A formal framework for scenario development in support of environmental decision-making

M Mahmoud, Y Liu, H Hartmann, S Stewart… - … Modelling & Software, 2009 - Elsevier
Scenarios are possible future states of the world that represent alternative plausible
conditions under different assumptions. Often, scenarios are developed in a context relevant …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change and human health

G Luber, N Prudent - Transactions of the American Clinical and …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Climate change science points to an increase in sea surface temperature, increases in the
severity of extreme weather events, declining air quality, and destabilizing natural systems …

[图书][B] Understanding and managing tourism impacts: An integrated approach

CM Hall, AA Lew - 2009 - taylorfrancis.com
As one of the world's largest industries, tourism carries with it significant social,
environmental, economic and political impacts. Although tourism can provide significant …

Reduced calcification in modern Southern Ocean planktonic foraminifera

AD Moy, WR Howard, SG Bray, TW Trull - Nature geoscience, 2009 - nature.com
Anthropogenic carbon dioxide has been accumulating in the oceans, lowering both the
concentration of carbonate ions and the pH (ref.), resulting in the acidification of sea water …

Climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and social protection: complementary roles in agriculture and rural growth?

M Davies, B Guenther, J Leavy, T Mitchell… - IDS Working …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Reliance on subsistence agriculture means the impact of stresses and shocks (such as
droughts or floods) are felt keenly by rural poor people, who depend directly on food system …

The altitude of alpine treeline: a bellwether of climate change effects

WK Smith, MJ Germino, DM Johnson, K Reinhardt - The Botanical Review, 2009 - Springer
Because of the characteristically low temperatures and ambient CO 2 concentrations
associated with greater altitudes, mountain forests may be particularly sensitive to global …

[图书][B] Policy networks and policy change: putting policy network theory to the test

H Compston - 2009 - books.google.com
This study applies policy network theory to major technological, economic, environmental
and social trends to generate propositions about the future of public policy. Among the …

Implementation of National Fire Plan treatments near the wildland–urban interface in the western United States

T Schoennagel, CR Nelson… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Because of increasing concern about the effects of catastrophic wildland fires throughout the
western United States, federal land managers have been engaged in efforts to restore …

The impact of geography on energy infrastructure costs

A Zvoleff, AS Kocaman, WT Huh, V Modi - Energy Policy, 2009 - Elsevier
Infrastructure planning for networked infrastructure such as grid electrification (or piped
supply of water) has historically been a process of outward network expansion, either by …

畜牧业中的甲烷排放及其减排调控技术

曾波, 钟荣珍, 谭支良 - 中国生态农业学报(中英文), 2009 - ecoagri.ac.cn
畜禽养殖规模的扩大使家畜胃肠道和粪尿的甲烷排放增加, 加剧了温室效应.
本文通过分析中国畜牧业的现状, 发展趋势及其对甲烷排放的影响以及甲烷的生成过程 …