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Roles and interrelation between variables : a study case of plastic waste management in Jakarta Bay
The accumulation of plastic waste in the marine environment has increased the global risk of marine pollution due to its negative impact on land,...
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Down the rabbit-hole: satellite-based analysis of spatiotemporal patterns in wild European rabbit burrows for better coastal dune management
Coastal dune systems in northwest Europe are facing conflicting challenges associated with climate change and human interventions in landuse and...
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Combining satellite data and artificial intelligence with a crop growth model to enhance rice yield estimation and crop management practices
Rice is the staple food of more than half of the world’s population, especially in Asia, where rice provides more than 50% of the caloric supply for...
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Bridging the People–Nature Divide Using the Participatory Planning of Urban Protected Areas
Urban protected areas offer evident benefitsBenefit for urbanUrban biodiversity biodiversityBiodiversity, residents, economies and public...
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Climate Changes and Protected Areas. Towards an Integrated Management
In the current phase of growing uncertainty and vulnerability of contemporary territories, in the presence of serious degradation and depletion of...
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Nature and Anti-nature. The Fractals of the Unfinished
Urban suburbs and many historical centres are characterized by abandoned human spaces that, having lost their original function, now are no longer...
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Planning Green Spaces Investments for Improving Health and Well-Being in Cities Through Valuing Urban Nature
Fundamental goals of urban green spaces investment and management are to provide natural features and man-made facilities and amenities that offer...
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The Traces of Nature; or: The Value of Hybrid Nature
The aim of this article is twofold. On the one hand, it provides an analysis and a taxonomy of hybridsHybrids, and of hybridHybrids natureHybrid...
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Decision Systems in Disaster Management with Application to Fire
This book chapter explores the utilization of an ontology of disaster images in the design of a decision support system for intervening in prevention...
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Economic Assessment of Nature-Based Solutions for Water-Related Risks
Evidence are dearly needed to understand under which conditions it is relevant for decisions makers to invest in NBS for water-related risk. This...
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Assessing the impact of hurricane Fiona on the coast of PEI National Park and implications for the effectiveness of beach-dune management policies
The impact of waves, storm surge, and aeolian transport associated with Post-tropical Storm Fiona (offshore significant wave height ∽ 8 m, storm...
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Traveling the Country: Transportation Challenges and Mobility Management
Territorial fragmentation, abrupt mountain reliefs, insular nature, outermost regions, limited land management capacity, and major shortages in...
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Integrating Nature-Based Solutions into Urban Planning and Policies: Learning from the Apulia Case Study
Much research has been done to evaluate the impacts of Nature-based Solutions (NBS) in spatial planning and management at the different scales and to...
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Assessing vulnerability to cyclones in coastal Odisha using fuzzy logic integrated AHP: towards effective risk management
The frequency of tropical cyclones has increased across the globe due to climate change in recent years. The eastern coastal plains of India have...
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IT Project Risk Management Model
The chapter develops a knowledge-based IT project risk management model, which, unlike the existing ones, allows to take into account the dynamic and...
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Climate Driven Hydrological Performance of Nature-Based Solutions: An Empirical Assessment of a Blue-Green Roof
Nowadays, we must cope with the continuous modifications of stormwater runoff regimes induced by urbanization and climate change. Therefore, it is...
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Crowdsourcing as a Tool for Spatial Planning in Water Resource Management
Citizen participation has recently become more common in water resource management and prevention, led to advances omnipresent and interactive...
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Fluvial Geomorphology and River Restoration: Tiroler Lech Nature Park
Most major Alpine rivers have undergone extensive regulation in order to gain arable land and to control flooding in Alpine communities. The Tiroler...
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Replicability and Pathways for the Scaling of Nature-Based Solutions for Water Treatment: Examples from the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam
The importance of nature-based solutions (NbS) for urban water treatment is growing due to their cost-effectiveness and the multitude of ecosystem...