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Correction to: Social-psychological Determinants of the Implementation of Green Infrastructure for Residential Stormwater Management Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-02-20 Michael Drescher, Sarah Sinasac
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-021-01443-4
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Livelihood Vulnerability to Flood Hazard: Understanding from the Flood-prone Haor Ecosystem of Bangladesh Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-02-20 Mohammad Shamsul Hoq, Shankar Kumar Raha, Mohammad Ismail Hossain
Bangladesh is a country of natural disasters and climatic hazards, which frequently affect its inhabitants’ lives and livelihoods. Among the various risks and disasters, floods are the most frequent hazard that makes haor households vulnerable. Therefore, this study was undertaken to estimate livelihood vulnerability to flooding within the flood-prone haor ecosystem in Bangladesh. Primary data were
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Comprehensive Probabilistic Health Risk Assessment for Exposure to Arsenic and Cadmium in Groundwater Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-02-19 Danrui Sheng, Xiaohu Wen, Jun Wu, Min Wu, Haijiao Yu, Chuanqi Zhang
Probabilistic health risk assessment has widely been used for more realistic risk analysis of contaminants. However, the existing probabilistic modeling process may be unable to reflect the actual health risks comprehensively. In the present study, the Monte Carlo simulation was employed to assess the probabilistic health risks of exposing to arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd) in groundwater through ingestion
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Correction to: The Downstream Impacts of Hydropower Dams and Indigenous and Local Knowledge: Examples from the Peace–Athabasca, Mekong, and Amazon Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 Ian G. Baird, Renato A. M. Silvano, Brenda Parlee, Mark Poesch, Bruce Maclean, Art Napoleon, Melody Lepine, Gustavo Hallwass
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-021-01440-7
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Governance Challenges at the Interface of Food Security and Biodiversity Conservation: A Multi-Level Case Study from Ethiopia Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-02-16 Tolera Senbeto Jiren, Julia Leventon, Nicolas W. Jager, Ine Dorresteijn, Jannik Schultner, Feyera Senbeta, Arvid Bergsten, Joern Fischer
Ensuring food security while also protecting biodiversity requires a governance system that can address intra- and intersectoral complexity. In this paper, we sought to explore the governance challenges surrounding food security and biodiversity conservation through an empirical study in Jimma zone, southwestern Ethiopia. We used bottom-up snowball sampling to identify stakeholders and then held semi-structured
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Native Riparian Plant Species Dominate the Soil Seedbank of In-channel Geomorphic Features of a Regulated River Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-02-13 Marjorie Pereira, Joe Greet, Christopher S. Jones
Flow regulation impacts on riparian vegetation composition, often increasing the prevalence of exotic and terrestrial plant species. Environmental flows may benefit native riparian vegetation via the promotion of plant recruitment from riparian soil seedbanks, but this is dependent on an intact native seedbank. Thus, we assessed the composition of the soil seedbank of different riverine geomorphic
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Which Socio-economic Conditions Drive the Selection of Agroforestry at the Forest Frontier? Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-02-12 Elizabeth Gosling, Thomas Knoke, Esther Reith, Alyna Reyes Cáceres, Carola Paul
Models are essential to assess the socio-economic credentials of new agroforestry systems. In this study, we showcase robust optimisation as a tool to evaluate agroforestry’s potential to meet farmers’ multiple goals. Our modelling approach has three parts. First, we use a discrete land-use model to evaluate two agroforestry systems (alley cropping and silvopasture) and conventional land uses against
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Farm Households’ Adoption of Climate-smart Practices in Subsistence Agriculture: Evidence from Northern Togo Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-02-10 Essossinam Ali
Climate change (CC) effects on agriculture development and households’ vulnerability are widely recognized. Being aware of the induced effects of climatic risks, farmers have adopted adaptation strategies to build resilience. Analyzes the determinants of choice of adaptation strategies using binary models can lead to an estimation bias, since the number of adopted strategies may be correlated. This
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Evaluating Non-Market Values of Agroecological and Socio-Cultural Benefits of Diversified Cropping Systems Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-02-10 Terhi Latvala, Kristiina Regina, Heikki Lehtonen
We explored how consumers value the ecological and socio-cultural benefits of diversified food production systems in Finland. We used a stated preference method and contingent valuation to quantify consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for the benefits of increased farm and regional scale diversity of cultivation practices and crop rotations. Three valuation scenarios were presented to a representative
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Toward Citizen Dialogue-led Environmental Governance: An Exploratory Case Study in Post-Fukushima Japan Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-02-10 Hidenori Nakamura, Fuki Ueno, Hiromichi Higashihara, Mamoru Hayashi, Satoru Sugita, Hiromichi Fukui
This paper reports on an exploratory case study to help facilitate a culture of dialogue in Japan. There is an emphasis on proposing methods for polyphonic dialogue among citizens, and between citizens and experts, to effectively manage the environment. This paper argues that a culture of dialogue is essential to pluralistic participatory environmental governance. A random sampling-based citizen dialogue—involving
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Towards an Environmental Classification of Lentic Aquatic Ecosystems in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 Ian Hawes, Clive Howard-Williams, Neil Gilbert, Kurt Joy
The McMurdo Dry Valleys are the largest single ice-free area in Antarctica, and of considerable scientific and conservation value as an extreme polar desert. This is recognised through the McMurdo Dry Valleys Antarctic Specially Managed Area (ASMA), where management’s goals focus on protection of its unique features, while facilitating science access. Using a mix of remote sensing and existing cartography
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Where and When Carbon Storage can be Bought Cost Effectively from Private Forest Owners Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-02-08 Xiangping Liu, Seong-Hoon Cho, Paul R. Armsworth, Daniel J. Hayes
The role of time in estimating the cost of forest carbon is often ignored in the literature, nor does the literature address the issues of where and when the purchase of forest carbon storage becomes socially beneficial. In our study, we identify the spatial and temporal allocations of forest carbon investments that are socially beneficial based on empirical analysis. We use the Central and Southern
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Land Prioritization: An Approach to the Effective Environmental Planning of Hydrographic Basins Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-02-08 Fernando Ravanini Gardon
Hydrographic basins are the fundamental unit for the effective territorial planning. However, areas of higher and lesser susceptibility to degrading processes can occur in the same region, where different actions are required to preserve natural resources, as soil and water. In this context, this study aimed to propose a prioritization model to guide the territorial management in hydrographic basins
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Assessing Effects of Flow Regulation and an Experimental Flow Pulse on Population Size Structure of Riverine Fish with Contrasting Biological Characteristics Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-02-06 Robert J. Rolls
Despite effects of dams and water extraction on river hydrology and consequences of aquatic ecosystems being broadly appreciated, empirical evidence is lacking for many regions (e.g. subtropics). Evidence is necessary to determine (i) the circumstances where environmental flows are necessary to protect or improve ecological processes and (ii) what hydrological events are required to achieve those ecological
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Index-based Groundwater Sustainability Assessment in the Socio-Economic Context: a Case Study in the Western Iran Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-02-05 Fatemeh Majidipour, Seyyed Mohammad Bagher Najafi, Kamal Taheri, Jamal Fathollahi, Thomas M. Missimer
The groundwater sustainability of an alluvial aquifer in the western Iran was examined by using eight different social, economic, and environmental indicators. Differing types of indicators were used including groundwater extraction, groundwater quality, and groundwater vulnerability from the environmental indicators proposed by UNESCO 2007 and the legal framework, institutional capacity, public participation
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Will Peaceful Waters Flow Again? A Game-Theoretic Insight into a Tripartite Environmental Conflict in the Middle East Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-02-05 Aidin Akbari, Nayyer Mirnasl, Keith W. Hipel
A tripartite environmental conflict over the Al-Hawizeh–Azim Marsh located in the Tigris River Basin is strategically investigated as an instance of a higher-level hydro-political conflict, using the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution (GMCR). The GMCR+ Decision Support System is employed to investigate this intriguing dispute under the status quo and a potential hydro-political scenario considered
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Effective Community Engagement during the Environmental Assessment of a Mining Project in the Canadian Arctic Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-02-02 Jason Prno, Matthew Pickard, John Kaiyogana
The Back River Project is an approved gold mine in Nunavut, Canada owned by Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. Sabina developed a comprehensive community engagement program during the environmental assessment phase of the Project to share information, receive and address local feedback and concerns, and develop productive relationships in support of Project advancement. This paper outlines Sabina’s engagement
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Forest Cover Change and Ecosystem Services: A Case Study of Community Forest in Mechinagar and Buddhashanti Landscape (MBL), Nepal Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-29 Sushila Rijal, Kuaanan Techato, Saroj Gyawali, Nigel Stork, Megh Raj Dangal, Sutinee Sinutok
The community-based forest management program has been successful in the conservation of forest cover in Nepal. We investigated forest cover change for the Mechinagar and Buddhashanti Landscape (MBL) area within the Jhapa district, Nepal, during 1990–2019 using Landsat images and GIS tools and valuated the major ecosystem services (ES) of Kalika Community-managed Forest (KCF) within the MBL landscape
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When is an Offset Not an Offset? A Framework of Necessary Conditions for Biodiversity Offsets Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-22 Jenny Pope, Angus Morrison-Saunders, Alan Bond, Francois Retief
Biodiversity offsets have become a widely accepted means of attempting to compensate for biodiversity loss from development, and are applied in planning and decision-making processes at many levels. Yet their use is contentious, and numerous problems with both the concept and the practice have been identified in the literature. Our starting point is the understanding that offsets are a kind of biodiversity
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Historic and Modern Approaches for the Discovery of Abandoned Wells for Methane Emissions Mitigation in Oil Creek State Park, Pennsylvania Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-22 Patricia M. B. Saint-Vincent, James I. Sams, Mumbi Mundia-Howe, Matthew D. Reeder, Garret A. Veloski, Natalie J. Pekney
Hundreds of oil wells were drilled along Oil Creek in Pennsylvania in the mid-1800s, birthing the modern oil industry. No longer in operation, many wells are now classified as abandoned, and, due to their age, their locations are either unknown or inaccurately recorded. These historic-well sites present environmental, safety, and economic concerns in the form of possible methane leaks and physical
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Assessing Ecological and Social Dimensions of Success in a Community-based Sustainable Harvest Program Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-21 Christian J. Rivera, Suzanne K. Macey, Mary E. Blair, Eleanor J. Sterling
Community-based conservation and resource management (CBCRM) programs often incorporate the dual goals of poverty alleviation and conservation. However, robust assessments of CBCRM program outcomes are relatively scarce. This study uses a multidisciplinary, systems approach to assess the ecological and social dimensions of success of an internationally acclaimed CBCRM program. This program, located
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Correction: The Dynamics of Multiscale Institutional Complexes: the Case of the São Paulo Macrometropolitan Region Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-20 Leandra R. Gonçalves, Pedro Fidelman, Alexander Turra, Oran Young
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-020-01412-3
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What is Policy Analytics? An Exploration of 5 Years of Environmental Management Applications Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-20 Yves Meinard, Olivier Barreteau, Christophe Boschet, Katherine A. Daniell, Nils Ferrand, Sabine Girard, Joseph H. A. Guillaume, Emeline Hassenforder, Matthew Lord, Myriam Merad, Ehsan Nabavi, Claire Petitjean, Irene Pluchinotta, Juliette Rouchier, Alexis Tsoukias, Pascale Zarate
Our digital age is characterized by both a generalized access to data and an increased call for participation of the public and other stakeholders and communities in policy design and decision-making. This context raises new challenges for political decision-makers and analysts in providing these actors with new means and moral duties for decision support, including in the area of environmental policy
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Potential Movement Corridors and High Road-Kill Likelihood do not Spatially Coincide for Felids in Brazil: Implications for Road Mitigation Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-19 Rafaela Cobucci Cerqueira, Paul B. Leonard, Lucas Gonçalves da Silva, Alex Bager, Anthony P. Clevenger, Jochen A. G. Jaeger, Clara Grilo
The negative effects of roads on wildlife populations are a growing concern. Movement corridors and road-kill data are typically used to prioritize road segments for mitigation measures. Some research suggests that locations where animals move across roads following corridors coincide with locations where they are often killed by vehicles. Other research indicates that corridors and road-kill rarely
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Vegetation Type Does not Affect Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Riparian Zones in Agricultural Landscapes Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-18 M. Baskerville, N. Reddy, E. Ofosu, N. V. Thevathasan, M. Oelbermann
Riparian zones provide multiple benefits in agricultural landscapes, but nitrogen (N) loading can cause N2O emissions. There is a knowledge gap on how different types of riparian vegetation influence N2O emissions. This study quantified N2O emissions from a rehabilitated riparian zone with deciduous trees (RH), a herbaceous (grassed) riparian zone (GRS), a natural forested riparian zone with deciduous
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Successful Community Participation in Climate Change Adaptation Programs: on Whose Terms? Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-18 Subhajyoti Samaddar, Martin Oteng-Ababio, Frederick Dayour, Akudugu Ayaribila, Francis K. Obeng, Romanus Ziem, Muneta Yokomatsu
Community participation in climate change adaptation (CCA) programs has been advocated for long, but its implementation remains uncertain. There is also very little understanding and consensus on how and to what extent local communities can and should be involved in these projects. Arguably, both the concept and practice of community participation remain equivocal and contentious due to a lack of systematic
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The Impact of Waste Paper Recycling on the Carbon Emissions from China’s Paper Industry Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-18 Di Shang, Gang Diao, Chang Liu, Lucun Yu
As China’s demand for paper products increases, China’s paper industry faces enormous pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. By using material flow analysis in combination with input–output analysis, this study measured the waste paper recovery rate in a more accurate method and analyzed the impact of waste paper recycling on the carbon emissions from China’s paper industry. China’s waste paper
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Aplication of Soil Productivity Index after Eight Years of Soil Reclamation with Sewage Sludge Amendments Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-18 Wiktor Halecki, Sławomir Klatka
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The Downstream Impacts of Hydropower Dams and Indigenous and Local Knowledge: Examples from the Peace–Athabasca, Mekong, and Amazon Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-18 Ian G. Baird, Renato A. M. Silvano, Brenda Parlee, Mark Poesch, Art Napoleon, Melody Lepine, Gustavo Hallwass
There has been much written about the negative social and environmental impacts of large hydropower dams, particularly the impacts on people and the environment caused by flooding linked to the creation of large reservoirs. There has also long been recognition of the importance of Indigenous and local knowledge for understanding ecological processes and environmental impacts. In this paper, however
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A Review of Biological Monitoring of Aquatic Ecosystems Approaches: with Special Reference to Macroinvertebrates and Pesticide Pollution Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-18 R. G. I. Sumudumali, J. M. C. K. Jayawardana
Biological monitoring is the evaluating changes in the environment using the biological responses with the intent of using such information in quality control of the ecosystem. Biomarkers and bioindicators are two main components of the hierarchy of biomonitoring process. Bioindicators can be used to monitor changes of ecosystems and to distinguish alteration of human impact from natural variability
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Mutualism Wildlife Value Orientations Predict Support for Messages About Distance-Related Wildlife Conflict Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-18 Stephanie Freeman, B. Derrick Taff, Zachary D. Miller, Jacob A. Benfield, Peter Newman
Wildlife value orientations (WVOs) are used to address human–wildlife conflicts by developing value-framed messaging. However, little is known about whether WVOs (i.e., mutualism, domination) are useful in distance-related wildlife safety communication strategies. This study explores the predictive ability of mutualism and domination value orientations on study participants’ levels of agreement with
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Hooves on the Beach; Horses Disrupt the Sand Matrix and Might Alter Invertebrate Assemblages on Beaches Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-18 Madison Evans-Clay, Nick Porch, Grainne Maguire, Michael A. Weston
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Protected Areas Established by Local Communities through Direct Democracy Encompass Habitat for Species as Effectively as Protected Areas Planned over Large Spatial Scales Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-15 Chad Stachowiak, Benjamin J. Crain, Kailin Kroetz, James N. Sanchirico, Paul R. Armsworth
Local communities contribute to broader biodiversity protection goals when managing their immediate environment when they establish protected areas. However, their efforts are geographically constrained and often uncoordinated. We compare protected areas established by local communities through the direct democracy process in California, US, to protected areas created and managed by two conservation
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Translating a Global Emission-Reduction Framework for Subnational Climate Action: A Case Study from the State of Georgia Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-15 Marilyn A. Brown, Blair Beasley, Fikret Atalay, Kim M. Cobb, Puneet Dwiveldi, Jeffrey Hubbs, David M. Iwaniek, Sudhagar Mani, Daniel Matisoff, Jaqueline E. Mohan, Jeffrey Mullen, Michael Oxman, Daniel Rochberg, Michael Rodgers, Marshall Shepherd, Richard Simmons, Laura Taylor, L. Beril Toktay
Subnational entities are recognizing the need to systematically examine options for reducing their carbon footprints. However, few robust and comprehensive analyses are available that lay out how US states and regions can most effectively contribute. This paper describes an approach developed for Georgia—a state in the southeastern United States called “Drawdown Georgia”, our research involves (1)
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Trends, insights and effects of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) implementation in the light of the Polish coastal zone eutrophication Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-15 Michał Preisner, Marzena Smol, Dominika Szołdrowska
The intensification of the Baltic Sea eutrophication is associated with the increase of anthropogenic nutrients loads, mainly nitrogen and phosphorus introduced into surface waters from a diffuse, point and natural background sources. Despite the observed decreasing trends in nutrient concentrations in some parts of the Baltic Sea, eutrophication-related indicators continue to deteriorate. This accelerates
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Resilience Perception of a Mining Town in Eastern Amazonia: A Case Study of Canaã Dos Carajás, Brazil Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-13 Valente José Matlaba, Lorena Reis Pereira, José Aroudo Mota, Jorge Filipe dos Santos
The ability of communities to react to risks and disturbances is for their balance, development, and sustainability. The concept of resilience provides a way to think about policies and actions for future changes in socioeconomic and ecological-environmental systems. This paper analyzes, in the context of mining, the perception of the resilience of Canaã dos Carajás population in Pará State, Brazilian
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Moving from Latent to Manifest Problem: Trajectories Across Scientific and Public Salience of Invasive Alien Species Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-12 J. Vaas, P. P. J. Driessen, M. Giezen, F. van Laerhoven, M. J. Wassen
Who worries first about an invasive alien species: scientists or the general public, or do both become concerned simultaneously? Taking thirteen invasive alien species in the Netherlands, this article reconstructs the development of their public and scientific salience: the attention they attracted and the knowledge about them. Salience was assessed from the number of publications from 1997 onwards
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Application of Response Surface Methodology For Modeling and Optimization of A Bio Coagulation Process (Sewage Wastewater Treatment Plant) Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-12 Asma Ayat, Sihem Arris, Amina Abbaz, Mossaab Bencheikh-Lehocine, Abdeslam Hassen Meniai
Cactus has shown great capabilities as a bio coagulant/flocculent in the treatment of wastewater and as a factor for sustainable development of the environment, due to its abundance and non-toxicity for human health. This has encouraged the present study based on the design of experiments to optimize the two operating factors: the bio coagulant dosage and initial pH. The effect of these considered
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Restoring Fringing Tidal Marshes for Ecological Function and Ecosystem Resilience to Moderate Sea-level Rise in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-11 Sara Martin, Eric L. Sparks, Adam J. Constantin, Just Cebrian, Julia A. Cherry
Tidal marshes are increasingly vulnerable to degradation or loss from eutrophication, land-use changes, and accelerating sea-level rise, making restoration necessary to recover ecosystem services. To evaluate effects of restoration planting density and sea-level rise on ecosystem function (i.e., nitrogen removal), we restored three marshes, which differed in elevation, at Weeks Bay National Estuarine
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Developing a Conceptual Model for Sustainable water Resource Management and Agricultural Development: the Case of the Breede River Catchment Area, South Africa Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-11 Y. S. Nyam, J. H. Kotir, A. J. Jordaan, A. A. Ogundeji
The complex relationship that exists between water resources and agricultural production has been increasing constantly globally. Several factors are interacting to influence the management of water resources making the system complex and dynamic. To increase the understanding of these complex and dynamic systems, relevant tools are needed to identify the causal relationships that exist between the
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Incorporating Network Connectivity into Stream Classification Frameworks Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-09 Colby D. Denison, Mark C. Scott, Kevin M. Kubach, Brandon K. Peoples
Stream classification frameworks are important tools for conserving aquatic resources. Yet despite their utility, most classification frameworks have not incorporated network connectivity. We developed and compared three biologically informed stream classification frameworks considering the effects of variables indexing local habitat and/or connectivity on stream fish communities. The first framework
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Source to Tap Risk Assessment for Intermittent Water Supply Systems in Arid Regions: An Integrated FTA—Fuzzy FMEA Methodology Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-07 Husnain Haider, Mohammed Hammed Alkhowaiter, M. D. Shafiquzzaman, Mohammad Alresheedi, Saleem S. AlSaleem, Abdul Razzaq Ghumman
Water utilities in arid regions deal with multifaceted issues of natural groundwater contamination, high treatment costs, and low water rates. These utilities rely on intermittent supplies resulting in numerous water quality failures at source, treatment, distribution, and in-house plumbing systems. The present research presents an inclusive risk assessment methodology for managing water quality from
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Values Matter: The Role of Key Nodes of Social Networks in an Environmental Governance Case from Taiwan Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-05 Chia-Ling Shen, Hsing-Sheng Tai
Social networks and related social processes play a critical role in natural resources and environmental governance. In this paper, an environmental governance case is analyzed from a social network perspective. We explore how social networks of proponents for and opponents against environmental regulations are formed and developed and how these social networks facilitate or hinder environmental regulations
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Wetland Compensation and Landscape Change in a Rapidly Urbanizing Context Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-05 Morgan Robertson, Susan M. Galatowitsch, Jeffrey W. Matthews
While there are regulatory requirements that regulators should assess the impact of landscape-scale changes on the success of US Clean Water Act wetland compensatory mitigation sites, these requirements are poorly specified and very little work has been done to characterize how landscape change impacts CWA compensation sites. We created a rapid assessment method with both site-based and landscape-scale
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Evaluating the Ecological Benefits of Management Actions to Complement Environmental Flows in River Systems Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-05 Sam Nicol, J. Angus Webb, Rebecca E. Lester, Marcus Cooling, Paul Brown, Ian Cresswell, Heather M. McGinness, Susan M. Cuddy, Lee J. Baumgartner, Daryl Nielsen, Martin Mallen-Cooper, Danial Stratford
Globally, many river systems are under stress due to overconsumption of water. Governments have responded with programmes to deliver environmental water to improve environmental outcomes. Although such programmes are essential, they may not be sufficient to achieve all desired environmental outcomes. The benefits of environmental water allocation may be improved using ‘complementary measures’, which
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Process Makes Perfect: Perceptions of Effectiveness in Collaborative Environmental Governance Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2021-01-04 Amanda Y. Lindgren, Maureen G. Reed, James P. Robson
In evaluating effectiveness for collaborative environmental governance arrangements, a key concern is describing not just the processes and actors that are a part of these systems, but also the impacts that these processes have on ecological and social conditions. Existing research delineates an emphasis on process variables over outcome variables, as well as the difficulties of demonstrating causal
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Heavy Metals and Trace Elements in Whole-Blood Samples of the Fishermen in Turkey: The Fish/Ermen Heavy Metal Study (FHMS) Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2020-12-07 Derya Çamur, Murat Topbaş, Hüseyin İlter, Meriç Albay, Ferruh Niyazi Ayoğlu, Murat Can, Ahmet Altın, Yusuf Demirtaş, Büşra Parlak Somuncu, Fatih Aydın, Bilgehan Açıkgöz
Selected heavy metal-trace element (Ag, As, Ba, Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb, Sb, Se, Sr, and V) levels were determined by the ICP-MS method in whole-blood samples of fishermen and control group who accommodate in four provinces of the Marmara Sea. Mercury (1.267 ± 1.061 µg/L to 0.796 ± 0.853 µg/L) and lead (17.8 ± 9.0 µg/L to 12.0 ± 6.83 µg/L) levels were higher in the fishermen group than that of control group
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A Coastal Vulnerability Framework to Guide Natural Infrastructure Funds Allocation in Compressed Time Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2020-12-04 Luis Santiago, Maritza Barreto, Alfredo Montañez-Acuña, Thomas Flecha, Nahir Cabrera, Valeria Bonano, Loderay Bracero Marrero, Elizabeth Díaz
Hurricane Maria, a category 4 tropical cyclone, hit the US non-incorporated territory of Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017. Widespread physical and natural infrastructure damage was observed, especially in already vulnerable coastal communities. As public sector funding availability for natural infrastructure (ex. coastal ecosystems) increases, mechanisms for its efficient and equitable allocation
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Assessing the Impacts of Urban Land Use Changes on Regional Ecosystem Services According to Urban Green Space Policies Via the Patch-Based Cellular Automata Model Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2020-11-29 Ilkwon Kim, Hyuksoo Kwon
As urbanization affects the quality of regional ecosystems, which are needed to ensure the well-being of residents, urban land management plans should consider ecosystem services. While several studies have assessed urbanization impacts on regional ecosystem services in developing urban areas, they used limited approaches that only considered options pertaining to urban green space management. A modeling
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Infectious Waste Management Strategy during COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa: an Integrated Decision-Making Framework for Selecting Sustainable Technologies Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2020-10-23 Amine Belhadi, Sachin S. Kamble, Syed Abdul Rehman Khan, Fatima Ezahra Touriki, Dileep Kumar M.
The emerging and underdeveloped countries in Africa face numerous difficulties managing infectious waste during the SARS-CoV-2 disease, known as the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, the main aim of this paper is to help decision-makers in African countries to select the best available waste management strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present research undertakes seamless assessment and prioritization
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Improving Long-term Monitoring of Contaminated Groundwater at Sites where Attenuation-based Remedies are Deployed Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2020-10-24 Miles E. Denham, Mark B. Amidon, Haruko M. Wainwright, Baptiste Dafflon, Jonathan Ajo-Franklin, Carol A. Eddy-Dilek
This study presents an effective approach to tackle the challenge of long-term monitoring of contaminated groundwater sites where remediation leaves residual contamination in the subsurface. Traditional long-term monitoring of contaminated groundwater sites focuses on measuring contaminant concentrations and is applicable to sites where contaminant mass is removed or degraded to a level below the regulatory
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Social-psychological Determinants of the Implementation of Green Infrastructure for Residential Stormwater Management Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2020-11-23 Michael Descher, Sarah Sinasac
Climate change effects and increasing levels of imperviousness, cause many urban areas globally to experience larger rainfall runoff volumes that need to be managed to protect property and infrastructure, and avoid environmental pollution. Conventionally engineered, ‘grey’ stormwater infrastructure often is outdated and unable to control these increased runoff volumes. Green stormwater infrastructure
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Explore Regional PM2.5 Features and Compositions Causing Health Effects in Taiwan Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2020-11-17 Yi-Shin Wang, Li-Chiu Chang, Fi-John Chang
Chemical compositions of atmospheric fine particles like PM2.5 prove harmful to human health, particularly to cardiopulmonary functions. Multifaceted health effects of PM2.5 have raised broader, stronger concerns in recent years, calling for comprehensive environmental health-risk assessments to offer new insights into air-pollution control. However, there have been few studies adopting local air-quality-monitoring
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Localism “Reimagined”: Building a Robust Localist Paradigm for Overcoming Emerging Conservation Challenges Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2020-11-17 Jessica Spelke Jansujwicz, Aram J. K. Calhoun, Karen Hutchins Bieluch, Bridie McGreavy, Linda Silka, Carly Sponarski
Governance gaps at both the federal and state level increasingly necessitate local action and remain a key driver of community-based solutions. A localist paradigm—encompassing models such as community-based management, citizen science, and cooperative research—offers a promising approach for bridging governance gaps by engaging citizens, co-producing knowledge, fostering trust, and developing innovative
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Evaluating British Columbia’s Municipally Owned Community Forest Corporations as Governance Structures Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2020-11-16 Evelyn Pinkerton, Murray Rutherford
The province of British Columbia, Canada, began its community forests (CF) program by permitting a range of governance structures, both to allow flexibility and to discover the most appropriate structures for this new forestry tenure. The majority of municipalities participating in this program elected to hold their CF tenure through a separate corporation or limited-liability partnership arrangement
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Factors Affecting the Behavior of Large Forest Fires in Turkey Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2020-11-16 İsmet Daşdemir, Fuat Aydın, Mertol Ertuğrul
Fire behavior should be estimated accurately and multidimensionally to reduce the dangers and harmful effects of forest fires and to develop effective fire management strategies. Therefore, in this study, the most important factors affecting fire behavior were determined by statistical methods using data of 59 large forest fires that occurred between 1977 and 2017 in Turkey. Some data were obtained
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Leaching Performance and Zinc Ions Removal from Industrial Slag Leachate Using Natural and Biochar Walnut Shell Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2020-11-16 Sevda Esma Darama, Elif Hatice Gürkan, Özlem Terzi, Semra Çoruh
This study aims to investigate leaching characteristics of zinc slag according to leaching tests, including; TCLP (Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure), SPLP (Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure), ASTM-D3987 (American Society for Testing and Materials), and TS EN-12457-4 (Turkish Standards Institute) tests methods. The present study describes the adsorption potential of natural and biochar
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Participatory Modeling of Water Vulnerability in Remote Alaskan Households Using Causal Loop Diagrams Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2020-11-09 Antonia Sohns, James D. Ford, Jan Adamowski, Brian E. Robinson
Despite perceptions of high water availability, adequate access to sufficient water resources remains a major challenge in Alaska. This paper uses a participatory modeling approach to investigate household water vulnerability in remote Alaska and to examine factors that affect water availability and water access. Specifically, the work asks: how do water policy stakeholders conceptualize the key processes
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The Small-Scale Treatment Plant Industry: Institutional Features of Companies, Problems and Functionality of Small-Scale Treatment Systems Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2020-11-08 Ahmet Altin, Hasan Tezcan Uysal, Süreyya Altin
The purposes of this study is to show the corporate characteristics of companies which have been operating in the fields of small-scale treatment plants’ (SSTPs’) design, construction, and installation processes, and to exhibit findings/perceptions of company employees on issues such as the initial investment and operating costs, common production and operating problems, the functionality of the small-scale
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“What are you going to do, Protest the Wind?”: Community Perceptions of Emergent and Worsening Coastal Erosion from the Remote Bering Sea Community of St. Paul, Alaska Environ. Manag. (IF 2.561) Pub Date : 2020-11-07 Jessica Tran, Lauren M. Divine, Leanna R. Heffner
The state of Alaska is experiencing increased coastal erosion due to climatic changes that threaten shoreline, infrastructure, and Alaska Native ways of life. While several Alaska Native villages have been impacted by severe erosion, additional communities face burgeoning erosion concerns. St. Paul, a remote island located in the Bering Sea, Alaska, and home to ~450 Unangan, or Aleut, residents, is
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