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Valuing nature-conservation interests on agricultural floodplains [PDF]

, 2009
The ecosystem approach and evaluation of ecosystem services is gaining increasing attention from scientists, practitioners and policy makers. An important part of this process is to establish the `value' of the nature-conservation assets within an area ...
Anderson, Anselin, Brander, Brauman, Brouwer, de Groot, de Groot, Defra, Defra, Defra, Defra, Defra, Eftec & Entec, Farber, Hanley, Margules, Marsh, Moilanen, Morris, Morris, Morris, Münier, Natural England, NCC, Oglethorpe, Prato, Pretty, Ridder, Santelmann, Sinden, Treweek, Tucker, Turner, UK BAP, UK BAP, Weber, Woodward, WRI, Zhang   +38 more
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Freshwater fish functional diversity shows diverse responses to human activities, but consistently declines in the tropics

Ecography, EarlyView.
Freshwater environments are intertwined with human activities and the consequence has been environmental degradation and biodiversity loss. Fish provide key ecological and economic benefits, and fish abundance and diversity can be affected by human activities resulting in functional diversity (FD) changes that might scale up to ecosystem impacts ...
Romullo Guimarães de Sá Ferreira Lima, Bruno Eleres Soares, Marc Cadotte, Míriam Pilz Albrecht   +3 more
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Damping Modification Factors for Pile–Induced Filtering Effect

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Period–dependent Damping Modification Factors are usually applied to the 5%–damped pseudo–acceleration response spectrum at free field conditions to derive the seismic demand for structures with damping ratio other than 5%. Likewise, the response spectrum at the foundation level of pile–supported structures may differ from the free field ...
Emmanouil Rovithis, Maria Iovino, Dimitris Sotiriadis, Raffaele Di Laora   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring dynamics of Poyang floodplain lakes using fused 8-day, 30-m remote sensing data (2000–2023)

European Journal of Remote Sensing
Poyang Lake has been frequently affected by droughts, which has drawn increasing attention. Floodplain lakes surrounding the main Poyang Lake play an important role in maintaining the hydrological cycle and supporting ecological diversity. Monitoring the
Yuxue Jia, Qi Zhang, Chenyang Xue, Biqiong Wu, Hairong Zhang, Jin Wang   +5 more
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Russian-Kazakh transboundary water bodies: typology, dynamics, economic significance

Юг России: экология, развитие, 2023
The issues related to transboundary reservoirs in the state border zone of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan are analysed and their typology is articulated. Issues concerning the legal definition of the concept of "transboundary water
Yu. A. Padalko, A. A. Chibilev
doaj   +1 more source

Groundwater flooding within an urbanised flood plain [PDF]

, 2012
In Europe in recent years, there has been recognition of the need to better understand the risk from groundwater flooding. This recognition has been due both to the occurrence of major flooding events clearly attributable to groundwater and the inclusion
Cobby, Cracknell, Finch, Fleming, Gardner, Kessler, Kreibich, McKenzie, Montz, Moore, Negrel, Pinault   +11 more
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Seismic Design of Concrete Dams: An Integrated Risk‐Informed Performance‐Based (RIPB) Framework

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper advances the integration of risk‐informed principles into the seismic design of dams—a domain long guided by standards‐based, largely deterministic approaches. While performance‐based earthquake engineering is well established for buildings and bridges, its systematic adoption in dam engineering remains limited. We first address two
M. Amin Hariri‐Ardebili, Larry K. Nuss
wiley   +1 more source

Using GIS to Evaluate the Effects of Flood Risk on Residential Property Values [PDF]

, 2000
Annually, flooding causes more property damage in the United States than any other type of natural disaster. One of the consequences of continued urbanization is the tendency for floodplains to expand, increasing flood risks in the areas around urban ...
Bartosova, Alena, Clark, David E., Novotny, Vladimir, Taylor, Kyra S   +3 more
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Integrated Anatomical, Chemical, Biological and Computational Studies Approach of Myrcia sylvatica (G. Mey) DC. A Multifaceted Insight Into a Promising Amazonian Species

Flavour and Fragrance Journal, EarlyView.
This study presents an integrated anatomical, chemical, biological, and computational analysis of Myrcia sylvatica, revealing key bioactive compounds with antioxidant and toxicological potential, and identifying spathulenol and globulol as promising acetylcholinesterase inhibitors with favourable pharmacokinetic properties. ABSTRACT Myrcia sylvatica (G.
Eliza de Jesus Barros dos Santos, Zelina Ataíde Correia, Ely Simone Cajueiro Gurgel, Leonardo Souza da Costa, Mabrouk Horchani, Hayet Edziri, Ravendra Kumar, Anderson de Santana Botelho, Karyme do Socorro de Souza Vilhena, Eloisa Helena de Aguiar Andrade, Mozaniel Santana de Oliveira   +10 more
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Soil modification in a chronosequence of postagricultural ecosystems of the intrazonal lithogenic matrix (Arkhangelsk region, Russia)

Acta Agrobotanica, 2019
Processes of soil self-restoration and soil modification in the chronosequence of postagricultural ecosystems located within the intrazonal (floodplain) soils of boreal forests were studied.
Elena Nakvasina, Tatyana Parinova, Alexey Volkov, Anna Popova, Nadezhda Prozherina   +4 more
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