Wastewater-Webmap
Visulaization tool for wastewater pollution, that maps the sources and destinations of nitrogen created by researchers at UC Santa Barbara
Wetlands
Mapping global inputs and impacts from of human sewage in coastal ecosystems
The authors use use a new high-resolution geospatial model to measure and map nitrogen (N) and pathogen—fecal indicator organisms (FIO)—inputs from human sewage for ~135,000 watersheds globally to assess the the potential impacts of human sewage on coastal ecosystems.
Variable adaptations: Micro-politics of environmental displacement in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Through a case study from the Okavango Delta, Botswana, this paper analyzes governmental and intra-community responses to environmental variability.
Coastal hazards and the global distribution of human population.
In this paper, population estimates are combined with continental digital elevation model in order to estimate the distribution of human population and occupied land area witn respect to elevation and coastal proximity.
Change in Ecuadorian farm composition over time: Population pressures, migration, and changes in land use
Author's abstract: Objective: Provide preliminary analysis for the environmental implications of increasing population pressures in the Ecuadorian Amazon over the period 1990 to 1999. We examine human impacts on the environment of greater numbers of people and farm units (Finca Madre's) on a finite land area over time given differences in farm family size and composition as well as location relative to roads and towns/markets, off-farm work, topography, and soil quality.
The Earth from Above
UNESCO supported project by Yann Arthus-Betrand aiming to provide a survey of the state of the Earth - from deserts to polar lands, coastal regions and cosmopolitan cities... The exhibition consists of more than 120 giant-sized photographs (large-sized print)
The human context for everglades restoration: The South Florida case study.
This paper describes the historical water management alterations to the Everglades system and examines the specific effects of these alternations on the natural landscape. An in-depth review of the population, demographic, and economic characteristics of the region follows, so that an understanding of the interconnectivity of the human and natural system is established. Specific ramifications of population and economic growth on land use, water use, and flood control are examined.
The effects of urbanization, geographical and topographical conditions on reference evapotranspiration.
In this paper, the author selected 56 sites on the Korean Peninsula to analyze the effects of various geographical and topographical characteristics and urbanization on the hydro-climatological changes.
Analyzing qualitative and quantitative changes in coastal wetland associated to the effects of natural and anthropogenic factors in a part of Tianjin, China.
Through field investigation and the use of remote sensing data, the authors analyzed the underlying causes of wetland changes in Tianjin.
Natural and human dimensions of environmental change in the proximal reaches of Botswana's Okavango Delta.
In this paper, the authors investigated how the direction of environmental change is influenced by natural and human factors.
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