water conservation planning Articles
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Benefit–cost analysis of lake conservation with emphasis on aesthetics in developing countries
Urban water bodies like lakes, wetlands and rivers carry a number of intangible benefits. In order to assess true value of societal welfare and benefits derived from these assets, social benefit cost analysis (SBCA) should be preferred. Hedonic pricing method has been used in the present study for capturing the aesthetic benefit of the Sukhna Lake of Chandigarh City and then using the results in ...
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Project - Humber River Watershed Management Plan
Client: Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Don Ford, P.Geo. Manager, Hydrogeology, 5 Shoreham Drive, Downsview, ON M3N1S4 Tel:416-661-6600×5369 dford@trca.on.ca Key Personnel: Dirk Kassenaar and E.J. Wexler Working for the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), Earthfx provided key surface water and groundwater analysis components of the Humber River Watershed Plan. The ...
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The adoption of private natural areas and payment for ecosystem services in Brazil: Analysis of the oasis project legal scheme
The present article focuses on the analysis of the legal scheme of the Oasis Project, launched in 2006 by the Brazilian private foundation called “Fundação O Boticário de Proteção à Natureza”. The Oasis Project represents an innovative approach in Brazil, which pays landowners to preserve the remaining Atlantic Forest areas in the watersheds region of the São Paulo metropolitan area. Such areas ...
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Groundwater budget forecasting, using hybrid wavelet-ANN-GP modelling: a case study of Azarshahr Plain, East Azerbaijan, Iran
Meticulous prediction of hydrological processes, especially water budget, has an individual importance in environmental management plans. On the other hand, conservation of groundwater, a fundamental resource in arid and semi-arid areas, needs to be considered as a great priority in development plans. Prediction of a groundwater budget utilizing artificial intelligence was the scope of this ...
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Project - Rouge River Watershed Management Plan
Client: Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. Don Ford, P.Geo. Manager, Hydrogeology, 5 Shoreham Drive, Downsview, ON M3N1S4 Tel:416-661-6600×5369 dford@trca.on.ca Key Personnel: Dirk Kassenaar and E.J. Wexler Building on earlier work on the Oak Ridges Moraine, Earthfx worked with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) to develop key surface water and ...
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Obama provides economic stimulus money for important water projects
California and indeed the entire western region of the United States, face chronic issues with respect to water use management. As reported in a December 2008 article on this site, California faces special problems intensified by cycles of drought; additionally, budget shortfalls are compounding the problems by limiting what the State can accomplish. Some relief may be in sight, though; in April ...
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