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Spatiotemporal variation of the ecosystem service value in China based on surface area

Chaohui Yin, Qingsong He, Peng Xie, Yanfang Liu et al. • Ecological Indicators (2023)

The assessment of ecological assets is of great significance for protecting and using ecological resources. Traditional methods of ecological assets assessment, which adopt the planar area as the standard, often ignore the impact of the sur...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110067

The Neolithic Settlement Landscape of the Southeastern Swabian Alb

Corina Knipper, Susan K. Harris, Lynn Fisher, Rainer Schreg et al. • Journal of Neolithic Archaeology (2005)

This paper presents goals, methods, and preliminary results of a collaborative project investigating Neolithic settlement and land use of the southeastern Swabian Alb limestone plateau region in southwestern Germany. The project combines sy...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.12766/jna.2005.12

A Companion to archaeology

• Choice Reviews Online (2004)

Bintliff, John, ed., A Companion to Archaeology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2004. word archaeology conjures up images of people in pith helmets digging into the sandy earth of the desert or monumental buildings rising above jungle foliag...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.42-1649

The Impacts of the Multiscale Built Environment on Commuting Mode Choice: Spatial Heterogeneity, Moderating Effects, and Implications for Demand Estimation

Wenliang Jian, Xiaoxiao Liu, Hao Liu, Yongshi Hu et al. • Journal of Advanced Transportation (2023)

Promoting the usage of sustainable commuting modes requires in-depth understanding about residents’ commuting mode choice behavior. This study presents an empirical study to investigate the relationship between the built environment and com...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2023/9346631

Stormwater characterisation and modelling for Sungai Air Hitam in Selangor, Malaysia using model for urban stormwater improvement conceptualisation (music)

Noorhayati Idros, Lariyah Mohd Sidek, Nur Anis Aishah M. Rahim, Nurshahira Mohd Noh et al. • Ecological Indicators (2024)

The aim of this study is to evaluate the current water quality status of one of the urban rivers in Malaysia, called Sungai Air Hitam. The river's water supply is not only unsuitable for the inhabitants but also hazardous to the aquatic spe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.111850

Particulate matter, air quality and climate: lessons learned and future needs

S. Fuzzi, U. Baltensperger, K. Carslaw, S. Decesari et al. • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2015)

The literature on atmospheric particulate matter (PM), or atmospheric aerosol, has increased enormously over the last 2 decades and amounts now to some 1500–2000 papers per year in the refereed literature. This is in part due to the enormou...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-8217-2015

Impacts of land-use changes and landholding fragmentation on crop water demand and drought in Wadi El-Farigh, New Delta project, Egypt

Mohamed M. Elsharkawy, Mohsen Nabil, Eslam Farg, Sayed M. Arafat • Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (2022)

Despite Egypt’s limited water resources, more lands in the western desert of the Nile Delta are currently being reclaimed to increase the agricultural area to feed its fast-growing population and provide jobs for new generations. These recl...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrs.2022.08.002

Urban Flood Zoning Using an Integrated Hydrological-Hydraulic Watershed Modeling Approach, Case Study: Districts 21 and 22 of Tehran

Ali Nasiri, Esmaeil Salimi, Morteza Delfan Azari, Jafar Yazdi et al. • دانش پیشگیری و مدیریت بحران (2025)

Flood zoning has extensive applications in flood management and is considered one of the fundamental and critical pieces of information in flood risk management. Flood zoning in urban areas is much more challenging than modeling in floodpla...

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Intra-seasonal Variation of Rainfall and Climate Characteristics in Kabul River Basin

Jamal Abdul Naser Shokory, Jun-ichiro Giorgos Tsutsumi, Hiroyuki Yamada, Bjørn Kløve • Central Asian Journal of Water Research (2017)

In Afghanistan, spring and summertime flash floods result in 54.3% of all natural disasters with an average annual economic loss of US$92.17 million between 1990 and 2014. Knowledge of climate and rainfall periodicity are urgently needed fo...

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The Power of Environmental Observatories for Advancing Multidisciplinary Research, Outreach, and Decision Support: The Case of the Minnesota River Basin

K. B. Gran, C. Dolph, A. Baker, M. Bevis et al. • Water Resources Research (2019)

Abstract Observatory‐scale data collection efforts allow unprecedented opportunities for integrative, multidisciplinary investigations in large, complex watersheds, which can affect management decisions and policy. Through the National Scie...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1029/2018WR024211

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi contribute to wheat yield in an agroforestry system with different tree ages

Xu Qiao, Xu Qiao, Tao Sun, Tao Sun et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology (2022)

Intercropping achieved through agroforestry is increasingly being recognized as a sustainable form of land use. In agroforestry, the roots of trees and crops are intermingled, and their interactions and the production of exudates alter the ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1024128

Air pollution mapping and variability over five European cities

Karine Sartelet, Jules Kerckhoffs, Eleni Athanasopoulou, Lya Lugon et al. • Environment International (2025)

Mapping urban pollution is essential for assessing population exposure and addressing associated health impacts. High urban concentrations are due to the proximity of sources such as traffic or residential heating, and to urban density with...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109474

Exploring the Relative Importance and Interactive Impacts of Explanatory Variables of the Built Environment on Ride-Hailing Ridership by Using the Optimal Parameter-Based Geographical Detector (OPGD) Model

Zhenbao Wang, Shuyue Liu, Yuchen Zhang, Xin Gong et al. • Applied Sciences (2023)

The impact of the built environment on the ridership of ride-hailing results depends on the spatial grid scale. The existing research on the demand model of ride-hailing ignores the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP). Taking Chengdu as an...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/app13042180

Variations of Near Surface Energy Balance Caused by Land Cover Changes in the Semiarid Grassland Area of China

Qun’ou Jiang, Chengcai Tang, Enjun Ma, Yongwei Yuan et al. • Advances in Meteorology (2014)

This study applies the Dynamics of Land System (DLS) model to simulating the land cover under the designed scenarios and then analyzes the effects of land cover conversion on energy flux in the semiarid grassland area of China with the Weat...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2014/894147

“Ahogy gondozza, úgy veszi hasznát.” Hagyományos ökológiai tudás és gazdálkodás Gyimesben. Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Land Use in Gyimes (Eastern Carpathians), by Dániel Babai, Ábel Molnár and Zsolt Molnár. Vácrátót, Budapest, 2014, 174 p.

Kinga Öllerer • Martor (2016)

The reviewed book meets the increase expectation of studying traditional ecological knowledge of the Hungarian-speaking Csángó [Tsango] ethnics, comparing it to Western science, and thus bringing further substantial proof of how traditional...

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Focusing Conservation Efforts on Ecosystem Service Supply May Increase Vulnerability of Socio-Ecological Systems.

Pedro Laterra, Paula Barral, Alejandra Carmona, Laura Nahuelhual • PLoS ONE (2016)

Growing concern about the loss of ecosystem services (ES) promotes their spatial representation as a key tool for the internalization of the ES framework into land use policies. Paradoxically, mapping approaches meant to inform policy decis...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155019

Ecological correlates of extinction risk and persistence of direct-developing stream-dwelling frogs in Mesoamerica

Hector Zumbado-Ulate, Kelsey Neam, Adrián García-Rodríguez, Leticia Ochoa-Ochoa et al. • Global Ecology and Conservation (2022)

Understanding the threats to wildlife across space and time is essential for developing effective conservation strategies. In Mesoamerica (i.e., the region that extends from Central Mexico to the most southern point in Panama) at least 40% ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02197