Farm Inputs and Agri-Environment Measures as Indicators of Agri-Environment Quality in Hungary [PDF]
The paper deals with agri-environmental indicators, examines farm inputs, on the basis of statistical data of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (Szabo, Pomazi 2002) and the Eurostat (2004).
Katona-Kovacs, Judit +2 more
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Ecological IndicatorsWetlands are dynamic ecosystems shaped by hydrology, climate, soil, and biogeochemical processes, supporting diverse and specialized biodiversity. However, they are highly vulnerable to climate change and human-induced stressors such as landuse change ...
S. Srinithisathian +3 more
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Perceived Diversity of Complex Environmental Systems: Multidimensional Measurement and Synthetic Indicators [PDF]
The general attitude towards the sustainable management of environmental resources is evolving towards the implementation of ‘participatory’ (as opposed to the classical ‘command and control’) and, especially at local scale, ‘bottom up’ (as opposed to ...
Barbara Del Corpo +2 more
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Stress factors and associated physically based criteria and conclusions on the directions to be followed for developing a physically based vulnerability assessment method [PDF]
, 2005 The specific results and outcomes of this deliverable is the proposition of a methodological framework for groundwater vulnerability assessment to any kind of stress factors, from a physically-based point of view.
Brouyère, Serge +2 more
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Ex Ante Impact Assessment of Policies Affecting Land Use, Part B: Application of the Analytical Framework [PDF]
, 2011 The use of science-based tools for impact assessment has increasingly gained focus in addressing the complexity of interactions between environment, society, and economy.
Bakker, M.M. +4 more
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Urbanizing food systems: exploring the interactions of food access dimensions for sustainability
Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsThis paper aims to conceptualize the dimensions of food access to enhance urban food system sustainability by analyzing the cause-effect interactions between the five dimensions and the urban food environment and using spider web diagrams to illustrate ...
Aavudai Anandhi +3 more
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DAPSET - Concept for characterising socio-economic drivers of and pressures on biodiversity [PDF]
This article develops eleven criteria focusing on the relative importance and strength of different, especially socio-economic drivers of and pressures on biodiversity. These refer to the syndrome concept designed to assess global environmental risks and
Bezák, Peter +4 more
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Sustainable FuturesTo reveal the spatiotemporal structure of urban networks in the Yellow River Basin (YRB) and its impact on urban-rural construction land transformation, we developed a comprehensive-flow spatial model, combining social network analysis and urban niche ...
Wenfeng Chen, Jialin Jiang, Linna Li
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A conceptual framework for development of sustainable development indicators [PDF]
There was a boom in the development of sustainable development indicators (SDIs) after notion of sustainability became popular through Bruntland Commission's report.
B. Sudhakara Reddy +1 more
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A participatory approach for assessing alternative climate change adaptation responses to cope with flooding risk in the upper Brahmaputra and Danube river basins [PDF]
This work illustrates the preliminary findings of a participatory research process aimed at identifying responses for sustainable water management in a climate change perspective, in two river basins in Europe and Asia.
Carlo Giupponi +2 more
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