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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Landscape management"”.
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A Natural Resource and Landscape Management Framework for the Bergrivier Municipality
Natural resource management formed out of a century long process within regional planning. Early authors such as Mumford, Geddes and Leopold have contributed to this evolution. These early proponents of sustainable natural resource management promoted the relationship between the natural world and …
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Utilising spatial technologies to support the catchment based approach to landscape management
… is degraded due to centuries of intensive land management. Driven by the combined pressures of EU targets for water quality, climate change, urbanisation, and population growth the requirement for better management of water resources has led to the adoption of catchment scale management. Despite …
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Urban Landscape Management Practices as Tools for Stormwater Mitigation by Trees and Soils
… stormwater will rise. Well designed urban landscapes can employ trees and soils to reduce stormwater runoff flowing to streams and treatment facilities. Typical urban soil, however, is compacted and restricts tree growth via high soil strength and inadequate gas exchange. A site preparation …
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Landscape management and the challenge of sustainable tourism in northern Pakistan : the case of Karimabad.
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1996.
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The roles of cultural values in landscape management: valuing the 'more-than-visual' in Highland Scotland
There have been calls within landscape (and broader environmental) policy for the greater incorporation of cultural values and stakeholder participation. This, however, has often been critiqued within the academic literature as being difficult to achieve in practice. Concurrently, academic research …
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The critical success factors for landscape management of operations on sustainable urban drainage system (SuDS) projects
… with the main objectives of efficiency and risk management. Separation in service provision of water resources has proven operationally unsustainable, with increasing negative impacts on the environment. New approaches have been sought to mitigate these impacts through a new paradigm in urban …
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Kete of continuance : managing values of the pastoral landscapes on the East Coast between Tatapouri and Tokomaru Bay
Landscape values associated with coastal dryland pastoral landscapes are critically reviewed, and placed in the context of the UNESCO classification of 'continuing cultural landscapes'. Using a case study of the Gisborne East Coast region, a range of landscape management strategies are drawn from …
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Profiling Bat Activity and Species Presence in Managed Longleaf Pine Landscapes
… or reintroduction of at-risk fauna includes management practices that while encouraging presence and proliferation of target species, may adversely affect non-focal species. An endemic ecosystem undergoing restoration within the southeastern U.S. is that of the longleaf pine (<em>Pinus …
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Managing historic mountain landscapes near a modern city: the case of the Beijing Western Hills, 1912-2012
… site occurred the first synthesis of the major landscape management instruments that now form Chinese public policy. From this synthesis emerged the Chinese city's modern relationship to its adjacent hillside areas in particular and China's new relationship with the natural world in general, …
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The Local Landscape Research Framework
Archaeological research in landscapes should produce outputs and outcomes of value to the unique context that defines them. This includes the bespoke perceptions of intangible space as well as the physical place formed from a complex interconnected, multi-vocal and social narrative. However, many …
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Phylogeography And Habitat Associations Of Franklin's Gulls In Their United States Breeding Range
… as a species of concern by U.S. state wildlife management agencies and in the Northern Prairie and Parkland Waterbird Plan for the U.S. and Canada. The designation of this status is due to few, isolated breeding colonies and unknown population dynamics. Few attempts have been made to address the …
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Quantifying Resource Use Among Insectivorous Bat Species with Overlapping Distributions
… data can inform bat conservation efforts and landscape management.</p>
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Nature-based recreation and leisure in fenland rural ecomies - A case study approach.
… of economic generators within rural, fenland landscapes, and thus as contributors to rural economies. Using a case study approach, the research investigated the Humberhead Levels as a region of potential nature-based recreation and leisure demand, informed by existing, similar demand within …
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Doing History in the Adirondacks: Interpreting the Park, the People, and the Landscape
… model for sustainable living and wilderness land management. This dissertation explores the way history is used to both complicate and enrich the relationship between humans and nature in the Adirondack Park. By analyzing historic preservation, cultural landscape management, material culture, and …
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Optimizing Green Space–Type Placement to Maximize Overall Land Surface Temperature Reduction
… can use this information for active urban landscape management and site-specific green space–type placement to mitigate climate change effects.
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Investigating the great crested newt landscape in a pond rich environment : developing a landscape scale management perspective
… of connectivity and habitat availability for landscape scale management of Triturus cristatus, the Great Crested Newt. The ecological foundations of wider landscape management concepts and knowledge base on T. cristatus' habitat requirements, dispersal and migration were explored. Species …
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Identifying long term patterns and drivers of vegetation structure in an African savanna using stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes
… changes over time in a diverse patch mosaic landscape in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park to identify drivers of vegetation structure and their dynamism over time. Sediment from a 150cm core (taken using a Russian corer) was analyzed for stable ¹³C and ¹⁵N isotope abundances, and C:N ratio of soil …
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Walking the land: Examining an ecosystem approach for private estates through the lens of woodland expansion
… area of three contiguous estates forms a small landscape cluster, with every estate participating in field interviews, woodland planning and collaborative discussions. Private estates in Scotland cover a significant area of the Highlands and are dominated by traditional sporting interests and …
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The Effects of Urban Land Use on Wasps (Hymenoptera: Apocrita)
… urban ecosystems is needed for the sustainable management of urban ecosystems (Angold et al. 2006, Fetridge et al. 2008, Loram et al. 2008, Matteson et al. 2008, McIntyre 2000, Picket et al 2011, Pickett et al 2001, Sumoski et al. 2009)This study examines the role of insects, specifically wasps, …
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