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A Simple and Automatic Method for Detecting Large-Scale Land Cover Changes Without Training Data
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2023 Automatic and accurate extraction of land use/cover change (LUCC) is essential for various applications, particularly studies on climate change and sustainable development.
Guangbin Lei +5 more
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The Global Warming Potential of Building Materials: An Application of Life Cycle Analysis in Nepal [PDF]
, 2017 open6siThis paper analyzes the global-warming potential of materials used to construct the walls of 3 building types—traditional, semimodern, and modern—in Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer Zone in Nepal, using the life-cycle assessment approach ...
Francesca Pierobon +5 more
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Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2022 South Asia is a hotspot of air pollution with limited resilience and hence, understanding the mitigation potential of different sources is critically important.
Abhishek Upadhyay +9 more
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International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 2023 The southeastern Tibetan Plateau, which profoundly affects East Asia by helping to maintain the stability of climate systems, biological diversity and clean water, is one of the regions most vulnerable to water erosion, wind erosion, tillage erosion ...
Zhengan Su +7 more
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The value of collective reputation for environmentally-friendly production methods: The case of Val di Gresta [PDF]
, 2007 In this paper we investigate consumers' preferences for various environment-friendly production systems for carrots. We use discrete-choice multi-attribute stated-preference data to explore the effect of collective reputations from growers of an Alpine ...
Marangon, Francesco +2 more
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Mediterranean Mountain Environments
Méditerranée, 2013 Trente ans après le manuel de géographie classique de McNeill (1992), un nouvel ouvrage sur le même sujet est dirigé cette fois-ci par un écologue mais rédigé à 16 mains. Il s’agit d’une présentation encyclopédique intéressante des environnements montagnards méditerranéens.
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Land, 2023 Wind erosion is recognized as one of the main environmental issues and seriously threatens ecosystem services in the Yarlung Zangbo River basin (YZRB), southern Tibetan Plateau. Exploring the spatiotemporal dynamics and drivers of wind erosion is crucial
Xiaomin Qin +9 more
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A geo-spatial database about the eco-environment and its key issues in South Asia
Big Earth Data, 2018 The South Asia has high variability in geographical features, climate, and landscapes. With the rapid economic development and population growth, the increased pressure on natural resources, land degradation, water crisis, and climate change become the ...
Ainong Li +12 more
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Diet of the Eurasian badger (<em>Meles meles</em>) in an area of the Italian Prealps
Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 2002 <strong>Abstract</strong> Samples of Eurasian badger faeces (n= 147) were collected at monthly intervals from October 1997 to December 1999 in an area of the Italian Prealps (58 km²), on the eastern coast of Lario (Como Lake).
Monica Marassi, Carlo Biancardi
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How Are Rural Youths’ Agricultural Skills? Empirical Results and Implications in Southwest China
Agriculture, 2021 Global agriculture is facing an aging workforce and successor crisis, while the degradation of rural youths’ agricultural skills, which is indeed a concrete manifestation of young agricultural labor loss, has received little attention. Based on data from
Yuanyuan Zhu +5 more
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