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landuseplanning, etc ; carbon; comparative study; pollution; research; China; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Research on construction land use efficiency with carbon emissions provides valuable insights for effective regulation of land use planning and low-carbon development. This study explores construction land use efficiency (CLUE) in China and the USA by employing a slack-based measure (SBM) that incorporates carbon emissions as undesirable output to evaluate CLUE at the provincial/state level. The a ...
landuseplanning, etc ; agricultural land; arable soils; econometrics; issues and policy; urbanization; Show all 6 Subjects
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... In an attempt to curb urban land growth and protect environmentally sensitive areas during the urbanization period, urban containment policies in different forms have been implemented over the last three decades at the national and local levels. In this study, we measure the extent of environmentally sensitive area loss in the rural–urban fringe of Wuhan City, where massive urban development has t ...
landuseplanning, etc ; bioavailability; environment; landscapes; population density; solubility; streams; subwatersheds; water pollution; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Influence of land use and population characteristics on solid-liquid partitioning of heavy metals in aquatic ecosystems is little understood. This study hypothesised that the partitioning of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn) between water and sediments is influenced by different land use classes, their configuration patterns including patch density, Shannon's diversity index, largest patch ...
landuseplanning, etc ; advocacy; governance; land policy; models; policy analysis; public policy; Ethiopia; Rwanda; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Land policies are formulated with the goal of addressing land use management challenges. Therefore, a thorough investigation is required to assess effectiveness of land policy processes. The unknown land use policy effectiveness is how and where the formulation and identification of land use problems affect the throughput of policy implementation. The main objective of this paper is to assess the ...
Matías G. Goldenberg; Alfred Burian; Ralf Seppelt; Fernanda A. Santibañez Ossa; Camilo E. Bagnato; Emilio H. Satorre; Gustavo D. Martini; Lucas A. Garibaldi
landuseplanning, etc ; agriculture; agrochemicals; biodiversity; corn; ecosystems; energy; fertilizers; habitats; landscapes; soybeans; Argentina; Show all 12 Subjects
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... A fundamental challenge of land use management is to sustain the production of food, energy and fiber whilst preserving biodiversity and ecosystem functions. Some promising solutions to current resource-use conflicts are rooted in (agro) ecological intensification, which proposes that ecosystem functions provided by natural habitat can largely replace agrochemical inputs. Here, we evaluate how nat ...
landuseplanning, etc ; case studies; environmental governance; issues and policy; statistical analysis; urbanization; China; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Cities are divided into different levels around the world, which is manifested as cities are managed according to the urban administrative level system in China, urban development boundary (UDB) has always been an spatial policy to limit the scope of urban sprawl. There is a lack of comparative studies on LUCC and influencing factors inside the UDBs of different level cities. Based on the methods ...
landuseplanning, etc ; decision making; land; market value; markets; rural areas; social welfare; soil; Show all 8 Subjects
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... In public management, it is common to face conflicting objectives, particularly in relation to land use. Adequate land use management requires a valuation of land that incorporates the value of all its characteristics. That is, in addition to the traditional direct use value, it must incorporate the non-use value (existence and legacy), as well as the indirect use and option values. The analytic h ...
landuseplanning, etc ; ecosystems; environmental quality; land policy; spatial variation; sustainable land management; Italy; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The progressive artificial covering of originally natural surfaces (land consumption) is a major concern of today’s societies due to the implications for the environment and the availability of land resources. This study aims to explore the local variations in the effects of the main socio-demographic, economic and institutional determinants of land consumption in Campania (southern Italy). Using ...
landuseplanning, etc ; basins; ecosystem management; ecosystems; environmental health; land use change; urbanization; China; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Ecosystem degradation caused by Land use/cover change (LUCC) in the process of rapid urbanization has attracted extensive attentions. However, the spatiotemporal dynamics of future ecosystem health (EH) and its coupling relationship with land use has not been well analyzed. In this study, based on future land use scenarios, we used the vigor-organization-resilience-services assessment framework to ...
landuseplanning, etc ; ecosystems; food security; land cover; landscapes; rubber; stakeholders; sustainable land management; Ghana; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Land use/land cover change (LULCC) studies are gaining prominence among environmentalist and land use planners. This is due to the effects of LULCCs on natural ecosystems and livelihoods. In the coastal landscape of south-western Ghana, there exist knowledge gaps in the variations in size and intensities in LULCCs and the degree of change among land cover types in LULCC studies. Such studies are i ...
landuseplanning, etc ; autocorrelation; capital; land policy; models; prices; rail transportation; regression analysis; Korean Peninsula; Show all 9 Subjects
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... This study explores differences in the effects of rail transit investment across various types of lands with different values and locations, using the development of Seoul Metro Line 9 (SML9) in Korea as a case. Seoul Metro Line 9′s proximity, neighbourhood and wider economic effects are assessed. A spatial autoregressive difference-in-difference (SAR-DID) model is developed to control for the iss ...
... An increase in shrubs or woody species is likely, directly or indirectly, to significantly affect rural livelihoods, wildlife/livestock productivity and conservation efforts. Poor and inappropriate land use management practices have resulted in rangeland degradation, particularly in semi-arid regions, and this has amplified the bush encroachment rate in many African countries, particularly in key ...
landuseplanning, etc ; case studies; ecological restoration; ecosystem services; ecosystems; forests; social welfare; soil erosion; stakeholders; water yield; watersheds; China; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Considering that the degradation of ecological systems is an urgent environmental challenge, promoting multiple ecosystem services (ES) through ecological restoration has recently become more critical. However, the complicated interactions among multiple ES are not fully considered in ecological restoration planning and management, which prevents simultaneous improvements to environmental and huma ...
landuseplanning, etc ; Landsat; image analysis; land cover; land use change; models; prediction; shrimp culture; surface temperature; surveys; vegetation; Bangladesh; Show all 12 Subjects
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... This study aims to assess land use dynamics of Southwestern coastal Bangladesh using multi-temporal Landsat images. Future trend was done by CA-ANN model. Hybrid image classification method and estimation of land surface temperature along with field survey were accomplished. This study revealed that vegetation decreased significantly (11.75%) and converted mostly into wetlands whereas built-up are ...
landuseplanning, etc ; biodiversity; carbon sequestration; deforestation; economic development; exports; forests; opacity; private sector; risk; rubber; supply chain; Sri Lanka; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Growing global demand for natural rubber is driving deforestation due to the expansion of rubber plantations, with consequences for biodiversity, carbon storage, and local communities. There has been little attention given to these issues in Sri Lanka, where rubber production is central to economic growth. Although private initiatives and government regulations aim to reduce deforestation associat ...
landuseplanning, etc ; case studies; ecosystem services; ecosystems; environment; food production; forest conservation; habitats; landscapes; sustainable land management; urban development; China; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Promoting land use planning through ecosystem service (ES) protection is a crucial approach for maintaining landscape sustainability. Identifying ES bundles to serve landscape functional zoning can provide a new perspective for sustainable land use planning. Taking the Beijing metropolitan region as a study area, we quantitatively assessed the spatiotemporal distributions of multiple ESs, from 198 ...
landuseplanning, etc ; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; biosphere; environmental management; landscape management; politics; stakeholders; sustainable land management; Germany; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Sustainable landscape management of protected areas in UNESCO-biosphere reserves (BR) has become an increasingly important topic for academics and environmental practitioners, yet it remains unclear how this can be operationalized in actual regional circumstances. To achieve positive and measurable sustainability impacts, effective BR management on the ground requires supplementary methods to conc ...
landuseplanning, etc ; behavioral resistance; biogeochemistry; disturbed soils; environment; fish; groundwater; pollution control; riparian areas; rivers; surveys; water management; water pollution; watersheds; Show all 14 Subjects
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... Iron (Fe) is an important element in aquatic ecosystems worldwide because it is intimately tied with multiple abiotic and biotic phenomena. Here, we give a survey of manifold influences of Fe, and the key factors affecting it in the boreal catchments and their waters. It includes the perspectives of biogeochemistry, hydrology, ecology, and river basin management. We emphasize views on the dynamics ...
landuseplanning, etc ; economic productivity; ecosystems; electrical conductivity; environmental impact; peasantry; soil quality; soil salinity; species richness; trees; vegetation cover; vegetation structure; Argentina; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Nowadays the arid Chaco in central Argentina presents gradients of woody vegetation cover with a variety of management regimes with different environmental impacts. Here, we compare the relative effects of the two most widespread management systems in the region: silvopastoral and peasant managements. Soil properties, plant species richness, composition and vegetation structure were used as ecolog ...
landuseplanning, etc ; Cryptosporidium; Giardia; United States Environmental Protection Agency; diarrhea; feces; hazard identification; humans; microbiological risk assessment; pollution; risk; watersheds; Latin America; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Human and animal feces are one of the main pollutants in drinking water systems (DWS). Both sources of fecal pollution are related to environmental conditions, such as poor land use management and little micro-basin protection. Cryptosporidium sp. and Giardia sp. are zoonotic protozoan water and foodborne transmitted parasitic pathogens and a frequent cause of diarrhea in children in low- and midd ...