourism and commercial activities on the coasts of Edremit Bay, Turkey, and attempts to suggest solutions to these problems. Edremit Bay is a characteristic example of such a conflict in collective use of natural resources. T...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Irtem E,Kabdasli S,Azbar N

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a field experiment using constructed communities to test whether species richness contributed to the maintenance of ecosystem processes under fire disturbance. We studied the effects of diversity components (i.e., species richness and species composition) upon productivity, structural traits of vegetation...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Dimitrakopoulos PG,Siamantziouras AS,Galanidis A,Mprezetou I,Troumbis AY

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：:This research addresses the need to improve our knowledge on the demand for national forests for recreation and offers an in-depth data analysis supported by the complementary use of count data and ordered models. From a policy-making perspective, while count data models enable the estimation of monetary welfare measu...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Simões P,Barata E,Cruz L

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ Aquatic resources in Soda Butte Creek within Yellowstone National Park, USA, continue to be threatened by heavy metals from historical mining and milling activities that occurred upstream of the park's boundary. This includes the residue of gold, silver, and copper ore mining and processing in the early 1900s near C...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： NIMMO DR,WILLOX MJ,LAFRANCOIS TD,CHAPMAN PL,BRINKMAN SF,GREENE JC

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of many African game reserves is today often still an art based on experience and intuition, rather than a science. Decision-making is based on an informal integration of accumulated individual knowledge and keen field observations. Data are generally poorly captured and curated. Until fairly recently, deno...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Stalmans M,Balkwill K,Witkowski ET,Rogers KH

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00