Overview of contemporary issues of forest research and management in China.

abstract：:Agri-environmental measures are payments to farmers to reduce environmental risks or to preserve cultivated landscapes. These measures are codified in European Union regulations. Poor spatial targeting is one of the major causes of low cost-effectiveness in agri-environmental measures. Existing studies on spatial targ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Uthes S,Matzdorf B,Müller K,Kaechele H

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：: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：:Increased nutrient enrichment in Mediterranean standing waters has enhanced the risk of being affected by cyanobacterial blooms. Because phosphorus abatement is shaped as a crucial strategy for controlling eutrophication, this study introduces a structural thinking, experiential learning laboratory with animation dyna...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Zaragüeta M,Acebes P

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ In 1986 degreasing processes in the German metal-processing industry contributed about 70,000 t to the emission of chlorinated C1 and C2 hydrocarbons (trichloroethane, trichloroethene, tetrachloroethene, dichloromethane). Measures aiming at the reduction of toxic emissions and ozone depletion potential (ODP) may pos...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Finkbeiner M,Hoffmann E,Kreisel G

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using mail survey data and telephone interviews, we report on landowner satisfaction with permanent easements held by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) throughout Texas. This study found that landowners were dissatisfied with the NRCS Wetland Reserve Program (WRP), conflicting with results of previous ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Stroman D,Kreuter UP

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Outdoor water use is a key component in arid city water systems for achieving sustainable water use and ensuring water security. Using evapotranspiration (ET) calculations as a proxy for outdoor water consumption, the objectives of this research are to quantify outdoor water consumption of different land use and land ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kaplan S,Myint SW,Fan C,Brazel AJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：:Land resource sustainability for urban development characterizes the problem of decision-making with multiplicity and uncertainty. A decision support system prototype aids in the assessment of incremental land development plan proposals put forth within the long-term community priority of a sustainable growth. Facilit...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Banai R

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown that ecological restoration projects are more likely to gain public support if they simultaneously increase important human services that natural resources provide to people. River restoration projects have the potential to influence many of the societal functions (e.g., flood control, water quality...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Golet GH,Roberts MD,Larsen EW,Luster RA,Unger R,Werner G,White GG

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A map of ecological regions of the conterminous United States, first published in 1987, has been greatly refined and expanded into a hierarchical spatial framework in response to user needs, particularly by state resource management agencies. In collaboration with scientists and resource managers from numerous agencie...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Omernik JM,Griffith GE

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：:Advocates of community-based approaches to environmental management argue that by respecting local circumstances, skills, and concerns we may improve the prospects of achieving environmental sustainability; yet, within nation states such as Canada, environmental conditions, management and enforcement costs and capabil...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Reed MG

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding climate variability in a winegrowing region is fundamental to understanding how its vineyards can adapt to climate change. For Uruguay, studying the vulnerability and adaptive responses of vineyards to climate change and climate variability is relevant due to its winegrowing region's economic importance ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Fourment M,Ferrer M,Barbeau G,Quénol H

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An agricultural watershed, situated on an island of the Aegean archipelago, was studied in order to gain insight into the structure and the design of a typical terrestrial ecosystem of the Mediterranean region. Fieldwork was focused on the comparative study of seasonal patterns of inorganic nutrients, organic nitrogen...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Arhonditsis G,Giourga C,Loumou A

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：:Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a decision aid frequently used in the field of forest management planning. It includes the evaluation of multiple criteria such as the production of timber and non-timber forest products and tangible as well as intangible values of ecosystem services (ES). Hence, it is benefi...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Uhde B,Hahn WA,Griess VC,Knoke T

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：:/ Limit values are legal limits for the concentrations of substances in the environment. They must be agreed upon in a consensual procedure between science, economics/technology, and political forces. This is a crucial political precondition for their social acceptance. The arguments put forward to justify their exped...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Dieter HH,Grohmann A,Thompson D

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amount of ecological restoration required to mitigate or compensate for environmental injury or habitat loss is often based on the goal of achieving ecological equivalence. However, few tools are available for estimating the extent of restoration required to achieve habitat services equivalent to those that were l...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Strange E,Galbraith H,Bickel S,Mills D,Beltman D,Lipton J

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Waquoit Bay Watershed ecological risk assessment was performed by an interdisciplinary and interagency workgroup. This paper focuses on the steps taken to formulate the analysis plan for this watershed assessment. The workgroup initially conducted a series of meetings with the general public and local and state ma...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Serveiss VB,Bowen JL,Dow D,Valiela I

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：: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：: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

abstract：:Many California streams have been adversely affected by sedimentation caused by historic and current land uses, including timber harvesting. The impacts of timber harvesting and logging transportation systems on erosion and sediment delivery can be directly measured, modeled, or inferred from water quality measurement...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Harris RR,Sullivan K,Cafferata PH,Munn JR,Faucher KM

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：: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：:Studies of collaborative watershed groups show that effective leadership is an important factor for success. This research uses data from in-depth interviews and meeting observation to qualitatively examine leadership in a Midwestern collaborative watershed group operating with government funding. One major finding wa...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Floress K,Prokopy LS,Ayres J

更新日期：2011-10-01 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