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Ambient Rivers and Shellfish Tissue Monitoring in New Hampshire Estuarine Watersheds 2003 [PDF]

, 2004
The Department of Environmental Services received funding from the New Hampshire Estuaries Project (NHEP) to conduct monitoring activities in 2003. The activities involved water monitoring in tidal tributaries and contaminant analyses of mussel tissue ...
Landry, Natalie, Trowbridge, Phil
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Licensed Commoning and the Authoritarian Commons: Governing Participation in China's Community Gardens

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's environmental governance transition combines intensified vertical accountability and performance‐based management with expanding calls for public participation. However, despite growing demand for civic engagement, there remains limited understanding of how participatory environmental initiatives are structured and governed in practice.
Linjun Xie, Mengqi Shao, Gaohan Deng
wiley   +1 more source

Coastal Cultural Ecosystem Services: A Bridge between the Natural Ecosystem and Social Ecosystem for Sustainable Development

Land
Cultural Ecosystem Services (CESs), as non-material benefits and well-being provided by ecosystems to humans, possess the ability to bridge nature and human society and interpret their complex interrelationships.
Yuqing Zhao, Zenglin Han, Changren Zhang, Yuqiao Wang, Jingqiu Zhong, Mengfan Gao   +5 more
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Records on the distribution of Ptychanthoideae (subfam. of Lejeuneaceae, Hepaticae) in Australia [PDF]

, 2003
Three species are new for the Northern Territory of Australia: Acrolejeunea securifolia (Nees) Steph. ex Watts ssp. securifolia, Archilejeunea planiuscula (Mitt.) Steph. and Mastigolejeunea ligulata (Lehm.
Sass-Gyarmati, Andrea
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Appraising Policies Through Social Multi‐Criteria Evaluation: Lessons From a Systematic Review of Applications

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to renewed interest in analytical tools that address complex policy problems and move beyond linear‐rational approaches in policy appraisal, Social Multi‐Criteria Evaluation (SMCE) integrates participatory approaches with multi‐criteria analysis (MCA), thereby incorporating specialised knowledge and diverse social values and ...
Egle Basyte Ferrari
wiley   +1 more source

A Multiscale Model to Assess Bridge Vulnerability Under Extreme Wave Loading

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
A multiscale model is proposed to assess the impact of wave loading on coastal or inland bridges. The formulation integrates various scales to examine the effects of flooding actions on fluid and structural systems, transitioning from global to local ...
Umberto De Maio, Fabrizio Greco, Paolo Lonetti, Paolo Nevone Blasi   +3 more
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Horizons and Bridges of Dialogue

Jumuga Journal of Education, Oral Studies, and Human Sciences (JJEOSHS)
This research article explores the way in which the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) has brought to life the interreligious principles of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), as articulated in its Magna Carta Nostra Aetate (NA), which served as the Church’s official doctrine and stance on its relationship with non-Christian religions and world cultures ...
Richard Ooko Airo, Stephen Asol Kapinde, Tsawe Munga Wa Chidongo, Stephen Joshua Muoki   +3 more
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Earthquake and Tsunami NaTech Risk Assessment for Oil Storage Facilities

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Interaction of natural and technological hazards (NaTech) events, such as tsunamis and earthquakes, can affect industrial facilities such as those featuring anchored atmospheric storage tanks. Consequences of natural events on this kind of installation may include the release of hazardous substances, which in turn can lead to industrial ...
Georgios Baltzopoulos, Pasquale Cito, Federica Ricci, Manuela Volpe, Jacopo Selva, Valerio Cozzani, Iunio Iervolino   +6 more
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Smart Solar Power Site Selection Through a Hybrid Computational Framework of Neuro‐Fuzzy With Genetic Algorithm Optimization

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Solar Power plants at various locations a: Pavagada SPP, Karnataka b: Bhadla SPP, Rajasthan c: West Bengal Solar Park ABSTRACT This paper presents a new neuro‐fuzzy multi‐criteria decision‐making (MCDM) framework designed to optimize the selection of solar power plant (SPP) sites across India.
Rajkumari Malemnganbi Devi, Benjamin A. Shimray, Ingudam Chitrasen Meitei, Khelchandra Thongam, Shuma Adhikari, Anuradha Laishram, Subir Datta, Ahmed Al Mansur, Taha Selim Ustun   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pre-filed testimony in support of the ten persons group by Nathan G. Phillips [PDF]

, 2019
I have two interrelated technical concerns with the Enbridge Model used by MassDEP to grant the air permit for the proposed Weymouth, which invalidate the air permit. I state these immediately below and elaborate on them thereafter.
Phillips, Nathan
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