land information management Articles
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From wisdom to information: 350 years of ecosystem management
This paper will examine how the Paterson Valley ecosystem has been managed by humanity with snapshots at 1750, 1830, 1900 and the present. It arises from research into a study of environmental history and ecosystem health of the Paterson Valley through the biophysical, indigenous and European eras. It is contended that during the indigenous era the inhabitants possessed a wisdom regarding the ...
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Integrated wildfire risk assessment: Framework development and application on the Lewis and Clark National Forest in Montana, USA
The financial, socioeconomic, and ecological impacts of wildfire continue to challenge federal land management agencies in the United States. In recent years policymakers and managers have increasingly turned to the field of risk analysis to better manage wildfires, and to mitigate losses to highly valued resources and assets (HVRAs). Assessing wildfire risk entails the interaction of multiple ...
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Decision support system for risk-based land management and rehabilitation of radioactively contaminated territories: PRANA approach
Description of the approaches to a decision support system on Risk Based Land Management (RBLM) and rehabilitation of radioactively contaminated territories on the basis of integrating monitoring data, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), models and decision support tools is presented in this paper. The key blocks of the PRANA DSS, developed for scientific and practical needs for model ...
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Urban myth vs. economic explanation: an empirical analysis of land purchasing decisions in Accra
This paper reports the results of an analysis of market participants engaged in informal urban land transactions in Accra, Ghana. It has been occasioned by the dearth of empirical studies that shed light on commonly held beliefs that informal land transactions in sub-Saharan African cities account for many observed problems in their neighbourhoods. Employing regression and discriminant analyses, ...
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Weather Stations: A Key Tool for Climate-Smart Agriculture
Introduction: Climate change poses significant challenges to agriculture, impacting crop yields, water availability, and pest dynamics. In the face of these challenges, climate-smart agriculture has emerged as a holistic approach to sustainably increase agricultural productivity, enhance resilience to climate change, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Central to climate-smart agriculture is the ...
By JXCT
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Management of Mining, Quarrying and Ore-Processing Waste in the European Union
At the request of the Environment Directorate-General of the European Commission, BRGM (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières) has conducted a study on the management of mining, quarrying and ore-processing waste in the European Union. This project was completed mainly through the use of questionnaire sent to sub- contractors in almost each country of the EU. To assess this information ...
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