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EAACI Guidelines on the Importance of Green Space in Urban Environments for Allergy and Asthma Prevention

Allergy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The allergy and asthma epidemic in urban societies following World War II is mostly caused by changes in the environment, diet and lifestyle. Disconnection of urban populations from the wider environment has reduced the protective factors building up immunological resilience.
Tari Haahtela, Liam O'Mahony, Claudia Traidl‐Hoffmann, Mubeccel Akdis, Ozlem Ceylan, Panagiotis Chaslaridis, Athanasios Damialis, Stefano Del Giacco, Antti Lauerma, Kari C. Nadeau, Inês Paciência, Isabella Pali‐Schöll, Oscar Palomares, Harald Renz, Jurgen Schwarze, Marilyn Urrutia‐Pereira, Carina Venter, Donata Vercelli, Tonya Winders, Cezmi A. Akdis, Marek Jutel, Ioana Agache   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

The social impacts of stormwater management techniques [PDF]

, 2005
This paper presents the results of research into the social impacts of stormwater management techniques applied within urban environments. The main aim of the study was to compare public and professional attitudes of stormwater management practices such ...
Apostolaki, Stella, Jefferies, Christopher, Wild, T.   +2 more
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From rhetoric to measurement: The economics of wetland conservation

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, EarlyView.
Abstract Wetland conservation continues to be a pressing issue as wetlands continue to be lost due to urban, industrial, and agricultural expansion. This paper synthesizes the current knowledge about wetland conservation economics in Canada, with a focus on prairie landscapes. We review the methods economists use to empirically measure the costs (i.e.,
Patrick Lloyd‐Smith, Peter Boxall, Ken Belcher   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stormwater Management: An Integrated Approach to Support Healthy, Livable, and Ecological Cities

Urban Science
The practice of stormwater management has evolved from a singular focus on drainage to a multifaceted approach to support the integrated urban development of healthy, livable, ecological, and water sensitive cities from neighborhood to metropolitan ...
Neil S. Grigg
doaj   +1 more source

Stormwater Ponds in the Southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain: Hydrogeology, Contaminant Fate, and the Need for a Social-Ecological Framework

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2019
In lowland coastal regions of the southeastern United States, stormwater ponds are being built as the “green infrastructure” best management practice of choice for addressing the hydrologic changes associated with rapid urban and suburban development. In
Barbara Beckingham, Timothy Callahan, Vijay Vulava   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anthromes and terrestrial carbon

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Anthony P. Walker, Rose Z. Abramoff, Kathryn Baragwanath, Matthew E. Craig, Yadvinder Malhi, Crystal N. H. McMichael   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

(Not) Covering Climate Risks: A Multimodal News Framing Analysis of Soil Health Reporting in the UK Press

The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract Risks to soil health from increased flooding and drought due to climate change are a priority risk area for the UK government, but our analysis of two years of UK newspaper coverage on this issue reveals very little attention to it. Our multimodal framing analysis shows that news reports are largely devoid of addressing the root causes ...
Antal Wozniak, Jill E. Hopke
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the hydraulic capacity of existing drain systems and the management challenges of stormwater in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2019
Study region: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Study focus: Addis Ababa is undergoing rapid urbanization with unprecedented high rate of road and building constructions, resulting in a sudden upsurge of sealed surfaces and generation of significant amounts of ...
Dagnachew Adugna, Brook Lemma, Marina Bergen Jensen, Geremew Sahilu Gebrie   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management [PDF]

, 2011
Stormwater has been recognised as one of the main culprits of aquatic ecosystem pollution and as a significant threat to the goal of ecological sustainable development. Water sensitive urban design is one of the key responses to the need to better manage urban stormwater runoff, the objectives of which go beyond rapid and efficient conveyance ...
Lee, Shinyi, Yigitcanlar, Tan
openaire   +4 more sources

Price Endogeneity and Marginal Cost Effects on Incentive Compatible Stormwater Management Policies [PDF]

Incentive based stormwater management policies offer the prospect of reducing urban stormwater runoff while increasing developer profits. An incentive compatible Stormwater Banking Program (SBP) is presented that allows developers to build at higher ...
Hayes, John C., Huber, Matthew C., Privette, Charles V., III, Willis, David B.   +3 more
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