Search for dissertations about: "assessment land degradation"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the words assessment land degradation.
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11. Assessment of stormwater and snowmelt quality based on water management priorities and the consequent water quality parameters
Abstract : Stormwater and snowmelt pollution contributes to degradation of quality of the receiving waters. For assessing such impacts, it is effective to focus on specific causes of degradation, as done in this study of the quality of stormwater and snowmelt discharges into the receiving waters serving for supply of raw drinking water and water-based recreation. READ MORE
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12. Dissolved organic carbon in tropical watersheds : Linking field observation and eco-hydrological modelling
Abstract : Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is a general description of the organic material dissolved in water. DOC is an important source of energy, carbon, and nutrient transfers from terrestrial to aquatic ecosystems. The export of DOC into aquatic ecosystems may contribute to the carbon balance of terrestrial ecosystems and to water degradation. READ MORE
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13. Emerging technologies for climate-neutral urban areas : An Industrial Ecology perspective
Abstract : The ever-increasing concentration of human activity in urban areas induces environmental problems beyond their boundaries on scales ranging from local to regional to global, such as resource depletion, land degradation, air and water pollution and climate change. Human-induced climate change is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest sustainability challenges of the present century and it is inextricably linked to urbanization. READ MORE
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14. Landscape partitioning and burial processes of soil organic carbon in contrasting areas of continuous permafrost
Abstract : Recent studies have shown that permafrost soils in the northern circumpolar region store almost twice as much carbon as the atmosphere. Since soil organic carbon (SOC) pools have large regional and landscape-level variability, detailed SOC inventories from across the northern permafrost region are needed to assess potential remobilization of SOC with permafrost degradation and to quantify the permafrost carbon-climate feedback on global warming. READ MORE
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15. Functionality of wet grasslands as green infrastructure : waders, avian predators and land covers in Northern Europe
Abstract : Habitat loss is a global issue that affects land cover patterns, ecological processes and the distribution and abundance of species. As a result, many conservation approaches have appeared, such as the European Union’s green infrastructure (GI) policy and UNESCO’s Biosphere Reserve (BR) concept. READ MORE
