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Coupling Water Purification and Carbon Sequestration at Various Spatial Scales From Supply and Demand Perspective

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Balancing ecosystem‐service supply and demand is central to understanding both the natural and social dimensions of ecosystem services and to enhancing human well‐beings. Concurrently, collaborative efforts are underway to improve multiple ecosystem services, including the promotion of carbon neutrality and water purification (WP) within basin
Jing Cheng, Mingyang Ding, Zhenya Zhu, Xinping Luo, Xin Huang, Chunbo Huang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alto Douro Vinhateiro património da humanidade: a complexidade de um programa de preservação [PDF]

PASOS Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural, 2012
The Alto Douro Wine Region (ADW) was listed by UNESCO in 2001 as a living and evolving cultural landscape. Besides the physical diversity of the landscape, there is a multiplicity of actors involved in ADW preservation defined at three levels: i ...
Lina Lourenço-Gomes, João Rebelo
doaj   +2 more sources

Relevance of carbon sink to ecological sensitivity in terraced agroforestry ecosystems under tourism interference

Ecological Indicators
Anthropogenic disturbances caused by tourism threaten the health of terraced agroforestry ecosystems. The carbon sink capacity of such systems is closely linked to ecological stability, driven by the interaction of biotic and abiotic factors.
Mengwei Han, Shuaipu Zhang, Junfeng Dai, Rongjie Fang, Xing Wang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hybridizing old downtown Suwon City: how new urban fabric may save the past [PDF]

, 2011
In response to paradigm shifts of environmental, social and economic methods at the local and global scales, new approaches are required for creating alternative urban models which emphasize sustainability and landscape productivity.
Lee, CheongJong
core  

A review of high nature value farming systems in Europe: Biodiversity, ecosystem services, drivers, innovations and future prospects

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Farming systems of high natural and cultural value represent approximately 30% of farmlands in the European Union and are associated with a high species and habitat diversity and/or the presence of species of European conservation concern. This study aims to synthesize the existing knowledge on the assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem ...
Elsa Varela, Marion Jay, Lukas Flinzberger, Chaima Mobarak, Tobias Plieninger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Land capability classification of Vernazza catchment, Cinque Terre National Park, Italy

Journal of Maps, 2020
Land capability classification is based on chemical and physical properties of soils for agricultural purposes. Objective of this study is the realization of the land capability map in the Vernazza catchment, an historically terraced landscape in the ...
C. Scopesi, S. Olivari, M. Firpo, P. Scarpellini, S. Pini, I. Rellini   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Evolutionary Unfolding of Complexity [PDF]

, 1999
We analyze the population dynamics of a broad class of fitness functions that exhibit epochal evolution---a dynamical behavior, commonly observed in both natural and artificial evolutionary processes, in which long periods of stasis in an evolving ...
Crutchfield, James P., van Nimwegen, Erik   +1 more
core   +4 more sources

Multi-temporal modeling of road-induced overland flow alterations in a terraced landscape characterized by shallow landslides

International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 2021
L. Mauri, Eugenio Straffelini, P. Tarolli   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Subsurface Investigations of Cryo‐Hydrogeological Features in a High Arctic Catchment Under Transition

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this study, the internal structure and seasonal variations of cryo‐hydrogeological features were investigated in the Fuglebekken catchment, located near the Polish Polar Station Hornsund in Svalbard. Over a few years, rising air temperatures and intensified water circulation have significantly altered the distribution, extent, and state of ...
Wawrzyniak Tomasz, Oryński Szymon, Marciniak Artur, Osuch Marzena   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contribution of agronomy to land management issues - A Comparison of five interdisciplinary PhD theses [PDF]

, 2012
An introductory literature review highlights the growing attention within the processes taking place at farming region and landscape scale beside the classical spatial scales at cultivated/experimental plot level.
Debolini, Marta, Marraccini, E., Planchat, C., Rizzo, Davide, Toillier, Aurélie   +4 more
core   +1 more source