A review of the main driving factors of forest fire ignition over Europe.

abstract：:Understanding how large-scale bioenergy production can affect biodiversity and ecosystems is important if society is to meet current and future sustainable development goals. A variety of bioenergy production systems have been established within different contexts throughout the Pan American region, with wide-ranging ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kline KL,Martinelli FS,Mayer AL,Medeiros R,Oliveira CO,Sparovek G,Walter A,Venier LA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased interest in environmental change issues has led researchers to consider more integrated approaches to change dynamics. This paper examines change in terms of land degradation in north-central Botswana from both biophysical and human perspectives. Although seasonal and periodic droughts were prevalent, analys...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Ringrose S,Chanda R,Nkambwe M,Sefe F

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Preisner M,Neverova-Dziopak E,Kowalewski Z

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stability of cohesive sediment deposits during a rare storm is a critical component in the evaluation of remedial options at a contaminated sediment site. Estimating scour depths during a rare storm, and the resulting contaminant concentrations in the surficial layer of the bed, is necessary for comparing the effi...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Ziegler CK

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enabling and enacting 'practical action' (i.e., purposeful and concerted collective action) in catchments is a key challenge in responding to a wide range of pressing catchment and natural resource management (NRM) issues. It is particularly a challenge in responding to 'wicked problems,' where generating action is no...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Patterson JJ,Smith C,Bellamy J

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:Riparian zones are critical for protecting water quality and wildlife, but are often impacted by human activities. Ongoing threats and uncertainty about the effectiveness of buffer regulations emphasize the importance of monitoring riparian buffers through time. We developed a method to rapidly categorize buffer width...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Owers KA,Albanese B,Litts T

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scientific research literature is reviewed (i) for evidence of how much reduction in nonpoint source pollution can be achieved by installing buffers on crop land, (ii) to summarize important factors that can affect this response, and (iii) to identify remaining major information gaps that limit our ability to make...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Dosskey MG

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid growth in marine sand mining for construction and other uses poses environmental challenges to coastal nations virtually worldwide. Yet the development of management policies, such as a system of fees imposed on operators for damage caused by mining, has been frustrated by a lack of studies to support such measu...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kim TG,Grigalunas T

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides an overview of the use of risk-based analysis (RBA) in flood damage assessment, and it illustrates the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in identifying flood-prone areas, which can aid in flood-mitigation planning assistance. We use RBA to calculate expected annual flood damages in an u...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Hardmeyer K,Spencer MA

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:/ Information provided by acid volatile sulfide (AVS) andequilibrium partitioning (EqP) theory is described, including two caseexamples, relative to hazardous waste site sediments. AVS and EqP are toolsin the toolbox, which can serve three main functions: screening,prioritization, and assisting in explaining observed ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： CHAPMAN PM

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：:Rapid growth of intensive animal industries in southeast Queensland, Australia, has led to large volumes of animal waste production, which possess serious environmental problems in the Murray Darling Basin (MDB). This study presents a method of selecting sites for the safe application of animal waste as fertiliser to ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Basnet BB,Apan AA,Raine SR

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：:Populations of many shorebird species are declining; habitat loss and degradation are among the leading causes for these declines. Shorebirds use a variety of habitats along interior migratory routes including managed moist soil units, natural wetlands, sandbars, and agricultural lands such as harvested rice fields. L...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Lehnen SE,Krementz DG

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroelectric dams represent major investments and major sources of environmental and social impacts. Powerful forces surround the decision-making process on public investments in the various options for the generation and conservation of electricity. Brazil's proposed Belo Monte Dam (formerly Kararaô) and its upstrea...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Fearnside PM

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ Describing patterns in the landscape and interpreting the effects of these patterns on flora, fauna, and other factors has been of long-standing interest. Many descriptors have been developed, and these aggregate factors into a single index. The identical numerical result for a multifactor index can be attained by u...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： GILES JR RH,TRANI MK

更新日期：1999-05-01 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：:There have been significant diversions of water from rivers and streams around the world; natural flow regimes have been perturbed by dams, barriers and excessive extractions. Many aspects of the ecological 'health' of riverine systems have declined due to changes in water flows, which has stimulated the development o...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Shenton W,Bond NR,Yen JD,Mac Nally R

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthropogenic disturbances in wetland ecosystems can alter the composition and structure of plant assemblages and affect system functions. Extensive oil and gas extraction has occurred in wetland habitats along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast since the early 1900s. Activities involved with three-dimensional (3D) sei...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Howard RJ,Wells CJ,Michot TC,Johnson DJ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultural landscapes in Austria are multifunctional through their simultaneous support of productive, habitat, regulatory, social, and economic functions. This study investigates, if changing climatic conditions in Austria will lead to landscape change. Based on the assumption that farmers are the crucial decision make...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Pröbstl-Haider U,Mostegl NM,Kelemen-Finan J,Haider W,Formayer H,Kantelhardt J,Moser T,Kapfer M,Trenholm R

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:We investigated differences in vegetation composition and dynamics for two globally rare ecosystems, bracken-grasslands and northern-dry forests of northern Wisconsin. These ecosystems commonly have been viewed as degraded pine barrens. Bracken-grasslands contained a high dominance of exotic species, low native richne...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Nielsen SE,Haney A

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：:In the United States, the Clean Water Act requires mitigation for wetlands that are negatively impacted by dredging and filling activities. During the mitigation process, there generally is little effort to assess function for mitigation sites and function is usually inferred based on vegetative cover and acreage. In ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Hoeltje SM,Cole CA

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:/ The main objectives of this study were to identify the regions inFennoscandia where the critical loads of sulfur (S) and acidifying nitrogen(N) for lakes are exceeded and to investigate the consequences for depositionreductions, with special emphasis on the possible trade-offs between S and Ndeposition in order to a...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Posch M,Kamari J,Forsius M,Henriksen A,Wilander A

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urban vegetation can mitigate increases in summer air temperature by reducing the solar gain received by buildings. To quantify the temperature-moderating influence of city trees and vine-covered buildings, a total of 13 pairs of temperature loggers were installed on the surfaces of eight buildings in downtown Toronto...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Millward AA,Torchia M,Laursen AE,Rothman LD

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last 30 years has seen an increase in environmental, socio-economic, and recreational objectives being considered throughout the forest planning process. In the Finnish context these are considered mainly at the regional level potentially missing out on more local issues and problems. Such local information would ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kangas A,Rasinmäki J,Eyvindson K,Chambers P

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00