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Systemic Urban-Wetland Interdependencies
Current predictions highlight major climate-related impacts on coastal cities around the world. At the same time, wetlands provide important services...
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Do Institutions Affect Wetland-Dependent Livelihoods? Experience from Deepor Beel, Assam, India
Institutions are essential in sha** laws, rules, incentives, and governance structures for enhancing the livelihood of wetland dependents....
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Tracing the roots of wetland degradation in India: a systematic review of anthropogenic drivers, ecological consequences and conservation strategies
India's wetlands, estimated to cover 15.26 million hectares, have experienced significant degradation due to human activities. Urbanization,...
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The Pantanal: A Seasonal Neotropical Wetland Under Threat
Although wetlands are associated with water, their conservation can be a challenge at present days: Wetlands can lose water and be water insecure....
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Climate change, flooding woes and mass exodus of inhabitants: an analysis of Kuttanad wetland ecosystem in Kerala, India
Although the ecological and economic services rendered by the wetland ecosystems are innumerable, the exposure of inhabitants to hazardous climatic...
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Anthropogenic Activities in Kuttanad Wetland of Alappuzha and Vulnerability to Floods
Kuttanad wetland of Kerala lies in the southern end of India’s largest Ramsar site—the Vembanad Kol, famous for its unique system of land and water...
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The Pantanal: A Seasonal Neotropical Wetland Under Threat
Although wetlands are associated with water, their conservation can be a challenge at present days: Wetlands can lose water and be water insecure....
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Swamp Things: The Wetland Roots of American Authoritarianism
“Swamp Things” demonstrates the roots of Trumpism through a case study of the hinterland strongman Leander Perez, who ruled Plaquemines Parish in...
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Impact of Rapid Urbanization and Changing Face of Wetland: A Case Study of Berhampore Municipality, Murshidabad, West Bengal (India)
Wetlands act as the kidney of environment because they supply water, control urban floods, recharge groundwater level and purify water. Recently...
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Constructed Wetland: A Sustainable Approach for Wastewater Treatment
Disposal of wastewater in urban area relegates to sewage treatment plant located at remote places. On the contrary, in rural area wastewater disposed...
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Wetlands Preservation in Urban Areas
Environmental ecosystems, particularly wetlands, have a bearing toward mitigation and adaptation of climate change processes. With regard to urban...
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Local ecological knowledge and wetland management in the Ethiopian Rift Valley
Freshwater systems are productive environments and vital for the livelihood of local people. The provision of goods and services is, however, related...
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Environmental History of Coastal Wetlands in the Northern Gulf of California
Coastal wetlands are rich and productive ecosystems historically used by small-scale fisheries due to their role as refuges and nursery habitats for...
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Waterfowl Eggshell Refines Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction and Supports Multi-species Niche Construction at the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition in the Levant
Utilising multiple lines of evidence for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction improves our understanding of the past landscapes in which human...
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Protecting Water and Wetlands
Wetlands are, inescapably, important places. The focus of this chapter is to examine wetlands and their protection in the context of a global desire...
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Urban Wetlands: Opportunities and Challenges in Indian cities—A Case of Bhubaneswar City, Odisha
Urban wetlands function differently than those in natural areas. In natural wetland, the water level is not changing rapidly until and unless natural...
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Agriculture in the Ancient Maya Lowlands (Part 2): Landesque Capital and Long-term Resource Management Strategies
Pre-Columbian food production in the Maya Lowlands was long characterized as reliant on extensive, slash-and-burn agriculture as the sole cultivation...
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Protecting Water and Wetlands
Wetlands are, inescapably, important places. The focus of this chapter is to examine wetlands and their protection in the context of a global desire...
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Agroforestry Distribution and Contributions in Ancient Hawaiian Agriculture
Agriculture is one of the most fundamental ways in which human societies interact with the environment. The form and function of agriculture have...
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Spatio-temporal analysis of land use/land cover dynamics in Abeokuta and environs, Southwestern Nigeria
Towards the drive for environmental sustainability and sustainable urban development, geospatial technology has been deployed to study land use/land...
