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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"eco-systems"”.
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Hydrogeo-Eco-Systems in Aquaba/Jordan - Coasts and Region
… (Jordan) were investigated on their hydrogeo-ecosystem. The results of the research were translated into digits to build a geo-spatial data base. The fillings of the graben aquifer receive indirect type of recharge through the side wadis which drain the highlands. Surface water balance was …
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The performativity of sustainability: Assessing the continuity of artisanal fishing livelihoods in Galápagos' precarious waters
… foisting typically promises to resolve socio-ecological problems by providing communities with certainties and stabilities such as redeeming issues linked to threatened eco-systems and local actors' precarious livelihoods therein. However, I argue that 'sustainability' indeed fails to fulfil …
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Environmental degradation of polyethylene-based plastics
… polymer samples which are based on the ECO systems, degrade predominantly via the Norrish II process, whereas the other degradable systems studied (starch-filled polyethylene systems, transition metal systems, including metal carboxylate based polyethylene systems and the …
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Phosphorus Distribution and Partitioning In the Chukchi Sea During Summer 2010
… NASA ICESCAPE (Impact of Climate Change on the Eco-Systems and Chemistry of the Arctic Pacific Environment1.34) mission to study phosphorus (P) partitioning and distribution. Our results indicate that P concentrations are spatially heterogeneous with profound changes in both concentration and …
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A comparative analysis of the regulations governing mobile money services in South Africa and Zimbabwe and their impact on sustainable financial inclusion of the poor and vulnerable people
… of traditional banks. This service has become a powerful tool for bringing unbanked and underbanked people into the formal financial sector. The roll out and success of the service in question has not been smooth in some countries due to stringent financial regulations. The purpose of …
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Bōsai, Tsunami
… needs is vital in building the nation’s social-ecological resilience. Located in the Circum-pacific of “Ring of Fire” and surrounded by sea, Japan, with an extreme range of topographic and geomorphological landscape, is highly prone to disasters. The south coastal belt of the islands is …
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Interregional ecology - resource flows and sustainability in a globalizing world
In a globalizing world, trade has become essential to supporting the needs and wants of billions of people. Virtually everyone now consumes resource commodities and manufactured products traded all over the world; the ecological footprints of nations are now scattered across the globe. The spatial …
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Screening of Polymeric Membranes and Optimization of Operating Conditions for the Treatment of Produced Water
… It affects both aquatic and terrestrial eco-systems if discharged directly into the environment. If the water is treated, it could represent a solution for water scarcity, and would reduce the impact on the environment. Membrane filtration is a type of physical treatment in which two …
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Towards applied modeling of the human-eco-system an approach of hydrology based integrated modeling of a semi-arid sub-catchment in rural north-west India
… food security, sustainability and social-economic stability is key issue to the globalized community. Regarding the current state of climatic change, especially semi-arid regions in uenced by monsoon or El Niño are prone to extreme weather events. Droughts, ooding, erosion, degradation of …
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Adaptive Reuse: Produce Warehouse to Apartment Lofts
… cities and urban centers have slowly started to become ghost towns of the industries that used to keep them alive. With fewer factory jobs, many families have moved outside of the city -- they have become heavily reliant on vehicular transportation to and from the vast parking lots in front of …
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Theological Foundations for an Ethics of Cosmocentric Transfiguration: Navigating the Eco-Theological Poles of Conservation, Transfiguration, Anthropocentrism, and Cosmocentrism with Regard to the Relationship Between Humans and Individual Nonhuman Animals
… is to propose a taxonomy of four paradigms of eco-theological thought that will categorize these writings and facilitate the identification, situation, and constructive development of the paradigm of cosmocentric transfiguration. This taxonomy takes shape within the tensions of three …
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The impact of coal mining on the environment and community quality of life: a case study investigation of the impacts and conflicts associated with coal mining in the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
… development priorities of job creation and economic growth. Even so, primary metal production and coal-based power generation industries, through their operations and activities, pose a significant and irreversible risk to the surrounding environment. The impact on the environment further …
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Will Nitrogen fixers benefit from rising Atmospheric CO2? The response of Podalyria Sericea to elevated CO2
To predict the response of communities and ecosystems to rising levels of atmospheric CO2, the response of individual plants under natural conditions needs to be determined. Podalyria sericea, a fynbos legume, was grown in a greenhouse under ambient (35 Pa) and elevated (70 Pa) CO2 partial pressure …
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Visitors' willingness to pay for an entrance fee: a case study of marine parks in Malaysia
… as a sanctuary for the protection of its marine eco-systems, especially coral reefs and its associated fauna and flora, like sea grass beds, mangroves and the sea shores. In Malaysia, there are 6 marine parks to-date. Ironically, the establishment of marine parks also attracts more tourists to …
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Strategies and constraints for environmental protection in Nicaragua
… continuing conflicts over access to natural and economic resources. The loss of forests and other essential eco-systems, the extinction of unique species, the degradation of soils and farmland, poverty, ill heath, exploitation and great inequalities of wealth and power remain on-going processes …