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1. Development and use of water quality criteria and standards in the United States

Author:
Robert C. Ward
Source:
Regional environmental change 2001 v.2 no.2 pp. 66-72
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
body water; compliance; federal government; lakes; managers; monitoring; pollution control; rivers; space and time; surface water; water pollution; water quality; water quality criteria; water quality standards; United States
Abstract:
... Water quality criteria, as a means of distinguishing "good" water from "bad" water, have been employed for over 150 years. During the 1940s and 1950s, the formulation of water quality criteria and their role in water quality management were hotly debated in the United States as each state formulated its own approach to water pollution control. In 1965, when the federal government assumed control o ...
DOI:
10.1007/s101130100028

2. Methods for integrated assessment

Author:
P. Harremoës; R. Turner
Source:
Regional environmental change 2001 v.2 no.2 pp. 57-65
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
environmental science; experts; issues and policy; managers; risk; stakeholders; uncertainty
Abstract:
... Integrated assessment is an approach that seeks to involve all disciplines in policy-relevant assessment. The process aims to encompass environmental science, technology and policy problems. The aim is to establish an overview of the environmental issue in question that attempts to avoid the mistakes of the past associated with narrow, one-sided or unidimensional approaches. A number of methods ar ...
DOI:
10.1007/s101130100027

3. Monitoring, enforcement, and the choice of environmental policy instruments

Author:
C. Russell
Source:
Regional environmental change 2001 v.2 no.2 pp. 73-76
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
economists; environmental management; environmental policy; farms; monitoring; occupations; pollution; runoff; subsidies
Abstract:
... How to choose among the dozen policy instruments available to environmental management agencies has been a matter of concern and debate among environmental economists for the entire life of the profession – nearly four decades. The ability, or lack of it, to measure the quantities or observe the actions made "enforceable" by particular policy instruments ought clearly to be central to this choice. ...
DOI:
10.1007/s101130100029

4. Perspectives and limitations of indicators in water management

Author:
J. Seager
Source:
Regional environmental change 2001 v.2 no.2 pp. 85-92
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
decision making; economics; environmental management; issues and policy; monitoring; quality of life; water management; Europe
Abstract:
... This paper addresses the issue of indicators for water management by considering why we need them, what the characteristics of a good indicator should be, how they can add value to policy and decision-making, and what are their limitations. There are a vast quantity of data available on water in Europe from which a range of basic trend indicators has been derived. Most of these indicators address ...
DOI:
10.1007/s101130100031

5. Specifying information needs: improving the working methodology

Author:
Jos G. Timmerman; Joop Boer; Matthijs Hisschemöller; Wim Mulder
Source:
Regional environmental change 2001 v.2 no.2 pp. 77-84
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
attitudes and opinions; governance; issues and policy; monitoring; people; public works; water management; water utilities
Abstract:
... Specification of information needs is an important step in the design of monitoring networks. Within the framework of Monitoring Strategy 2000+, a programme of the Dutch Directorate General of Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat) which seeks to provide innovation in the monitoring sector, a method has been developed to link water management policy to monitoring through specification ...
DOI:
10.1007/s101130100030

6. Developing indicators of ecosystem condition using geographic information systems and remote sensing

Author:
Carmen Revenga
Source:
Regional environmental change 2005 v.5 no.4 pp. 205-214
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
ecosystems; geographic information systems; remote sensing; socioeconomics
Abstract:
... Improvements in remote sensing technologies and the use of geographic information system (GIS), are increasingly allowing us to develop indicators that can be used to monitor and assess ecosystem condition and change at multiple scales. This paper presents global- and regional-level indicators developed by the World Resources Institute and collaborating partners using remote sensing and GIS. Prese ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-004-0085-8

7. Integrating “livelihoods” into integrated water resources management: taking the integration paradigm to its logical next step for developing countries

Author:
D. J. Merrey; P. Drechsel; F. W. T. Penning de Vries; H. Sally
Source:
Regional environmental change 2005 v.5 no.4 pp. 197-204
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
decision making; developing countries; ecosystems; humans; livelihood; models; natural resources; people; poverty; water management
Abstract:
... This paper examines the weaknesses in the current understanding of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) from the perspective of livelihoods. Empowering poor people, reducing poverty, improving livelihoods, and promoting economic growth ought to be the basic objectives of IWRM. But as currently understood and used, IWRM often tends to focus on second-generation issues such as cost recovery, ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-004-0088-5

8. Participatory Integrated Assessment in local level planning

Author:
D. Ridder; C. Pahl-Wostl
Source:
Regional environmental change 2005 v.5 no.4 pp. 188-196
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
governance; learning; local government; monitoring; planning; water management
Abstract:
... The topic is introduced by a short but critical discussion of criteria and needs of Participatory Integrated Assessment (PIA) and participatory local planning. This paper depicts differences of participation in Integrated Assessment and in local level planning but provides also conditions and ideas how PIA can be used for local planning including implementation. A small review of PIA and participa ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-004-0089-4

9. The transition in Dutch water management

Author:
Rutger van der Brugge; Jan Rotmans; Derk Loorbach
Source:
Regional environmental change 2005 v.5 no.4 pp. 164-176
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
climate change; governance; humans; industry; infrastructure; interviews; issues and policy; models; people; soil; subsidence; systems analysis; water management
Abstract:
... Over the past decades, the Dutch people have been confronted with severe water-related problems, which are the result of an unsustainable water system, arising from human interventions in the physical infrastructure of the water system and the water management style. The claims of housing, industry, infrastructure and agriculture have resulted in increasing pressure on the water system. The contin ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-004-0086-7

10. Water information: what is it good for? The use of information in transboundary water management

Author:
Jos G. Timmerman; Sindre Langaas
Source:
Regional environmental change 2005 v.5 no.4 pp. 177-187
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
cost effectiveness; decision making; humans; information dissemination; socioeconomics; surface water; water management; watersheds; Norway
Abstract:
... Consistent and relevant information on the status of water systems is indispensable for rational and cost-effective water management. This statement has general validity for all types of river basins, but is particularly relevant for transboundary water regions. Information is used to support decision-making and to evaluate the effects of water resources management decisions. Information productio ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-004-0087-6

11. Climate change and human health in Latin America: drivers, effects, and policies

Author:
Ana Rosa Moreno
Source:
Regional environmental change 2006 v.6 no.3 pp. 157-164
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
El Nino; adverse effects; air pollution; cholera; cities; climate; coasts; eyes; food production; freshwater; global warming; heat; human health; issues and policy; malaria; people; pests; phytoplankton; population; risk; seafoods; smoke; throat; toxins; vector-borne diseases; Latin America
Abstract:
... Many people would be increasingly affected by living under critical conditions in Latin America if, as expected, global warming aggravates disease and pest transmission processes. Heat waves and air pollution would increase heat-related diseases and illness episodes in large cities. Fire smoke has been associated with irritation of the throat, lung and eyes, and respiratory problems. Climate extre ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-006-0015-z

12. Hydrologic and land use impacts on vegetation growth and NPP at the watershed scale in a semi-arid environment

Author:
N. Boulain; B. Cappelaere; L. Séguis; J. Gignoux; C. Peugeot
Source:
Regional environmental change 2006 v.6 no.3 pp. 147-156
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
biosphere; models; Sahel; climate change; vegetation cover; rain; watershed hydrology; watersheds; biomass production; hydrologic cycle; runoff; land use; Niger
Abstract:
... Significant, adverse climatic change and drastically increased demographic pressure have strongly affected, in recent years, the hydrology and environment in the semi-arid Sahel region of West Africa. Marked rain deficits have coincided with increased water runoff, meaning less water availability for the vegetation. Conversely, changes in vegetation cover have had strong repercussions on the hydro ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-006-0014-0

13. Influences of natural and anthropogenic processes on the nitrogen and phosphorus fluxes of the Yangtze Estuary, China

Author:
Qinghui Huang; Huanting Shen; Zijian Wang; Xincheng Liu; Ruibiao Fu
Source:
Regional environmental change 2006 v.6 no.3 pp. 125-131
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
inorganic phosphorus; rivers; humans; dissolved inorganic nitrogen; nitrogen; agricultural runoff; livestock; watersheds; anthropogenic activities; estuaries; Yangtze River; China
Abstract:
... Nutrient flux to the sea through the estuary is important to the health of the sea. Combining natural processes with anthropogenic activities, we discuss the influence on the nitrogen and phosphorus fluxes to the Yangtze River basin, to the estuary and to the sea. The fluxes of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and dissolved inorganic phosphorus (DIP) to the estuary through the river/estuary inte ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-005-0001-x

14. Smallholder agriculture in Northeast Brazil: assessing heterogeneous human-environmental dynamics

Author:
D. Sietz; B. Untied; O. Walkenhorst; M. K. B. Lüdeke; G. Mertins; G. Petschel-Held; H. J. Schellnhuber
Source:
Regional environmental change 2006 v.6 no.3 pp. 132-146
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
agricultural resources; drought; labor; models; producer prices; rural poverty; small-scale farming; socioeconomics; variance; Brazil
Abstract:
... A qualitative model of smallholder agriculture with a few core variables and two allocation rules for labour and investment in agricultural resources was developed to cover spatial heterogeneity in Northeast Brazil. This region is characterised by large natural and socio-economic variance, recurrent droughts and widespread rural poverty. The resulting system dynamics essentially consists of a cycl ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-005-0010-9

15. Adaptive capacity determinants in developed states: examples from the Nordic countries and Russia

Author:
E. Carina H. Keskitalo; Halvor Dannevig; Grete K. Hovelsrud; Jennifer J. West; Åsa Gerger Swartling
Source:
Regional environmental change 2011 v.11 no.3 pp. 579-592
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
case studies; developing countries; economic resources; industrialization; infrastructure; politics; Arctic region; Canada; Russia; Scandinavia
Abstract:
... Adaptive capacity in a community context has so far mainly been studied in developing countries as well as indigenous communities in the industrialised world. This article adds to that literature through reviewing studies undertaken in the Nordic countries and Russia, highlighting the ways in which general determinants of adaptive capacity play out in Northern, industrialised contexts. The paper i ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-010-0182-9

16. An integrated assessment of climate change impacts for Greece in the near future

Author:
Christos Giannakopoulos; Effie Kostopoulou; Konstantinos V. Varotsos; Kostas Tziotziou; Achilleas Plitharas
Source:
Regional environmental change 2011 v.11 no.4 pp. 829-843
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
Mediterranean climate; anthropogenic activities; autumn; climate change; climate models; energy; floods; forest fires; night temperature; relative humidity; risk; summer; tourism; tourists; urban areas; Greece; Mediterranean region
Abstract:
... Climate changes in the Mediterranean region, related to a significant increase in temperature and changes in precipitation patterns, can potentially affect local economies. Agriculture and tourism are undoubtedly the most important economic sources for Greece and these may be more strongly affected by changing future climate conditions. Climate change and their various negative impacts on human li ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-011-0219-8

17. Anthropogenic impacts on suspended sediment load in the Upper Yangtze river

Author:
Jie Wei; Xiubin He; Yuhai Bao
Source:
Regional environmental change 2011 v.11 no.4 pp. 857-868
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
basins; climate; climate change; deforestation; drought; floods; humans; land restoration; land use; play activities; pollution load; rain; runoff; sediments; soil conservation; surveys; watersheds; Yangtze River
Abstract:
... Climate change and human disturbance drive catchment erosion and increase riverine sediment load sensitively in small and medium-sized watersheds. This is not always true in large basins, where aggregation and buffering effects have dampen the ability to determine the driving forces of sedimentation. Even though there are significant responses to sedimentation in large river basins, it is difficul ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-011-0222-0

18. Burial of terrestrial and marine organic carbon in Jiaozhou Bay: different responses to urbanization

Author:
Liyang Yang; Ying Wu; Jing Zhang; Sumei Liu; Bing Deng
Source:
Regional environmental change 2011 v.11 no.3 pp. 707-714
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
land use change; sediments; nutrient content; carbon; carbon sinks; oxidation; Angiospermae; urbanization; biogeochemical cycles
Abstract:
... Organic geochemical proxies (OC, OC/TN, δ13C, and lignin oxidation products) were measured in a 271 cm long sediment core collected from central Jiaozhou Bay, northern China, to study the response of terrestrial and marine organic carbon burials to the surrounding urbanization. Terrestrial organic carbon content was constantly low from the bottom of the core to ~150 cm depth, indicating a stable a ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-010-0202-9

19. Changing air quality in Delhi, India: determinants, trends, and policy implications

Author:
Ghuncha Firdaus; Ateeque Ahmad
Source:
Regional environmental change 2011 v.11 no.4 pp. 743-752
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
World Health Organization; air pollution; air quality; control methods; environmental sustainability; households; issues and policy; pollutants; urban areas; urban planning; India
Abstract:
... Air pollution is a major environmental problem in urban areas worldwide. Delhi, the capital city of India, is no exception to the universal pattern of deteriorating urban air quality with concentration of pollutants being well above the recommended WHO levels. The magnitude and urgency of the problem as a global environmental issue needs a systematic understanding of the potential causes of pollut ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-011-0207-z

20. Climate change and climate-induced hot spots in forest shifts in central Siberia from observed data

Author:
N. M. Tchebakova; E. I. Parfenova; A. J. Soja
Source:
Regional environmental change 2011 v.11 no.4 pp. 817-827
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
basins; climate models; dry environmental conditions; forests; global warming; landscapes; latitude; mountains; plateaus; steppes; temperature; trees; winter; Siberia
Abstract:
... Regional Siberian studies have already registered climate warming over the last several decades. We evaluated ongoing climate change in central Siberia between 1991 and 2010 and a baseline period, 1961–1990, and between 1991 and 2010 and Hadley 2020 climate change projections, represented by the moderate B1 and severe A2 scenarios. Our analysis showed that winters are already 2–3°C warmer in ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-011-0210-4