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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"historical land use"”.
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Impacts of Land Use and Climate Changes on Hydrological Processes in South Dakota Watersheds
… aims to evaluate the impacts of climate and land use change on the hydrology of South Dakota’s watersheds using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). The study analyzed the hydrologic impacts of climate and land use changes in two ways. The first aspect consists of characterizing …
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Strengthening the Integration of Traditional Knowledge in Environmental Impact Assessment: An Analysis of Inuit Place Names near Steensby Inlet, NU
… assessment despite their indication of historical land-use, ecological resources, and areas of cultural value. Through a case study of the Mary River iron mine project near Steensby Inlet, NU, this thesis examines the potential contributions of an analysis of Inuit place names to the …
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Evaluating Strategies to Protect Open Space and Slow Sprawl in the Philadelphia Region
This paper uses the Philadelphia metropolitan region of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties as a case study, examining historical land use and socioeconomic data to demonstrate the negative effects that urban sprawl has on regional quality of life and the natural and …
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The use of Geographic Information System (GIS) for regional scale groundwater contamination risk assessment by chlorinated solvents in the Permo-Triassic sandstone aquifer
… based risk assessment tools are developed for use with the UK’s Permo-Triassic Sandstone aquifer in order to assist stakeholders make informed decisions on the best use of groundwater in high risk areas and assess the value and management options for resources that are coming under increasing …
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Hydrological responses to the synergistic changes in climate and land cover in the alpine pastoral region
… the hydrological responses to climate change and land use and land cover (LULC) change is imperative for sustainable river basin management. In this study, hydrological regimes of the upper Lancang River Basin under environmental changes are assessed using a semi-distributed hydrologic model, Soil …
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The Effects of Land Use on Tumbling Creek Cave in Taney County, Missouri
This study examined the effect of current and historical land use on water quality. The study site is composed of Tumbling Creek Cave, the recharge area of the cave system, and surface streams linked to the cave system. This cave is of specific interest because of the karst nature of the area and …
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Linking the effects of land use change with water quality and discharge: an integrated approach
… equilibria are greatly affected by changing land use. This study presents a methodology that integrates the use of remote sensing, geographical information systems (GIS) and water-quality modeling. Archived aerial photography proved to be a valuable source of historical land use data. GIS …
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A Denroecological Analysis of Disturbance of Remnant Pinus Palustris, Southeastern Virginia
… throughout the last century however locating historical land use records to validate this was not possible at the present.
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Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community Responses to a Headwater Valley Restoration at Slabcamp Creek, Rowan Co., Kentucky
… to improve hydrology and degraded habitat caused by historical land use. The primary goal of my study was to begin baseline studies of the macroinvertebrate community in the restored section of Slabcamp Creek and to compare those findings to White Pine Branch (a pre-restoration control site) …
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Long-term Fuel and Vegetation Responses to Mechanical Mastication in northern California and southern Oregon
Historical land use and changes in climate have altered fire behavior and severity in fire-prone ecosystems of western North America. A variety of fuels treatments are used to abate fire hazard, restore ecosystem processes, and increase forest resilience. Mechanical fuels treatments are …
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Land use influences on benthic invertebrate assemblages in southern Appalachian agricultural streams
I investigated the role of land use in structuring benthic invertebrate assemblages in agricultural streams in the French Broad River drainage in western North Carolina. I sampled six agricultural streams (3 with cleared headwaters and 3 with forested headwaters) at three points along a gradient …
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Effects of land management and climate change on soil microbial communities in Appalachian forest ecosystems
… influences, including present and past land use activities (e.g., logging, conversion to agriculture) and climate change (e.g., intensifying droughts). However, despite the central importance of microbial communities in promoting ecosystem functions, impacts of land management and …
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A study of land use conflicts in Mapungubwe area
This study uses lens to understand conflict over the use of land and its resources in the Mapungubwe area. The main underlying assumption of the study is that various land use activities that are not compatible with each other lead to land use conflict. The aim of the study is to assess land use …
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Accumulation of sediment and radionuclides in tidal marshes of the Murderkill River Estuary, Delaware
… and sediment physical properties associated with historical land-use practices, such as mosquito ditching. Over 90% of United States Atlantic East coast salt marshes have been ditched to some degree, but little quantitative work has been done to examine the specific effects on marsh sedimentary …
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A GENTRIFYING URBAN VILLAGE: THE ROLE OF CHURCH, MONEY, AND IDENTITY IN A PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOOD
… institution: the local church. I use a religious institution as the primary mode for accessing the research site for several reasons. Religious institutions are uniquely positioned to directly address issues of community, identity, and morality. That is, at church, residents engage …
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Data-driven spatial modeling of historic and future land change at global scale
Assessing the historic and future impacts of land-use and land-cover change (LULCC) on climate requires spatially and temporally explicit data sets on LULCC spanning several decades to centuries, because climate change is a long-term problem. Though remote sensing data provides a globally …
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The dynamic interaction of land use and transport in a highly fragmented city: the case of Cape Town, South Africa
… shift in the South African transport and land use policy environment where transport and land use planning are viewed as a continuum as opposed to isolated planning aspects. Issues such as residential segregation, social exclusion, spatial inefficiencies, inequality, residential …