• In ecology, spatial distribution refers to the patterns and arrangement of organisms and their populations within a given geographic area. (philosophynews.com)
  • There are several types of spatial patterns that can be observed in ecological systems. (philosophynews.com)
  • Remote sensing techniques, such as satellite imagery or aerial photography, provide a broader perspective by capturing spatial patterns at larger scales. (philosophynews.com)
  • Statistical analyses, such as spatial autocorrelation or cluster analysis, help identify patterns and test hypotheses about the spatial distribution of organisms. (philosophynews.com)
  • Mathematical models, including species distribution models and spatially explicit models, are powerful tools for predicting and simulating spatial distribution patterns. (philosophynews.com)
  • By combining different methods, ecologists can gain a comprehensive understanding of spatial distribution patterns and the underlying ecological mechanisms that drive them. (philosophynews.com)
  • Here we aim to explore how coastal fish assemblages are influenced by landscape patterns integrating multiple spatial scales, to assess the strength of these associations and to identify the most relevant spatial scales at which these associations occur. (csic.es)
  • These results show how landscape patterns influence coastal fish assemblages, and particularly show that spatially scaled landscape patterns, measured in complex ecological systems as a whole, act simultaneously but not always equally on species assemblages. (csic.es)
  • 2023. The atmospheric fate of 1,2-Dibromo-1 4-(1,2-dibromoethyl)cyclohexane (TBECH): Spatial patterns, seasonal variability, and deposition to Canadian coastal regions . (sfu.ca)
  • Hence, agent based modeling approaches were applied to simulate various socio-ecological processes associated with spatial patterns of disease incidences. (lu.se)
  • Professor Yates leads research in the StrEAMS Lab that integrates methods and theory from the fields of landscape and aquatic ecology to study the connections between landscape patterns and processes and the ecology of stream ecosystems. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • The Remote Sensing of Ecosystems research group integrates environmental science and geoinformatics to better understand spatial and temporal effects on the ecological patterns we observe and the processes that create them. (lu.se)
  • My research interests are guided by the broad consideration of how ecological processes and patterns are constrained by habitat structure and environmental variability at multiple scales in aquatic ecosystems. (colostate.edu)
  • Results of this project showed significant spatial variability in the size, composition, total biomass, and spatial organization of biota over all spatial scales examined and was consistent with the general distribution patterns of foraging Cuvier's beaked whales observed in separate studies. (serdp-estcp.org)
  • Geographical epidemiology, which is part of descriptive epidemiological studies, is the description of spatial patterns in health-related phenomena, such as diseases, injuries and disasters, and health-related behaviours, such as drug abuse [5]. (who.int)
  • Therefore, they provide a part of descriptive epidemiological stud- scientific ground for valuable applications ies, is the description of spatial patterns in in many fields including public health [ 10 ]. (who.int)
  • Our framework integrates three main dimensions: biodiversity (using tree cover and wildlife as key indicators), food security through crop yield and crop health, and climate change adaptation through microclimate buffering of trees. (frontiersin.org)
  • Specifically, it handles species occurrences and their taxonomic classification for performing ecological analysis on biodiversity and species distributions. (lancs.ac.uk)
  • Multivariate and spatial statistics were utilised to investigate biodiversity schemes. (europa.eu)
  • All three levels of biodiversity were subsequently assessed using an integrated approach. (europa.eu)
  • It explicitly recognizes that every biota can be characterized by its taxonomic, ecological, and genetic diversity and that the way these dimensions of diversity vary over space and time is a key feature of biodiversity. (project-alice.com)
  • Main focus of the work will be on testing and applying state-of-the-art methods and models in forest and biodiversity dynamics modelling at different spatial and temporal scales. (ecoland.cat)
  • Expertise in forest or biodiversity modelling development (statistical, landscape and/or process based models). (ecoland.cat)
  • Mediterranean forests are complex socio-ecosystems characterized by an important biodiversity, high levels of spatial environmental heterogeneity, deep interlinking with human populations to which they provide a bunch of ecosystem services. (ecoland.cat)
  • Proposals should be submitted to the core clusters (Ecosystem Science, Evolutionary Processes, Population and Community Ecology, and Systematics and Biodiversity Science). (federalgrants.com)
  • research addressing evolution and systematics in the marine biome should be directed to the Evolutionary Processes or Systematics and Biodiversity Science programs in DEB. (federalgrants.com)
  • I also model how seasonal changes in temperature and precipitation affect nature-based recreational activities in areas of ecological importance for biodiversity conservation. (kth.se)
  • and (4) Implications of long-term ozone effects on community and whole-ecosystem level processes, with an emphasis on crop quality, nutrient cycling and carbon sequestration, and biodiversity of pastures and rangelands. (usda.gov)
  • 4) Implications of long-term ozone effects on community and whole-ecosystem level processes, with an emphasis on crop quality, element cycling and carbon sequestration, and biodiversity of pastures and rangelands require renewed efforts. (usda.gov)
  • The environmental economists Prof. Dr. Stefanie Engel and Dr. Fabian Thomas, both from the Research Center Institute for Environmental Systems Research at the University of Osnabrück, are taking on an important sub-project to design incentives for farmers to participate in collaborative activities to increase biodiversity. (uni-osnabrueck.de)
  • (http://www.who.int/globalchange/publications/biodiversity-human-health/en/, accessed 21 February 2018). (who.int)
  • Biodiversity underpins the ecological functions and processes that give rise to the benefits provided by ecosystems ("ecosystem services"), including purification of water and air, pest and disease control, pollination, soil fertility, and resilience to climate change. (who.int)
  • The spatial distribution of organisms can be described at a variety of scales, from local habitats to global ecosystems. (philosophynews.com)
  • Ecological research, particularly in marine environments, tends to focus on single habitats and often single spatial scales, and thus not account for ecological processes operating at multiple spatial scales. (csic.es)
  • We use a multiscale approach through multilevel modelling to evaluate the association of landscape metrics with fish assemblages, at three nested spatial scales, in temperate coastal seascapes composed of seagrass meadows, sandy bottoms and rocky reefs. (csic.es)
  • Similarly, the abundances of different functional groups were influenced by metrics consistent with their mobility and their ecological and behavioural traits at all the spatial scales assessed. (csic.es)
  • Temporal and spatial scales. (lumina.com)
  • In particular, we are interested in the ways community resilience is influenced by spatial distributions and prioritization processes of green and blue infrastructure (e.g., green stormwater management projects, parks, greenways, community gardens, urban farms) at the neighborhood, urban, and regional scales. (planviz.org)
  • No other technology allows gathering information about marine variables and processes, at suitable space and time scales, like satellite observations do. (mdpi.com)
  • Applications will include sea parameters and processes, bio-geo-chemical cycles, and ecological status, from local to global scales. (mdpi.com)
  • Integrate knowledge on socio-economic-ecological processes that operate at different spatial and temporal scales. (ecoland.cat)
  • At larger scales, research focuses on testing general ecological theory predicting how the structure and functional organization of biological communities (invertebrates and fish) depend on habitat stability. (colostate.edu)
  • This research provides a basis for predicting aquatic community attributes at geographic scales and for ecological responses to land-use alterations and regional climate changes. (colostate.edu)
  • The revelation that animals deep in the water column are so spatially heterogeneous at scales from 10 meters to 50 km critically affects the understanding of the processes driving predator-prey interactions, energy transfer, biogeochemical cycling, and other ecological processes in the deep sea and the connections between the productive surface mixed layer and the deep water column. (serdp-estcp.org)
  • Landscape evolution on different spatial and temporal scales. (lu.se)
  • Additionally, advances in sensor technologies and remote-sensing techniques have broadened the suite of rangeland attributes that can be monitored and the temporal and spatial scales at which they can be monitored. (springer.com)
  • My teaching focuses on sedimentary processes and products on wide spatial and temporal scales - from river systems and deserts in the continental interiors to the pelagic rain in the deep ocean, and from the Precambrian to the recent. (lu.se)
  • All DEB programs also encourage proposals that leverage NSF-supported data networks, databases, centers, and other forms of scientific infrastructure, including but not limited to the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER), Environmental Data Initiative (EDI), and Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio). (federalgrants.com)
  • Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) generates unique data sets that have the potential to identify and quantify trends in ecological processes that may be difficult to detect at lower temporal resolutions. (ufrj.br)
  • Long-term ecological research. (ufrj.br)
  • Several factors influence the spatial distribution of organisms in an ecosystem. (philosophynews.com)
  • In the frame of the congress project expert Anda Ruskule from Baltic Environmental Forum-Latvia participated in the symposium NR 27 "Working with Natural Processess: Co-benefits at the Landscape scale" held on July 5, 2019 with the presentation "Green infrastructure planning for reduction of flood risks and improvement of ecosystem viability within lowland river landscapes in Latvia and Lithuania" based on project's ENGRAVE approach and gained experience. (bef.lv)
  • Such approach is tested within the Latvian-Lithuanian cross-border cooperation project ENGRAVE, with aim to enhance river-based green infrastructure by integrating ecosystem and landscape concepts in to the planning and management of the lowland rivers at local and regional scale. (bef.lv)
  • Blue-Green infrastructure Network is a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas with other environmental features designed and managed to deliver a wide range of ecosystem services such as water purification, air quality, space for recreation and climate mitigation and adaptation. (project-alice.com)
  • Ecosystem function' is the technical term used to define the biological, geochemical and physical processes and components that take place or occur within an ecosystem. (project-alice.com)
  • Or more simply, ecosystem functions are a general term that includes stocks of materials (e.g., carbon, water, mineral nutrients) and rates of processes involving fluxes of energy and matter between trophic levels and the environment. (project-alice.com)
  • Based on meta-disciplinary research, the InForest JRU and the project INFORMED will develop a dynamic approach to the resilience of Mediterranean forests by considering an integrated socio-ecosystem where management, ecological processes and socio-economic processes interact. (ecoland.cat)
  • The InForest JRU and its research activity through research projects such as INFORMED will aim at fill-in knowledge gaps on the basic mechanisms that determine the response to disturbance of the socio-ecosystem, and it will extend existing models to integrate different processes and perform simulations that account for their interactions. (ecoland.cat)
  • Ecosystem function refers to the interactions between these structural elements and ecological processes (such as photosynthesis) or energy flows (such as land surface temperature). (lu.se)
  • Urban greening is a broad term encompassing a wide range of strategies that promote ecological health and functioning, and provide ecosystem services within city environments. (sfei.org)
  • Comprehensive ocean zoning - a form of spatial management that is a natural outgrowth of the kind of zoning we practice on land the world over - allows managers to highlight ecologically important areas as well as ecosystem vulnerabilities and sensitivities. (ecosystemmarketplace.com)
  • Ecosystem processes including vegetation dynamics. (lu.se)
  • Last but not least, while integrating with the economy of the Greater Bay Area, we must protect the water resources and water quality of the Pearl River Basin, which is home to 87 million people and a valuable ecosystem. (foe.org.hk)
  • Lliso, B., Pascual, U., Engel, S. (2021) On the role of social equity in payments for ecosystem services in Latin America: A practitioner perspective.Ecological Economics 182 (April 2021). (uni-osnabrueck.de)
  • My work in marine protected areas and fishery reserves placed me in the wider context of the Ecosystem-Based Marine Spatial Management. (szn.it)
  • Maritime ecosystem-based management in practice: Lessons learned from the application of a generic spatial planning framework in Europe. (szn.it)
  • Ecosystem-based marine spatial management: a review of concepts, policies, approaches, and critical issues. (szn.it)
  • Many environmental issues have impacts on other parts of the environment, society and economy. (lumina.com)
  • However, in order to allocate the oil combating resources effectively, further information is needed on ecological impacts of an oil spill in the Gulf of Finland. (eucc-d.de)
  • Eva Pauditšová participated in more than 41 national and foreign projects dealing with the topics of landscape protection, landscape management, environmental education, diverse environmental assessments of urban spaces and rural landscape as well as the impacts of climate change on the environment. (priestoroveplanovanie.sk)
  • The consistent thread through Stuart's career has been using computational models to describe a physical system and then use that knowledge to understand the impacts of that change on social, biological and ecological systems. (edu.au)
  • Stuart's teaching expertise covers climate and ocean modelling, weather and climate, numerical oceanography and impacts of environmental change on ecosystems and society. (edu.au)
  • His research interests include climate change, climate modelling and understanding how our changing climate impacts on ecological and social systems. (edu.au)
  • The complexity of urban areas results from their spatial heterogeneity, their intertwined material and energy fluxes, and the integration of social and natural processes. (powells.com)
  • Small-scale research focuses on how spatial habitat heterogeneity influences the strength and outcomes of interactions among insect grazers and how these grazers regulate stream algal production across gradients of current velocity. (colostate.edu)
  • 2022. Development and testing of a mechanistic model for wetland treatment of neutral and polar organic contaminants in oil sands process-affected water: Application to the Kearl Treatment Wetland in Alberta, Canada. (sfu.ca)
  • 2022. Treatment of naphthenic acids in oil sands process-affected waters with a surface flow treatment wetland: mass removal, half-life, and toxicity-reduction . (sfu.ca)
  • Welcome to this expert guide to spatial distribution in ecology. (philosophynews.com)
  • In this article, we will explore the concept of spatial distribution in ecology and discuss its importance in understanding the natural world. (philosophynews.com)
  • Understanding the complex interplay between abiotic and biotic factors is essential to understanding the spatial distribution of organisms in ecology. (philosophynews.com)
  • The population and organizational ecology approaches describe selection processes as continuously taking place in organizational change and development. (taylorfrancis.com)
  • He leads the StrEAMS Lab (Stream Ecology, Assessment and Monitoring Sciences) lab, which is home to a diverse group of post-docs, technicians as well as graduate and undergraduate students who work together with government and non-government agencies to enhance society's ecological knowledge of river and stream ecosystems and ensure these critical ecosystems are sustainably managed. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • PhD. in environmental sciences (ecology, forestry, geography or similar). (ecoland.cat)
  • The purpose of this focus area is to train environmental graduates who specialised in careers in the ecology of the environment, including conservation planning, environmental management and air quality management. (up.ac.za)
  • Distinguished Professorial Chair of Riverine Ecology & Environmental Flows (partial appointment), Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Australia, July 2016 - present. (colostate.edu)
  • Changes in species geographic distributions can have strong ecological and socioeconomic consequences. (wikipedia.org)
  • By studying spatial distribution, ecologists can gain valuable information about species abundance, habitat suitability, resource availability, and even the effects of human activities on ecosystems. (philosophynews.com)
  • Determining the type of spatial pattern a species exhibits is an important step in understanding its ecological niche and the processes that shape its distribution. (philosophynews.com)
  • These models integrate environmental variables, species occurrence data, and ecological processes to produce maps or simulations that depict the potential distribution of species across landscapes. (philosophynews.com)
  • In this sense, we used species occurrences, taxonomic classification, and climatic datasets to build a knowledge graph of the Tree of Life embedded in an environmental and geographical grid. (lancs.ac.uk)
  • The Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) Coresupports research and training on evolutionary and ecological processes acting at the level of populations, species, communities, and ecosystems. (federalgrants.com)
  • 2) Processes involved in the initial reactions of ozone with extracellular and cellular components after entry through the stomata, and identification of key chemical species and their role in detoxification require additional study. (usda.gov)
  • Other things that in recent years have attracted researchers to the Nordic herbarium are among other things the possibilities to obtain from the collections unique information about the phenology of species (like flowering time), chemical contents (like environmental toxins) and parasites (like micro-fungi and bile-forming insects), and how these have changed over time and space. (lu.se)
  • Moreover, possible associations between disease incidences and socioeconomic and environmental variables such as social deprivation and air pollution were investigated with general and local spatial regression methods. (lu.se)
  • We use "spatial planning models" that integrate ecological and socioeconomic indicators and consider triple bottom line community benefits (e.g., social, environmental, and economic benefits). (planviz.org)
  • This strategy aims to ensure that the protection, restoration, creation and enhancement of green infrastructure become an integral part of spatial planning and territorial development whenever it offers a better alternative, or is complementary, to standard grey choices. (project-alice.com)
  • It covers real time and dynamic sensing capability of natural resource development, asset management, territorial space planning, arable land conservation, and ecological restoration, as well as the monitoring of marine resources, meteorological, geological and marine disasters. (foe.org.hk)
  • In accordance with the "unified base map, unified standard, unified planning, and unified platform", China is promoting the construction of a three-dimensional "map" of natural resources and a territorial spatial planning information platform. (foe.org.hk)
  • Understanding spatial distribution is crucial for ecologists because it provides insights into the interactions and dynamics between organisms, their environment, and other ecological factors. (philosophynews.com)
  • The spatial dynamics of a CL epidemic emergence and related vectors (e.g. mosquitos, sand flies) and the mammalian reservoirs were explored using spatial simulation techniques. (lu.se)
  • We are seeking multi-disciplinary hearted researchers to investigate the relationship between forest dynamics and drivers of environmental change in a Mediterranean forest context. (ecoland.cat)
  • Sun AT , Hilker FM (2021) Comparison between best-response dynamics and replicator dynamics in a social-ecological model of lake eutrophication. (uni-osnabrueck.de)
  • In this line of thought, this post introduces Agent-Based modeling (ABM) and System Dynamics (SD), both of them increasingly being used in environmental, social and economic sciences. (lu.se)
  • Several recent studies have aimed to better understand the dynamics of dengue and the influences of environmental factors on the disease and to better predict outbreaks. (who.int)
  • The study of spatial distribution has many applications in ecological research and conservation. (philosophynews.com)
  • The ecological framework has integrated sustainability with the institutionalization of the environmental conservation policies of organizations. (taylorfrancis.com)
  • This can be of great benefit to public consultations on land use, conservation, development planning, and environmental policy making. (foe.org.hk)
  • Using examples from recently implemented LTER in the Costa dos Corais Environmental Protected Area (known as the PELD-CCAL), we reflect on how some of these challenges can be addressed and provide general recommendations for increasing the conservation management and policy relevance of LTER projects in Brazil. (ufrj.br)
  • Integrated land-sea conservation planning: the missing links. (ufrj.br)
  • China responded in 2000 by piloting a policy of ecological conservation redlines . (lu.se)
  • The ecological conservation redlines are part of a comprehensive land-use planning framework under development by the Ministry of Natural Resources. (lu.se)
  • Likewise, to carry out these environmental education strategies, it is important to know some specific parameters, such as biological diversity and conservation, in addition to the conservation policies carried out by each nation. (bvsalud.org)
  • Furthermore, spatially explicit process-based models of ecosystems, closely integrated with GIS, were developed and applied to evaluate the ecological impact of land use change at a landscape scale. (europa.eu)
  • The ARIES approach to mapping natural capital, natural processes, human beneficiaries, and service flows to society is a powerful new way to visualize, value, and manage the ecosystems on which the human economy and well-being depend. (project-alice.com)
  • Models can be analytic or simulation-based and are used to understand complex ecological processes and predict how real ecosystems are structured and function. (project-alice.com)
  • Since ecosystems have an inherent complexity, we apply advanced machine learning algorithms to process large amounts of remote sensing observations for predictive modelling of ecological phenomena such as drought, or to extract information, such as plant biomass, from the data. (lu.se)
  • For instance, civil engineering majors could team up with environmental science students on land-use planning tasks or ecological assessments that require accurate spatial data inputs. (theedadvocate.org)
  • The system model can be applied to analyse forest-agricultural landscapes as socio-ecological systems that retain the capacity to adapt in the face of change in ways that continue to support human well-being. (frontiersin.org)
  • Biospytial is a modular open source knowledge engine designed to import, organise, analyse and visualise big spatial ecological datasets using the power of graph theory. (lancs.ac.uk)
  • GIS are computer software that automati- and technologies and then moves on to cally store, analyse and display spatial data provide an example of how the combination in the form of high resolutions maps and of geographical information sciences and charts. (who.int)
  • Dou Ming [5] and others, based on the accident-type water environmental pollution risk assessment system, carried out the research on Hanjiang River water quality early warning system in 2002 with computer simulation technology and realized the optimal dispatch and comprehensive management of water resource. (scirp.org)
  • Specific measures in support of international cooperation: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. (europa.eu)
  • Resilience, the ability of complex systems to adapt to changing conditions, is a key frontier in ecological research and is especially relevant in creative urban design, as urban areas exemplify complex systems. (powells.com)
  • The process of dealing with today's complex transformation processes in the urban, landscape and architecture realm requires a multi-faceted and transdisciplinary approach to research and problem-solving. (tum.de)
  • The Centre for Environmental Studies is a graduate school for multidisciplinary training and research focusing on the environment. (up.ac.za)
  • As part of planning processes, she applies an integrated approach to the evaluation and research of territories with an emphasis on efficient processing of spatial data about territories using the possibilities of geographic information systems. (priestoroveplanovanie.sk)
  • For a long time, she has been engaged in the research and evaluation of ecological and environmental aspects of the landscape (from the micro level to the complex syntheses of data about environmental components), including archetypal features of landscape and landscape typology. (priestoroveplanovanie.sk)
  • In research, I integrate geo-spatial modeling and citizen science tools, methods, and approaches to better understand human-environmental interactions and pattern-process relationships in the face of the climate crisis. (kth.se)
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research 25:14373-14396. (concordia.ca)
  • The course should give basic knowledge about the planet the soil and its bio-geo- sphere dynamic systems and processes and their role in different applications in research and society. (lu.se)
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, DOI . (uni-osnabrueck.de)
  • My research is focused on ecological processes, in particular those prompting community change. (szn.it)
  • The guidelines draw on research in environmental health, environmental psychology, behavioral economics, and socioecological models. (cdc.gov)
  • The history of integrating environmental health research into architectural practice is well-documented. (cdc.gov)
  • Since my research background mainly is within carbonate rocks, palaeoecology and palaeontology is a natural and well integrated part of my teaching. (lu.se)
  • Functionality, sustainability and environmental integration have been the leading design themes during the process. (contemporist.com)
  • Urban hinterlands are reservoirs or vital resources that have increasingly become exposed to global ecological, economic and social challenges and have become the focus of environmental and sustainability debates. (tum.de)
  • I work for the Division of Strategic Sustainability Studies in the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science & Engineering at KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, where I collaborate with other researchers in the project Mistra Sport & Outdoors (MSO) - Theme 3: Sustainable Use of Land and Water . (kth.se)
  • I work with international organizations, managers and stakeholders, often in a reciprocal learn-by-doing fashion, with the ultimate goal of achieving sustainability and resilience of the socio-ecological systems in the face of uncertainty. (szn.it)
  • This paper explores the complementarity between selected tools from Energy Economics and Sustainability Science by merging them into an integrated tool applied to the case of biogas from agricultural waste in Ecuador. (lu.se)
  • This technique aims to describe and represent the interconnectedness of five domains of human activity, namely environmental, socio-cultural, technological, economics, and public policy, and their interaction with regard to achieving the goals of sustainability [1] . (lu.se)
  • By combining the statistical analysis of the spatial and environmental database in the system, the scientific simulation of the temporal and spatial relationship of the development of water pollution accidents on the client side is realized and providing precise decision support for early warning and control of water pollution diffusion. (scirp.org)
  • Its modular and scalable design makes it possible to run and distribute several instances simultaneously, allowing fast and efficient handling of big and complex ecological datasets. (lancs.ac.uk)
  • In the framework of OILECO project the ecological values of the Finnish and Estonian parts of the Gulf of Finland will be plotted, their significance evaluated and supportive information produced to facilitate operational decision making in order to protect the most valuable populations and habitats in case of an oil spill. (eucc-d.de)
  • The Regional Framework will integrate the quantitative methods and qualitative guidance that are advanced through this project with applied implementation project examples. (sfei.org)
  • This framework and shared learning process will support rapid adoption by regional stakeholders, leading to improved environmental outcomes in numerous cities over the coming decade. (sfei.org)
  • Legislation for sustainable development within the framework of international agreements, the different acts affecting water quality and water use, the SEMAs within the NEMA framework, the NEMA EIA regulations, legislation pertaining to hazardous substances, interaction between mining development and NEMA, energy law, strategic environmental legislation, marine and coastal managment. (up.ac.za)
  • The project includes a focused case study in the Islais Creek watershed in San Francisco to showcase benefit quantification and spatial prioritization tools. (sfei.org)
  • With something approaching half of the world's population now residing in coastal urban zones, many of which are vulnerable both to floods originating inland and rising sea levels, making urban areas more robust in the face of environmental threats must be a policy ambition of the highest priority. (powells.com)
  • We reviewed published information on the status of Atlantic coastal fish habitats and recorded it in a spatial bibliographic database for the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership. (noaa.gov)
  • In particular, my analysis of the strategic contestation of undesirable development in the production of the local landscape in a smal coastal community highlights the increasing need to engage strategically in the politics of landscape production in the pursuit of social y and environmental y desirable landscapes the world over. (lu.se)
  • The complex, integrated suite of urban structures and processes together affect the adaptive resilience of urban systems, but also presupposes that planners can intervene in positive ways. (powells.com)
  • It aims to integrate a formerly atomized dialog to help both disciplines promote urban resilience. (powells.com)
  • Spatial statistics were used in this study to investigate the spatial variation of the incidence of a CVD to detect areas where the disease is particularly prevalent, which may lead to the detection of previously unknown risk factors. (lu.se)
  • ABSTRACT Recent developments in the geographical sciences and technologies, namely geographical epidemiology, geographical information systems, global positioning systems and spatial data analysis brings about a unique opportunity to investigate the role of "place" in human health in a scientific manner. (who.int)
  • However, a revival of interest has accompanied major advances in the geographical sciences and technologies such as geographical epidemiology, spatial data analysis, geographical information systems (GIS) and global positioning systems (GPS), that make it possible for public health researchers to more easily investigate their spatial data [2] and consequently to understand the role of "place" in community health in a scientific manner [3]. (who.int)
  • The ecological selection approach examines location, technology, geographical boundaries and the social and spatial arrangements of organizational development, and suggests that environmental changes and competitive and adaptive strategies do shape organizational growth and change. (taylorfrancis.com)
  • 10 Climate change is likely to affect the seasonal and geographical distribution of dengue fever in the Asia-Pacific region, but more studies are needed that adjust for regional and subregional socio-environmental factors in the assessment of climate effects on dengue transmission. (who.int)
  • Despite the important role of geographi- advances in the geographical sciences and cal epidemiology in public health, it was technologies such as geographical epide- a neglected area of epidemiological study miology, spatial data analysis, geographical until the mid-20th century [ 7 ]. (who.int)
  • Applied to ecological data, it allows the discovery and inference of relationships using the interconnected network of taxonomic and spatial relationships. (lancs.ac.uk)
  • Ecological modelling is the construction and analysis of mathematical models of ecological processes or components, including both purely biological and combined biophysical models. (project-alice.com)
  • A range of approaches, including statistical modelling, mathematical modelling and spatial analysis, have been applied to demonstrate relationships between dengue and climate variables and to predict dengue cases and outbreaks. (who.int)
  • The data show that scientific adaptive management relies excessively on the use of linear systems models, discounts nonscientific forms of knowledge, and pays inadequate attention to policy processes that promote the development of shared understandings among diverse stakeholders. (researchgate.net)
  • Ecological systems theory follows the deterministic approach to explain the rise and fall of organizations and shapes the conditions that develop homogeneity, diversity, stability, change and growth among them. (taylorfrancis.com)
  • Training aims to satisfy the need for environmental professionals for implementing current environmental legislation as well as industry-driven environmental management systems. (up.ac.za)
  • Presentation of bio-geo- sphere dynamic processes using systems analysis and modelling. (lu.se)
  • Models are not one-to-one reflections of reality, however, if constructed with rigour they have the potential to be 'illuminating' abstractions [3] , and can be used to explain social, ecological and economic systems. (lu.se)
  • systems) technology and the spatial analysis of crime. (cdc.gov)
  • We apply an innovative combination of participatory planning tools and geospatial or other digital/smart technologies in spatial planning, community engagement, and community capacity building efforts, with a specific focus on participatory and mixed-methods approaches with GIS and geo-visualization. (planviz.org)
  • Higham and colleagues indicated that adaptive management is the key to a sustainable whale-watching industry and proposed an integrated and adaptive management model, combining stakeholder perspectives and operating in a dynamic two-phase environment. (researchgate.net)
  • In particular it is well-suited to the adaptive decision process or 'learning as we go' that characterizes much of the work being done on integrated environmental modeling today. (lumina.com)
  • improve people׳s living environment and promote the integrated, harmonious, and sustainable development of urban and rural society and economy. (worldbank.org)
  • The Community Planning + Visualization Lab uses a Biophilic Urbanism lens to explore the connection between people and their social, natural, and built environments and the influence this connection has on the planning process for developing sustainable, healthy, equitable, just, and 'smart' communities. (planviz.org)
  • We examine how the nexus of land, water, and food play a role in spatial planning and community planning to make communities sustainable. (planviz.org)
  • Whilst global transformation processes are difficult to influence let alone control with the classic tools of the designer, architecture, urban design and landscape architecture do offer a repertoire of possibilities to integrate complex spatial, aesthetic, social, cultural, ecological and sustainable qualities into contemporary living environments. (tum.de)
  • Peters R, Berlekamp J , Lucía A, Stefani V, Tockner K, Zarfl C (2021) Integrated impact assessment for sustainable hydropower planning in the Vjosa catchment (Greece, Albania). (uni-osnabrueck.de)
  • To navigate and resolve the interplay of sustainable-related problems in real cases, being political displays of power, economic transfers of ownership, or environmental transformations, complex thinking becomes an appropriate state of mind. (lu.se)
  • The country's ecological redlines policy is creating new protections and a model for sustainable land-use planning elsewhere, writes Guido Schmidt-Traub . (lu.se)
  • Success in implementation of the nature-based solutions (or Working with Natural Process projects) for reduction of flood risks in lowland river landscapes depends on comprehensive assessment and planning of green infrastructure, stakeholder engagement in development of solutions as well as integration of the results into local or regional spatial planning documents. (bef.lv)
  • having obtained an understanding in and consciousness about the inter- connected cyclic system of the atmosphere, the lithosphere, the hydrosphere and the biosphere and human role in these, · have achieved a level of knowledge that facilitates an extended and advanced personalised assessment of current environmental issues. (lu.se)
  • The UNECE Convention on Long Range Trans-boundary Air Pollution shows, for example, that policy decisions may require the use of integrated assessment models. (usda.gov)
  • For example, our Environmental Impact Assessment Report has accumulated a lot of valuable data over the years. (foe.org.hk)
  • Then, their essence is used to create an integrated assessment tool. (lu.se)
  • A spatial development with various vistas makes the organization clear and transparent, allowing visitors a glimpse of the dynamic environment of the fire station. (contemporist.com)
  • Behavioral economics investigates environmental cues, such as the organization of food service delivery and point-of-purchase prompts, which may implicitly motivate decisions on healthy food purchase and intake (16,17). (cdc.gov)
  • It has been widely used in environmental management because it relates past mistakes and successes to policy and management and can accommodate uncertainties arising from complex interactions (Stankey et al. (researchgate.net)
  • In order to study and explore the impact of water environmental safety accidents on social economy, the Songliao River Basin Management Committee developed a water quality model and water environment information management system [4] for the main stream of Songhua River by using MIKE model technology and GIS technology to take one-dimensional simulation and prediction of water pollution in river. (scirp.org)
  • In summary, under the new normal development of the Internet, the new subject Geographic Information System (GIS), which integrates geographic data processing, can integrate environmental management and ecological protection into the GIS system. (scirp.org)
  • Dr. Gobas teaches in the Resource & Environmental Management Program and in the Master of Environmental Toxicology Program at SFU. (sfu.ca)
  • Ocean exploration and environmental trend monitoring, coupled ocean and atmosphere forecasting, marine resources management, maritime spatial planning: the list of current or potential applications is virtually endless. (mdpi.com)
  • As technology continues to advance rapidly, it is crucial for educators to teach students about surveying to ensure they keep up with industry changes and have a solid understanding of spatial data management. (theedadvocate.org)
  • On completion of the training, candidates should be conversant and be able to partake in, or render advice concerning, all aspects involved in the management of the ecological consequences of human existence. (up.ac.za)
  • Eva Pauditšová is an associate professor at the Spatial Planning Department of the Institute of Management of STU Bratislava and is one of the persons ensuring the quality of the Spatial Planning study program. (priestoroveplanovanie.sk)
  • She is the author and co-author of many scientific and professional journal publications and monographs, the object of interest of which is the landscape, processes in the landscape and landscape planning and management. (priestoroveplanovanie.sk)
  • China's integrated environmental management information platform provides the basis for precise, scientific and legal pollution control. (foe.org.hk)
  • Spatial management of fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea: Problematic issues and a few success histories. (szn.it)
  • Several countries in the Southeast Asia region are embarking on zoning exercises - most notably Vietnam, which recently is servingserved as a demonstration for utilizing the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission's guidelines on marine spatial planning. (ecosystemmarketplace.com)
  • Basic meteorological, climatological, hydrological and oceanographic processes and their relationship at different levels. (lu.se)
  • This project also aims to reveal the oceanographic and ecological significance of widespread calcareous oolites that developed in the aftermath of some of the mass extinctions in Earth history. (lu.se)
  • For VL, spatial data mining models were developed by integrating Machine Learning algorithms into a GIS-based modeling approach. (lu.se)
  • These models were trained with the disease incidence and topographical, environmental and demographical data and successfully found the most risky areas. (lu.se)
  • Surveying is an essential process in the field of geospatial data generation, acquisition, and analysis. (theedadvocate.org)
  • Instruct them on how these novel technologies are revolutionizing geospatial data acquisition and processing. (theedadvocate.org)
  • Dual-frequency (38 and 120 kHz) split-beam echosounders were integrated into a REMUS 600 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), effectively doubling the range of quantitative, multifrequency acoustic data into the mesopelagic zone (600 to 1200 meters). (serdp-estcp.org)
  • This aggravates and slows down integrated data evaluation. (kit.edu)
  • This requires data synthesis, up-scaling, and spatial aggregation. (usda.gov)
  • In fact, ensuring open and transparent data helps facilitate the process of consensus building. (foe.org.hk)
  • Precise and accurate data are essential for pollution control and environmental risk analysis. (foe.org.hk)
  • iv) an absence or insufficiency of formal or informal mechanisms for incorporating LTER data into environmental decision-making and protected area governance. (ufrj.br)
  • This study aims to enhance the capacity of dengue prediction by investigating the relationship of dengue incidence with climate and environmental factors in the Mekong Delta region (MDR) of Viet Nam by using remote sensing data. (who.int)
  • Monthly data sets from 2000 to 2016 were used to construct autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models to predict dengue incidence for 12 provinces across the study region. (who.int)
  • Introduction to Spatial Data Analysis. (cdc.gov)
  • Climate factors, in addition to multiple human, biological and ecological determinants, influence the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases, including dengue, 5 which is transmitted by both the primary vector Aedes aegypti and the secondary vector Aedes albopictus. (who.int)
  • The circulation of atmospheric microorganisms results in global health concerns and ecological processes such as widespread dispersal of both pathogens and antibiotic resistances, cloud formation and precipitation, and colonization of pristine environments. (wikipedia.org)
  • Asserting the right to participate in landscape production and thus to help steer landscape along desirable development pathways remains a core component of landscape politics and grows in importance as many societies experience widespread citizen withdrawal from engagement in political processes. (lu.se)
  • 2021. Strategic Resources for Assessing PFAS Ecological Risks at AFFF Sites . (sfu.ca)
  • Lämmchen V, Klasmeier J , Hernandez-Leal L, Berlekamp J (2021) Spatial Modelling of Micro-pollutants in a Strongly Regulated Cross-border Lowland Catchment. (uni-osnabrueck.de)
  • Posted on 10 February 2021 by Jesica Murcia López (Centre for Environmental and Climate Science) and Juan Ocampo (Department of Business Administration). (lu.se)
  • Implementing integrated services for prevention of HIV infection, viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB is intended to provide persons who use drugs illicitly with increased access to services, to improve timeliness of service delivery, and to increase effectiveness of efforts to prevent infectious diseases that share common risk factors, behaviors, and social determinants. (cdc.gov)
  • There is no shortage of computational models today, as the list from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows. (lumina.com)
  • The people and the organizations affected by the environmental aspects under consideration are likely to have input and opinions about how such models should be run and how conclusions should be drawn. (lumina.com)
  • Building up understanding by first constructing models to deal with particular ecological spaces is one solution. (lumina.com)
  • Major limitations in current knowledge exist in several areas: (1) Modelling of ozone transfer and specifically stomatal ozone uptake under variable environmental conditions, using robust and well-validated dynamic models that can be linked to large-scale photochemical models lack coverage. (usda.gov)
  • To contribute to discussions of rural gentrification, this study present a case study in which agricultural landscape can act as a replacement of natural amenities and create a similar process of landscape- specific gentrification models in the countryside. (lu.se)
  • Modelling - the production and revision of models - has been seen as the essence of the dynamic and non-linear processes involved in the development of scientific knowledge [2] . (lu.se)
  • 2005). The core of AM is social learning theory, which encompasses the process of knowledge acquisition and the creation of shared understanding (McLain & Lee, 1996) . (researchgate.net)
  • On the other hand, clustered distribution is characterized by individuals occurring in patches or clusters, which can result from social interactions, resource availability, or specific environmental conditions. (philosophynews.com)
  • Owing to the expanding scale of large cities, urban sprawl leads to unsustainable practices that cause ecological, social, and environmental problems. (worldbank.org)
  • We recognize that many planning processes and outputs may misunderstand important aspects of human and social experiences. (planviz.org)
  • We seek to assess and understand how human emotions are attached to social, natural, and built environments and how such attachment may influence the process of planning for happy cities and neighborhoods. (planviz.org)
  • Environmental psychology recognizes the transactional relationship between the built environment and social life (12). (cdc.gov)
  • Through environmental education, we seek to make people aware of the problems of the natural and social environment from their school education in childhood to generate values, new attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs aimed at caring for the environment and learning new relationships between people. (bvsalud.org)
  • Mediante la educación ambiental se busca concientizar a las personas sobre los problemas del ambiente natural y social desde su formación escolar en la niñez para generar valores, nuevas actitudes, comportamientos y creencias orientadas al cuidado del medio ambiente y el aprendizaje de nuevas relaciones entre las personas. (bvsalud.org)
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. (sfu.ca)
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 41(10): 2565-2579. (sfu.ca)
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 35:1656-1666. (concordia.ca)
  • By implementing a combination of hands-on learning activities, integrating technology into lessons, promoting project-based collaborations, and encouraging professional networking, educators can ensure that students are well-equipped to contribute effectively to the world of geospatial analysis and information. (theedadvocate.org)
  • Based on this depth profile of water bodies, comprehensive analysis of the processes influencing water quality is possible. (kit.edu)
  • Such governance system plays a fundamental role in strengthening integrated supervision, analysis and prediction, and macro decision-making. (foe.org.hk)
  • The Fire station in Doetinchem is designed as a villa, integrated in the landscape. (contemporist.com)
  • The project involves collaboration between researchers, planning authorities and local municipalities in development of methodology for integrated landscape and green infrastructure planning and testing it within four planning cases (regional, river catchment and urban). (bef.lv)
  • The landscape of luxury newly- built farmhouses, in particular, has caused concerns over processes of rural gentrification. (lu.se)
  • In this article, I review the history of landscape production in Florida, USA, to reveal the interrelated consequences of adjustments in political economy, administration, land use, and spatial representations for future landscape development. (lu.se)
  • A recent series of technological and analytical advancements include high-volumetric air samplers, an ultra-low biomass processing pipeline, low-input DNA sequencing libraries, as well as high-throughput sequencing technologies. (wikipedia.org)
  • The implementation of measures is related to spatial planning instruments for changing the land cover and use and habitat restoration activities. (bef.lv)
  • The 'Integrated' in integrated environmental modeling refers to a number of possibilities. (lumina.com)
  • 2020. Treatment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Oil Sands Process Affected Water with a Surface Flow Treatment Wetland . (sfu.ca)
  • An important new development in marine policy is marine spatial planning and ocean zoning . (ecosystemmarketplace.com)
  • In the face of urban and economic development pressures, we must keep pace with the times and adopt all possible tools of digitisation to assist in environmental policy making and monitoring. (foe.org.hk)
  • Basic geomorphology based on endogenic, exogenic and ecological processes. (lu.se)
  • She professionally focuses on the environmental and ecological aspects of planning processes at the theoretical, methodological and application level. (priestoroveplanovanie.sk)
  • This paper introduces the construction process of the model, the integration of the model with GIS, the interactive application of the system and users and the visual dynamic expression of water pollution accidents. (scirp.org)
  • After continuous optimization, the Danube Accident Emergency Warning System (DAEWS) can be used for early warning of water pollution accidents and monitoring of water quality and provides technical support to improve the decision-making process of sudden water pollution incidents. (scirp.org)
  • Environmental Pollution 305:119318. (concordia.ca)
  • Translate the acquired knowledge on processes and interactions into operational tools. (ecoland.cat)
  • (https://www.cbd.int/doc/decisions/cop-11/cop-11-dec-06-en.pdf, accessed 21 February 2018). (who.int)
  • He works with researchers from all three centres at IMAS and has published with colleagues from Geography and Spatial Science, Engineering, Earth Sciences, Rural Health and the Menzies Centre. (edu.au)
  • Please communicate directly with colleagues referenced below on edge spatial analytic methods. (cdc.gov)
  • The study of spatial distribution involves assessing both the physical location and density of organisms within a given area. (philosophynews.com)
  • These factors can directly or indirectly affect the survival, growth, and reproduction of organisms, resulting in variations in their spatial distribution. (philosophynews.com)
  • Ecologists use a variety of methods to study the spatial distribution of organisms. (philosophynews.com)