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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Environmentally sensitive areas"”.
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Mineworkers' quality of life in remote communities : a multiple case study in the Brazilian Amazon
… responsibility, particularly in remote and environmentally sensitive areas. Mining community models and mineworkers’ accommodation strategies in remote locations have varied greatly, yet there has been little documented reflection on the various models’ performance or on their implications …
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Impact assessment using geographic information system (Gis): Transportation engineering applications
… have lead to wide spread use of GIS in many areas, particularly in transportation, environmental and landuse impact assessment studies; Yucca Mountain, 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas Nevada has been chosen as the site of a proposed repository for high level nuclear waste. This proposed …
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The Introduction of a Chip Mill: Effects on Deforestation Rates and Timber Harvest Locations in Southeast Missouri
… One objective of this study was to locate areas of deforestation and reforestation in the time periods before and after the introduction of the chip mill using remote sensing methods. Another objective was to locate areas of steep slopes or riparian buffers that may be environmentally …
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Life Cycle Assessment der alterungsbedingten Umweltverträglichkeit biogener Hydraulik-Schmierstoffe
… an increased use of biogenic hydraulic fluids in environmentally sensitive areas, thus the need for an appropriate monitoring and assessment approach as part of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The aquatic and miniaturised test procedures applied in this work with the Water Soluble Fraction (WSF) …
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Potential for the restoration of lowland and wet grassland upon ex-arable land
… wet grassland, is represented within several Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs), including the Upper Thames Tributaries (UTI) ESA. Current UK agri-environment schemes provide the policy context for this study. An investigation to determine whether soil seed banks of former, and extant, …
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Land development in Massachusetts: Its effect on the environment within Essex and Middlesex counties from 1990 to 2007
… overall (net) increase of newly developed land areas within the 1990 and 2007 image classifications from 415.46 acres or 0.64 square miles. In addition, there was a substantial decrease (-40.0%) within the grassland category. Land development was responsible for a portion of the decrease of …