Some Issues at the Forefront of Public Policy for Environmental Risk [PDF]
The lay of the policy land for addressing and managing environmental risk includes the hillock of the precautionary principle, the mountain of the practice and ethics of monetary valuation, and the tectonic plates of real-world innovations in markets and
Macauley, Molly
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Using choice experiments to explore the spatial distribution of willingness to pay for rural landscape improvements [PDF]
, 2007 We report findings from a choice experiment survey designed to estimate the economic benefits from policy measures which improve the rural landscape under an agri-environment scheme in the Republic of Ireland.
Campbell, Danny +2 more
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Remote Sensing, 2019 The scientific community has widely reported the impacts of climate change on the Central Himalaya. To qualify and quantify these effects, long-term land surface temperature observations in both the daytime and nighttime, acquired by the Moderate ...
Wei Zhao +5 more
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.This review explores how shape‐changing structures—origami, bistable, and laminate structures—enable multifunctionality in soft robotics and metamaterials. Starting from structural design, it examines core principles, real‐world applications, and ongoing challenges.
Lingchen Kong, Yaoyao Fiona Zhao
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"Pilot developmental initiatives in mountainous - less favoured communities: The case of Establishment of an informal school for construction of traditional musical instruments in Akrita, Florina." [PDF]
, 2010 The European Community has designed and is implementing policies to support disadvantaged mountain areas in today's ever-changing world environment.
Pitoska, Electra
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Planning and Control Framework for a Quadruped Robot With Changeable Configuration
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Multiconfiguration quadruped robots enhance adaptability by switching between mammal‐like and reptile‐like morphologies. This study presents a nonlinear constraint‐based motion planner integrated with a hierarchical whole‐body controller, enabling robust configuration switching and locomotion on complex terrains. Experiments on slopes, irregular bricks,
Guanglin Lu +5 more
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Glacial Lake Changes and Risk Assessment in Rongxer Watershed of China–Nepal Economic Corridor
Remote SensingGlacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are one of the most severe disasters in alpine regions, releasing a large amount of water and sediment that can cause fatalities and economic loss as well as substantial damage to downstream infrastructures.
Sihui Zhang, Yong Nie, Huayu Zhang
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Mercury Content of Waters in the Midcontinent Region [PDF]
, 1980 Two major areas of the midcontinent region were investigated for their aqueous mercury concentrations. Sixteen surface water and 17 ground water samples were collected in an eleven county area of N.W. Arkansas, S.W. Missouri and N.E. Oklahoma (Ozark area)
Barber, Larry, II, Steele, Kenneth F.
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Wind‐driven seed dispersal differentially promotes seed trapping and retention across alpine plants
American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Abstract Premise Seed dispersal can mediate species interactions between plants across life stages. Plants can physically stop seed movement (seed trapping) and prevent further dispersal following entrapment (seed retention). We therefore hypothesized seed trapping and retention rates depend on the physical attributes of interacting seeds and plants ...
Courtenay A. Ray +7 more
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Thermostable Bacterial Esterases From Lipase Family 1.5 Degrade Compostable Polyesters PBAT and PBSA
MicrobiologyOpenThe escalating plastics crisis, exacerbated by the accumulation of nonbiodegradable polyesters in the environment, has necessitated the exploration of sustainable waste management solutions such as enzymatic hydrolysis in industrial recycling.
F. Hafna Ahmed +5 more
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