Vegetation placement for summer built surface temperature moderation in an urban microclimate.

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：:With 207 million ha of forest covering 22% of its land area, China ranks fifth in the world in forest area. Rapid economic growth, climate change, and forest disturbances pose new, complex challenges for forest research and management. Progress in meeting these challenges is relevant beyond China, because China's fore...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： He HS,Shifley SR,Thompson FR 3rd

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recovery dynamics in a previously disturbed stream were investigated to determine the influence of a series of remedial actions on stream recovery and to evaluate the potential application of bioindicators as an environmental management tool. A suite of bioindicators, representing five different functional response gr...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Adams SM,Ham KD

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:The traditional method of identifying wildlife habitat distribution over large regions consists of pixel-based classification of satellite images into a suite of habitat classes used to select suitable habitat patches. Object-based classification is a new method that can achieve the same objective based on the segment...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Jobin B,Labrecque S,Grenier M,Falardeau G

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:As conservation increases its emphasis on implementing change at landscape-level scales, multi-agency, cross-boundary, and multi-stakeholder networks become more important. These elements complicate traditional notions of learning. To investigate this further, we examined structures of learning in the Landscape Conser...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Petersen B,Montambault J,Koopman M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate which macroinvertebrate and deposited sediment metrics are best for determining effects of excessive sedimentation on stream integrity. Fifteen instream sediment metrics, with the strongest relationship to land cover, were compared to riffle macroinvertebrate metrics in stre...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Sutherland AB,Culp JM,Benoy GA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study adopts and modifies the WWF Rapid assessment and prioritization of protected areas management methodology (RAPPAM) to evaluate the management effectiveness of five protected areas in Taiwan. The results indicate that, unlike the situation in most developing countries, the threats and pressures faced by prot...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Lu DJ,Kao CW,Chao CL

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：:/ Collaboration of countries with an aim to share fresh surface water resources promises to generate potential joint benefits. Unfortunately, existing agreements lack the perspective and capacity to produce any real action in efficient cross-border water allocation. When that problem is encountered by any two adjacent...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Lekakis JN

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing evidence base demonstrating that atmospheric nitrogen deposition presents a threat to biodiversity and ecosystem function in acid grasslands in Western Europe. Here, we report the findings of a workshop held for European policy makers to assess the perceived importance of reactive nitrogen depositio...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Stevens CJ,Gowing DJ,Wotherspoon KA,Alard D,Aarrestad PA,Bleeker A,Bobbink R,Diekmann M,Dise NB,Duprè C,Dorland E,Gaudnik C,Rotthier S,Soons MB,Corcket E

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：: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：:This article stresses the importance of within-government capacity build as the optimal approach to minimizing landslide risk to the most vulnerable communities in the developing world. Landslide risk is an integrated issue that demands strong managerial leadership and multidisciplinary inclusion to develop structures...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Anderson M,Holcombe L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural resource planning processes on public lands in the United States are driven in large part by the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which dictates general processes for analyzing and disclosing the likely impacts of proposed actions. The outcomes of these processes are the result of ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Stern MJ,Martin CA,Predmore SA,Morse WC

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various approaches have been used to classify large geographical areas into smaller regions of similar water quality or extrapolate water-quality data from a few streams to other unmonitored streams. A combination of some of the strengths of existing techniques is used to develop a new approach for these purposes. In ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Robertson DM,Saad DA

更新日期：2003-05-01 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：:Agricultural nonpoint phosphorus (P) pollution is a primary cause of eutrophication in many freshwater systems. Identifying areas that are at high risk for P loss in a watershed and concentrating management efforts on these smaller sections is a more effective method for limiting P loss than implementing general strat...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Zhou H,Gao C

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United States has lost about half its wetland acreage since European settlement, and the effectiveness of current wetland mitigation policies is often questioned. In most states, federal wetland laws are overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, but Michigan administers these laws through the state's Departmen...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kozich AT,Halvorsen KE

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodiversity policies in the European Union (EU) are mainly implemented through the Birds and Habitats Directives as well as the establishment of Natura 2000, a network of protected areas throughout the EU. Considerable resources must be allocated for fulfilling the Directives and the question of optimal allocation is...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Strange N,Jacobsen JB,Thorsen BJ,Tarp P

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：: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：: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：:This study implements an exploratory data analysis of landscape metrics and a change detection analysis of land use and population density to assess landscape dynamics (1954-2008) in two physiographic zones (plain and hilly-mountain area) of Emilia Romagna, northern Italy. The two areas are characterized by different ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Smiraglia D,Ceccarelli T,Bajocco S,Perini L,Salvati L

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：: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：:Indicators of the environmental sustainability of biofuel production, distribution, and use should be selected, measured, and interpreted with respect to the context in which they are used. The context of a sustainability assessment includes the purpose, the particular biofuel production and distribution system, polic...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Efroymson RA,Dale VH,Kline KL,McBride AC,Bielicki JM,Smith RL,Parish ES,Schweizer PE,Shaw DM

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

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：:Scientists and managers of natural resources have recognized an urgent need for improved methods and tools to enable effective adaptation of management measures in the face of climate change. This paper presents an Adaptation Design Tool that uses a structured approach to break down an otherwise overwhelming and compl...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： West JM,Courtney CA,Hamilton AT,Parker BA,Gibbs DA,Bradley P,Julius SH

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00