Agro-ecological analysis for the EU water framework directive: an applied case study for the river contract of the Seveso basin (Italy).

abstract：:When central governments decentralize natural resource management (NRM), they often retain an interest in the local efforts and provide funding for them. Such outside investments can serve an important role in moving community-based efforts forward. At the same time, they can represent risks to the community if govern...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Koontz TM,Sen S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of disturbance from construction work around Cardiff Bay, south Wales, on the densities and feeding behavior of seven waterbird species was studied over an 11-year period. Construction of a barrage across the mouth of the bay has subsequently resulted in its impoundment; other major works included the const...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Burton NH,Rehfisch MM,Clark NA

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：:When marketing environmentally responsible packaged products, the producer is confronted with consumer beliefs concerning the environmental friendliness of packaging materials. When making environmentally conscious packaging decisions, these consumer beliefs should be taken into account alongside the technical guideli...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Van Dam YK

更新日期：1996-09-01 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：:Natural resource trustee agencies must determine how much, and what type of environmental restoration will compensate for injuries to natural resources that result from releases of hazardous substances or oil spills. To fulfill this need, trustees, and other natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) practitioners have...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Baker M,Domanski A,Hollweg T,Murray J,Lane D,Skrabis K,Taylor R,Moore T,DiPinto L

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A field plot experiment was conducted in the Palestinian Autonomous Areas to study the effect of stonewalled terracing on soil and water conservation as compared to the nonterraced areas. Effects of the wheat canopy were considered as a second treatment. The experiment was undertaken over a period of two seasons (2000...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Hammad AA,Haugen LE,Børresen T

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：:Tidal marshes are increasingly vulnerable to degradation or loss from eutrophication, land-use changes, and accelerating sea-level rise, making restoration necessary to recover ecosystem services. To evaluate effects of restoration planting density and sea-level rise on ecosystem function (i.e., nitrogen removal), we ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Martin S,Sparks EL,Constantin AJ,Cebrian J,Cherry JA

更新日期：2021-01-11 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：:Western North America is experiencing a dramatic expansion of piñon (Pinus spp.) and juniper (Juniperus spp.) (P-J) trees into shrub-steppe communities. Feature extracted data acquired from remotely sensed imagery can help managers rapidly and accurately assess this land cover change in order to manage rangeland ecosy...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Madsen MD,Zvirzdin DL,Davis BD,Petersen SL,Roundy BA

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：:The correlations between perennials and the herbaceous productivity in patches occupied by them were previously studied and several descriptive models were defined. Yet these studies focused on either single or several species without analyzing higher numbers and ranking their effects. Here we describe a handy analyti...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Mor-Mussery A,Leu S,Budovsky A

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：:Legislation on the protection of biodiversity (e.g., European Union Habitat and Bird Directives) increasingly requires ecological impact assessment of human activities. However, knowledge and understanding of relevant ecological processes and species responses to different types of impact are often incomplete. In this...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Etienne RS,Vos CC,Jansen MJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：:Spatio-temporal variations of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and total coliform (TC) in the Han River, Korea, were investigated in terms of concentration-based and mass loading-based approaches. Considering the river water quality criteria regulated by the Ministry of Environment in Korea, the tributaries linked to t...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kim JW,Ki SJ,Moon J,Yoo SK,Ryu A,Won J,Choi H,Kim JH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper proposes a model to evaluate the environmental impact of manufacturing processes. This model uses the potency factor approach to classify environmental impacts into five ecological health impact groups and uses their toxicological, cancer, and physical effects as the bases to rate the seven groups of human ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Li CP,Hui IK

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mining-contaminated sites and the affected communities at risk are important issues on the agenda of both researchers and policy makers, particularly in the former communist block countries in Eastern Europe. Integrated analyses and expert based assessments concerning mining affected areas are important in providing s...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Dogaru D,Zobrist J,Balteanu D,Popescu C,Sima M,Amini M,Yang H

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：: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：:European bison, the largest mammal in Europe, after being exterminated in the wild and then restored during the 20th century is still listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN Red List of Threatened Species) as a species vulnerable to extinction. However, the increasing number of European biso...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Hofman-Kamińska E,Kowalczyk R

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil erosion is a severe problem for many developing regions that lack adequate infrastructure to combat the problem. The authors established a first-order method for prioritizing areas to be examined and remediated using preexisting data and expert knowledge where data are lacking. The Universal Soil Loss Equation wa...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kim JB,Saunders P,Finn JT

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between nutrient removal and loading rate was examined using data from five forested wetlands in Louisiana that have received secondarily treated effluent from 3 to 60 years. Loading rates ranged from 0.65 to 26.80 g/m(2)/yr for total nitrogen and 0.18 to 8.96 g/m(2)/yr for total phosphorus. At loadin...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Hunter R,Lane R,Day J,Lindsey J,Day J,Hunter M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Street lighting on coastal roadways is often visible at sea turtle nesting beaches, and disrupts the nocturnal orientation of hatchlings as they crawl toward the sea. Our objective was to determine whether an alternative lighting system (light-emitting diodes, embedded in the roadway pavement) prevented orientation di...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Bertolotti L,Salmon M

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：:A linkage between the condition of watersheds and adjacent nearshore coral reef communities is an assumed paradigm in the concept of integrated coastal management. However, quantitative evidence for this "catchment to sea" or "ridge to reef" relationship on oceanic islands is lacking and would benefit from the use of ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Rodgers KS,Kido MH,Jokiel PL,Edmonds T,Brown EK

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transport of aquatic invasive species (AIS) by boats traveling up rivers and streams is an important mechanism of secondary spread of AIS into watersheds. Because physical barriers to AIS movement also prevent navigation, alternate methods for preventing spread are necessary while allowing upstream navigation. One pro...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Beyer J,Moy P,De Stasio B

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Eutrophication is a serious water quality problem in estuaries receiving increasing anthropogenic nutrient loads. Managers undertaking nutrient-reduction strategies aimed at controlling estuarine eutrophication are faced with the challenge that upstream freshwater segments often are phosphorus (P)-limited, whereas mor...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Paerl HW,Valdes LM,Piehler MF,Stow CA

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00