... three cropping regimes—irrigated cotton with winter wheat rotation, dryland sorghum and winter wheat rotation, and dryland cotton and winter wheat rotation Production costs are incurred on crop planting, ... and social analysis was made possible via an 8-month research grant from the Managing Climate Variability Program within Landand Water Australia, the government agency responsible for landand ... and understanding of the term and the forms of seasonal forecasting were highly variable, ranging from a good understanding to little or misguided awareness Participants seemed to misunderstand...
... area as landand is a much larger heat and energy reservoir But the impact of ocean may not be dominant over land, especially the mid-latitude land (Koster and Suarez 1995) The Global Land- Atmosphere ... Guo1 and Li Zhang2 1Center for Ocean -Land- Atmosphere Studies, Institute of Global Environment and Society, Calverton, Maryland, 2NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Climate Prediction Center, Camp Springs, Maryland ... uncertain what are the roles of landand atmosphere in the coupling because the characteristics of the AGCMs may also affect landand its response How important is the land response compared to the...
... area as landand is a much larger heat and energy reservoir But the impact of ocean may not be dominant over land, especially the mid-latitude land (Koster and Suarez 1995) The Global Land- Atmosphere ... Guo1 and Li Zhang2 1Center for Ocean -Land- Atmosphere Studies, Institute of Global Environment and Society, Calverton, Maryland, 2NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Climate Prediction Center, Camp Springs, Maryland ... uncertain what are the roles of landand atmosphere in the coupling because the characteristics of the AGCMs may also affect landand its response How important is the land response compared to the...
... innovative land use management and spatial planning systems is paramount to reverse the unwise and unsustainable use of land resources 41 Chapter Land use and urban planning hectares of farmland were ... management of land resources Land use information is critical for making well informed decisions and for undertaking studies to help us understand issues such as food security, desertification, land ... traditional land use planning and be deployed as a tool to integrate land use policies To create sustainable communities, we must move beyond a narrow, sectoral approach to land management and find...
... Birmensdorf, Switzerland Christian Hug Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland Peter Bleuler Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland Susanne Raschle ... Birmensdorf, Switzerland Michốle Kaennel Dobbertin Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland Doris Steiner Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland Scientific ... Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland Gerhard Wieser Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape BFW, Innsbruck, Austria Elena Paoletti Institute...
... Oceanography, University of Maryland, and Columbia University), and several private sector companies provided forecasts of ENSO-based weather and climate outcomes and of environmental and socioeconomic impacts ... the East Coast megalopolis that it had on many inland and New England areas One potential explanation for this over-estimation was that both media and government officials remembered the “surprise” ... Coast from the mid-Atlantic states to the Northeast Heavy snow (primarily inland and in New England), high winds, and coastal flooding occurred in the eastern United States Snowfall in excess...
... Excellence and prepared by the Climate Bonds Initiative, presents a first estimate of the outstanding global bond market size linked to key climate change themes, and examines future drivers and trends ... vehicles increase and electric vehicle infrastructure expands Buildings and Industry: • Includes technologies and projects designed to improve the energy efficiency of buildings and industry • Majority ... themes: energy; transport; buildings and industry; finance; waste; water; and agriculture and forestry Only bonds issued since 2005 were included as between debt and equity means that cUSD6trn could...
... percent of land worldwide for grazing livestock and 33 percent of arable land for growing feed, rather than allowing it to regenerate forest By itself, leaving a significant amount of tropical land ... disposed in landfills, incinerators, and waterways • Production, distribution, and disposal of byproducts, such as leather, feathers, skin, and fur, and their packaging Production, distribution, and ... investment And because meat and dairy analogs are produced without the GHG-intensive processes used in raising livestock—such as animals’ CO2 and methane emissions, and usage of land for growing feed and...
... khicks@york.ac.uk mike.holland@emrc.co.uk Sofi Hicks Holland Holmin Fridell Sarah Inge Honour Horkeby USA USA Belgium USA Kenya Norway United Kingdom Sweden Sweden Sweden The Netherlands Finland Sweden USA ... Kristin Aunan, Norway Richard Ballaman, Switzerland Andreas Barkman, EEA Bert Brunekreef, The Netherlands Dallas Burtraw, USA Jan Willem Erisman, The Netherlands David Fowler, UK Kevin Hicks, SEI Oystein ... federal Office for the Environment, Switzerland, Terry Keating, US EPA and Jan Wijmenga, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Netherlands Background presentations at Plenary...
... West. The towns of Wabasha and Reed's Landing. Lake Pepin and Maiden's Rock. Romantic story. An old fort. Lake City and Frontenac. Red Wing and Hastings. Red Rock The first landing in Minnesota, going ... St Paul, and all intervening towns The islands have now so multiplied that here, and for some distance above, the river seems more an archipelago than anything else Islands of all sizes and shapes, ... scenery and its attractions CHAPTER III RIVER TOWNS Brownsville, the first town. The city of La Crosse. Victoria and Albert Bluffs. Trempeleau and Mountain Island. The city of Winona. Its name and...
... behind the Netherlands, Turkey, and Indonesia, and ahead of Switzerland, Poland and Belgium, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan and Norway In nominal terms (not adjusted for inflation and based on market ... including Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain The UK is not part of the euro ... Philippines, and Thailand over recent months This is particularly concerning for those economies that are heavily dependent upon exports and manufacturing for economic growth Thailand, Taiwan, and South...
... quality and productivity of workers, and disruptions to operations and supply chains (due to climatic and societal factors).83 From a practical standpoint, companies can protect their operations and ... impacts and their effect on human wellbeing and sustainable development in more detail Water shortages and droughts Water is the lifeblood of communities and a driver of economic health and well-being, ... islands are particularly vulnerable, and they are some of the poorest communities in the world.19 Flooding causes severe economic damage, erodes natural and human-constructed storm barriers, and...
... Habitats Scotland Scotland Wales Wales Wales Wales Wales Wales N Ireland N Ireland N Ireland Scotland Wales Wales Scotland Scotland Scotland Scotland Scotland England England England England Raised ... woodland Acid grassland • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • England Wales N Ireland N Ireland Scotland Wales England England N Ireland N Ireland N Ireland England England Mixed Woodland ... England England England England England Heathland, valley mire within the New Forest 11 11 11 11 11 • • • • • • Scotland Scotland Wales Wales Wales England England England England England England...
... (IL) 6, IL-8, and prostaglandin E in nasal and bronchoalveolar lavage fluids [7-10,65,66] High ozone levels seem to be linked to asthma and asthma-like symptoms in both the short term and the long ... Lurmann F, Kuenzli N, Gilliland F, Peters J, McConnell R Childhood asthma and exposure to traffic and nitrogen dioxide Epidemiology 2005;16:737-43 30 Nicolai T, Carr D, Weiland SK, Duhme H, von Ehrenstein ... schoolchildren and adults and increase the prevalence of asthma and asthmatic symptoms [65-67] Aeroallergens and Atopic Asthma Aeroallergens have a significant impact on the development of asthma, and atopy...
... or direct landfilling The composted stabilised residue is then landfilled 3.1.1 Landfill Detailed information on landfill is given in Appendix Greenhouse gas fluxes associated with landfilling ... COLLECTION AND TRANSPORT COLLECTION COSTS Appendix 82 85 Landfill LANDFILL PROCESS DESCRIPTION Landfill Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mobilisation emissions Treatment emissions at the landfill Disposal ... Variations considered in the study • Landfill gas recovered and used for energy production • Landfill gas recovered and disposed of by flaring • No recovery of landfill gas • mass-burn incineration...
... paddy land is 1619.8 thousand in 2020 and is only 993.9 thousand in 2050 Fact and the above analysis shows that one of the plans to rice land use issue is to protect current agricultural land, ... coefficient of land use: 2.1 times; cultivated land transfer for industrial land: 21000 Scenario 1: Productivity growth rate: 2.5%; coefficient of land use: 2.3 times; cultivated land transfer ... in cultivate landand the demand and supply equilibrium of rice since paddy land transfer for industrialization reduced Nguyen & Do 043 Int J Agric Sci Recovery of agricultural land to use for...
... community lands in relation to their population and the lack of financial and human resources to secure their borders Since many of the areas with landand forest rights concerns are in remote areas and ... al., 2005; Suyanto et al., 2002b) State land is more frequently subject to conversion into agricultural land than privately owned land Privately owned and concession forests, however, are increasingly ... livelihoods) Together with land use changes, however, the effects may be much longer lasting and devastating - degraded and young forests are easily converted into agricultural landand pastures (Williamson,...
... ecosystems Wetland ecosystems include 30 types of natural wetland, 11 types of coastal wetland, 19 types of inland wetland, and types of man-made wetland Marine biodiversity occupies 20 ecosystem types ... caused flash floods, landslides and storm miles inland, and pushed a wall of water surges The storm also sank a number as high as 12 feet Rushing into a lowof fishing vessels and ships, most notalying ... of the cyclone and averted the tremendous property damage and loss of life Mangrove areas can also protect coastal communities from sea level rise Rich upland forests and wetlands can help regulate...