Assessment Approach for Identifying Compatibility of Restoration Projects with Geomorphic and Flooding Processes in Gravel Bed Rivers.

abstract：:In Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) has been observed to be declining on elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) winter range for many decades. To support elk management decisions, the SAVANNA ecosystem model was adapted to explore interactions between elk herbivory and aspen dynamics. The ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Weisberg PJ,Coughenour MB

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ Regional resource use planning relies on key regional stakeholder groups using and having equitable access to appropriate social, economic, and environmental information and assessment tools. Decision support systems (DSS) can improve stakeholder access to such information and analysis tools. Regional resource use p...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Zhu X,Dale AP

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent greening of the Sahel region and increase in vegetation cover around pastoral settlements previously described as "man-made deserts", have raised important questions on the permanency of land degradation associated with the over-exploitation of woody plants. Evidence presented is mostly on increased wetness...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Roba HG,Oba G

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The creation of protected conservation areas may result in protracted conflicts between stakeholders. In this study we examine the drivers of anthropogenic wildfire ignitions in the National Park of "los Alerces" (NPA) in Patagonia, Argentina. The NPA was established in 1937 to protect the native "andino-patagónico" f...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Seijo F,Godoy MM,Guglielmin D,Ciampoli C,Ebright S,Picco O,Defossé G

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：:Agroforestry systems (AFSs) have an important role in capturing above and below ground soil carbon and play a dominant role in mitigation of atmospheric CO(2). Attempts has been made here to identify soil organic matter fractions in the cacao-AFSs that have different susceptibility to microbial decomposition and furth...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Rita JC,Gama-Rodrigues EF,Gama-Rodrigues AC,Polidoro JC,Machado RC,Baligar VC

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined long-term (10 years) meadow plant community responses to (1) livestock grazing under riparian grazing utilization limits; (2) suspension of livestock grazing; and (3) meadow site wetness and precipitation on the Inyo National Forest, California. Observed trends in meadow plant species richness, diversity, ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Freitas MR,Roche LM,Weixelman D,Tate KW

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Southern California desert public lands receive especially high levels of off-highway recreation due to large population centers nearby and popular riding environments such as sand dunes. Controversy has developed over the flat-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii), previously a candidate for listing under the End...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Grant TJ,Doherty PF Jr

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：: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：:Although pharmaceuticals treat illnesses and prevent diseases in humans and animals, ironically, they are now among the emerging pollutants in the environment. As individuals continue to consume medicines, households can become a primary source of pharmaceutical pollutants. This paper explains relevant Malaysian law a...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Ariffin M,Zakili TST

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:Research continues to show that pharmaceutical environmental contamination causes adverse effects to aquatic life. There are also public health risks associated with pharmaceuticals because in-home reserves of medications provide opportunities for accidental poisoning and intentional medication abuse. Pharmaceutical t...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Stoddard KI,Hodge V,Maxey G,Tiwari C,Cready C,Huggett DB

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local scale has an important role in environmental management. In Spain, rapid industrialization has occurred in the last three decades, leading to substantial changes in socioeconomic relations and resulting in significant environmental degradation. This paper describes the environmental status of the township of Sax...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Maestre Gil FT

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a model for assessing the impact and interactions of stressors in the ecosystem of Lake Koronia, based on fuzzy inference, is presented in this paper. The proposed fuzzy inference model assesses the synergistic interactions among several significant stressors on fish production. These stressors incl...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Ioannidou IA,Paraskevopoulos S,Tzionas P

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public and private companies make significant water infrastructure investments to meet increasing water demand. In this context, investments in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), which play an important role in recycling of used water, are also increasing. This study investigates determination of the efficiency scor...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Ayyildiz E,Yildiz A,Taskin Gumus A,Ozkan C

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Plastic debris, specifically microplastic in the aquatic environment, is an escalating environmental crisis. Efforts at national scales to reduce or ban microplastics in personal care products are starting to pay off, but this will not affect those materials already in the environment or those that result from unregul...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Conkle JL,Báez Del Valle CD,Turner JW

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

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：:The concept of institutional interplay (i.e., the interaction between institutions) is critical if the challenges to multilevel governance are to be better understood and addressed. Drawing on the literature on institutional interplay, this paper develops an analytical approach to examine challenges to multilevel coas...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Gonçalves LR,Fidelman P,Turra A,Young O

更新日期：2020-10-25 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：:This study presents a GIS-based database framework used to assess aggregate terrestrial habitat impacts from multiple highway construction projects in California, USA. Transportation planners need such impact assessment tools to effectively address additive biological mitigation obligations. Such assessments can reduc...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Thorne JH,Girvetz EH,McCoy MC

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：:Land-use allocation has important implications for the conservation and management of tropical forests. Peru's forestry regime has recently been reformed and more than 7 million ha has been assigned as forest concessions. This potentially has a drastic impact on the land-use practices and species composition of the as...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Salo M,Toivonen T

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:In many ecosystems the effects of disturbance can be cryptic and disturbance may vary in subtle spatiotemporal ways. For instance, we know that bark beetle outbreaks are more frequent in temperate forests during droughts; however, we have little idea about why they occur in some locations and not others. Understanding...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Santos MJ,Whitham TG

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Applications of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model typically involve delineation of a watershed into subwatersheds/subbasins that are then further subdivided into hydrologic response units (HRUs) which are homogeneous areas of aggregated soil, landuse, and slope and are the smallest modeling units used wi...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Teshager AD,Gassman PW,Secchi S,Schoof JT,Misgna G

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:It is a vexing problem to achieve a consensus about the proper scientific way to assess population viability for habitat conservation plans. Rather than a hypothesis-testing approach, here it is proposed to select population models, estimate extinction parameters, and assess prediction uncertainty using a pragmatic, e...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： FOLEY P

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transportation infrastructure in national parks has historically been designed for the automobile. With more vehicles in the parks, visitors found themselves in circumstances more reminiscent of a city than a park. Traffic jams, overcrowding, illegal parking, horn honking, and idling vehicles became common, creating s...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Mace BL,Marquit JD,Bates SC

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past decades, the traditional state monopoly in urban water management has been debated heavily, resulting in different forms and degrees of private sector involvement across the globe. Since the 1990s, China has also started experiments with new modes of urban water service management and governance in whi...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Zhong L,Mol AP,Fu T

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00