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1. Using Twitter for tasking remote-sensing data collection and damage assessment: 2013 Boulder flood case study

Author:
Guido Cervone; Elena Sava; Qunying Huang; Emily Schnebele; Jeff Harrison; Nigel Waters
Source:
International journal of remote sensing 2016 v.37 no.1 pp. 100-124
ISSN:
1366-5901
Subject:
case studies; cities; data collection; disasters; environmental hazards; floods; hurricanes; infrastructure; remote sensing; satellites; social networks; transportation; Colorado
Abstract:
... A new methodology is introduced that leverages data harvested from social media for tasking the collection of remote-sensing imagery during disasters or emergencies. The images are then fused with multiple sources of contributed data for the damage assessment of transportation infrastructure. The capability is valuable in situations where environmental hazards such as hurricanes or severe weather ...
DOI:
10.1080/01431161.2015.1117684

2. Assessing and prioritizing environmental hazards associated with abandoned mines in Gangwon-do, South Korea: the Total Mine Hazards Index

Author:
Sung-Min Kim; Jangwon Suh; Sungchan Oh; Jin Son; Chang-Uk Hyun; Hyeong-Dong Park; Seung-Han Shin; Yosoon Choi
Source:
Environmental earth sciences 2016 v.75 no.5 pp. 369
ISSN:
1866-6280
Subject:
case studies; databases; deforestation; environmental hazards; geographic information systems; land cover; mine tailings; mining; models; planning; pollution; risk; subsidence; South Korea
Abstract:
... This paper presents a new index, the Total Mine Hazards Index (TMHI), which has been developed to support reclamation planning in abandoned mining areas in Korea. The TMHI quantifies the extent of the hazards caused by mining in terms of five problem areas: (a) mine subsidence, (b) deforestation, (c) mine tailings, (d) waste rock dumps, and (e) mine water. These five mining hazards are statistical ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12665-016-5283-4

3. Identifying synergies and trade-offs in the sustainability–security nexus: the case of the Israeli–Palestinian wastewater treatment regime

Author:
Itay Fischhendler; David Katz; Eran Feitelson
Source:
Hydrological sciences journal 2016 v.61 no.7 pp. 1358-1369
ISSN:
2150-3435
Subject:
at-risk population; case studies; environmental hazards; infrastructure; wastewater; wastewater treatment; West Bank
Abstract:
... The literature on environmental security often stresses the complementarity between sustainability and broader security goals. Less emphasis has been placed on possible trade-offs between security objectives and aspects of sustainability. This study examines the conditions under which these synergies and trade-offs are likely to occur, and how the trade-offs can be reconciled, especially during ti ...
DOI:
10.1080/02626667.2014.993644

4. Integrating resident digital sketch maps with expert knowledge to assess spatial knowledge of flood risk: A case study of participatory mapping in Newport Beach, California

Author:
Wing Cheung; Douglas Houston; Jochen E. Schubert; Victoria Basolo; David Feldman; Richard Matthew; Brett F. Sanders; Beth Karlin; Kristen A. Goodrich; Santina L. Contreras; Adam Luke
Source:
Applied geography 2016 v.74 pp. 56-64
ISSN:
0143-6228
Subject:
case studies; environmental hazards; estuaries; expert opinion; geographic information systems; geography; home ownership; household income; models; planning; risk perception; California
Abstract:
... Public participation geographic information systems (PPGIS) have been increasingly used to assess resident spatial knowledge of environmental hazards and to validate and supplement expert estimates of hazardous areas with local knowledge, but few studies have demonstrated methods for directly comparing local and expert knowledge of the spatial distribution of hazards. This study collected PPGIS di ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.07.006

5. Mining through controversies: Public perceptions and the legitimacy of a planned gold mine near a tourist destination

Author:
Jari Lyytimäki; Lasse Peltonen
Source:
Land use policy 2016 v.54 pp. 479-486
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
case studies; environmental hazards; environmental technology; gold; laws and regulations; mineral resources; mining; natural resource management; perceptions (cognitive); planning; public opinion; Finland
Abstract:
... The economic, social and ecological implications of the extraction of mineral resources have been increasingly discussed under the heading of the social licence to operate. In Finland, critical public framings characterized by impressions of failed economic promises, unreliable technology and environmental hazards have dominated the recent mining debate. Operators probing for opportunities to esta ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.03.004

6. Natural water as the test medium for Ag and CuO nanoparticle hazard evaluation: An interlaboratory case study

Author:
Margit Heinlaan; Marge Muna; Melanie Knöbel; David Kistler; Niksa Odzak; Dana Kühnel; Josefine Müller; Govind Sharan Gupta; Ashutosh Kumar; Rishi Shanker; Laura Sigg
Source:
Environmental pollution 2016 v.216 pp. 689-699
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
Danio rerio; Daphnia magna; bacteria; case studies; cupric oxide; environmental hazards; freshwater; hazard characterization; ions; lakes; median effective concentration; nanoparticles; nanosilver; silver; surface water; toxicity; ultracentrifugation; ultrafiltration; Lake Lucerne; Switzerland
Abstract:
... Engineered nanoparticles (NPs) have realistic potential of reaching natural waterbodies and of exerting toxicity to freshwater organisms. The toxicity may be influenced by the composition of natural waters as crucial NP properties are influenced by water constituents. To tackle this issue, a case study was set up in the framework of EU FP7 NanoValid project, performing an interlaboratory hazard ev ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2016.06.033