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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Soil and water conservation"”.
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An Examination of Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District Employee Job Satisfaction
… determine the job satisfaction level of Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) employees during fiscal year 2007-2008. Employee characteristics were identified; three measures of job satisfaction were attained (intrinsic, extrinsic, general satisfaction); and satisfaction levels on …
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Understanding the adoption of soil and water conservation practices: the role of social capital
Kenya has been adversely affected by soil erosion due to population growth, changes in land use and land cover, and unsustainable agricultural practices. Issues related to land degradation cost the Kenyan government approximately $390 million or 3 percent of the country’s GDP yearly (Government of …
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Effects of land tenure on soil and water conservation measures in Tanzania?s Kigoma Region
… challenges brought on by climate change, such as soil erosion, pose a threat to the livelihoods of small-scale farmers across Africa. Land security may encourage these farmers to invest in soil and water conservation (SWC) measures, which can combat land degradation, and consequently improve plot …
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Organization of subject matter and development of an outline for teaching a course in soil and water conservation
… by eliminating overlapping subject matter, and by making use of the great abundance of experimental data and written material, will make it possible to give students a broad understanding of the fundamentals of the course in the short time allotted. This arrangement will also eliminate the …
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Adapting selected soil and water engineering technology to Thailand conditions
… were developed for the purpose of applying soil and water conservation structure designs utilized in the United States for use in Thailand. Design parameters currently being used in the United States were first studied and evaluated as to their development and application. The range of …
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Socioeconomic processes of land degradation in Guadalajara province (Spain)
Despite the great growth and interest in the study of socioeconomic processes of land degradation in many parts of the world, relatively little attention has been paid to these in Spain. Foresters play an important part in the national strategy to solve the problems of land degradation. It might be …
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Modeling Best Management Practices on Flow and Sediment using the Rangeland Hydrology and Erosion Model
<p>Soil and water conservation is the keystone to sustainable livestock grazing and maintenance of native species on South Dakota’s rangelands. Rangeland conservation and management requires the ability to assess the potential impacts of best management practices on sediment yield and runoff in …
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Identifying Key Factors for the Implementation and Maintenance of Green Stormwater Infrastructure
Construction and maintenance can have huge implications on the long-term functioning of GSI facilities. GSI facilities investigated were bioretention, permeable pavement, sand filters, infiltration trenches, and vegetated swales. This study first highlights the most important construction and …
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Temporal and Thermal Effects on Fluvial Erosion of Cohesive Streambank Soils
In the United States, the annual cost of on-site soil erosion problems such as soil and nutrient losses, and off-site soil erosion problems such as sedimentation of lakes and river, loss of navigable waterways, flooding and water quality impairment, has been estimated at 44 billion USD (Pimentel, …
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Operationalising sustainability impact assessment of land use scenarios in developing countries : a stakeholder-based approach with case studies in China, India, Indonesia, Kenya, and Tunisia
… populations, continued economic development, and limited natural resources are critical factors affecting sustainable development. These factors are particularly pertinent in developing countries in which large parts of the population live at a subsistence level and options for sustainable …
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The Potential of Watershed Development for Enhancing Agricultural Livelihood: Three Essays from the Semi-arid Regions of India
The Watershed Development Programme has gained growing support among development policy planners since the 1980s in India. This programme is designed to facilitate sustainable rural development by building irrigation capacity of the, otherwise, rainfed agricultural regions. Irrigation capacity is …
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Making Space for Evaluation to Strengthen Conservation Innovation
… populations with sustainable sources of clean water, food, and energy are existential grand challenges rapidly growing in magnitude and severity. These challenges are exacerbated by wicked social-ecological problems like climate change that make formulaic, one-size-fits-all solutions …
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Public Works Programmes: Review of their effectiveness and empirical essays on their contribution to climate resilience and social cohesion
… of natural resources, climate change, and eroding social cohesion are among the biggest challenges that many low and lower-middle income countries are facing. Objectives linked to addressing these pressing challenges have been ascribed to public works programmes (PWPs). These are social …
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An Assessment of the Quality of Agricultural Best Management Practices in the James River Basin of Virginia
… non cost-shared, where the cost of the practice and its upkeep is paid for by the landowner or farm operator. Cost-share practices are required to comply with state standards, while non cost-share practices are not subject to any standards. For this study, BMP quality is defined as the adherence …