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Urban indices as environmental noise indicators

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2011
Abstract The objective of this paper is to analyze the noise levels of an urban area by treating them as a function of several features resulting from block shapes and urban indices in a residential neighborhood of a medium sized Brazilian city. Inside this area a sample of 40 reference points was chosen for data collection and their noise levels ...
Léa Cristina Lucas de Souza   +1 more
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Pesticide environmental indicators and environmental policy

Journal of Environmental Management, 2002
A current concern in many European countries is the environmental impact of agricultural pesticide usage and appropriate policy development to reduce impact. Currently, relatively hazardous pesticides that might be targeted for replacement by other products or management practices are not positively identified, with consequently few incentives for ...
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Vegetation as an indicator of environmental changes

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 1983
Composition of the vegetation and the properties of its environment are related, as was shown by research. In these, mostly statistical-correlative studies, both the vegetation and some growth factors, such as plant nutrients and moisture supply were analyzed and studied on interdependence.At present the environmental conditions can be estimated in the
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Environmental policy, agri-environmental indicators and landscape indicators

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2003
Abstract Research for a concept of sustainable agriculture and for the sustainable use of agricultural landscapes are closely related to the development of an international acknowledged indicator framework for the analysis and valuation of the environmental situation by the OECD.
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