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Modelling erosion on a daily basis, an adaptation of the MMF approach
Abstract Effect of soil erosion causing negative impact on ecosystem services and food security is well known. On the other hand there can be yearly variation of total... -
Modelling food security
Achieving food and nutrition security for all in a changing and globalized world remains a critical challenge of utmost importance. The development of solutions benefits from... -
Avoiding or mitigating flooding: Bottom-up drivers of urban resilience to cli...
Abstract Coastal areas around the world are urbanizing rapidly, despite the threat of sea level rise and intensifying floods. Such development places an increasing number of... -
Experiment-based policy change over time
This study provides insight into the potential of experiment-based policy making to address complex environmental challenges. The investigation shows the usefulness of making an... -
A framework for valuing spatially targeted peatland restoration
Recent evidence suggests that the degree of degradation of peatlands is substantial, and that there is a significant potential to enhance the delivery of a wide range of... -
On the possible role of strike-slip related tectonics in the Ronda-Málaga are...
The Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) image of the area between Ronda and Malaga in southern Spain reveals a number of northeast-southwest trending lineaments dissecting older and... -
Foliar and woody materials discriminated using terrestrial LiDAR in a mixed n...
Abstract Separation of foliar and woody materials using remotely sensed data is crucial for the accurate estimation of leaf area index (LAI) and woody biomass across forest... -
How to avoid history repeating itself
Several years of very low allowance prices in the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS) have motivated calls to introduce a price floor to correct potential underlying distortions... -
Global socio-economic impacts of changes in natural capital and ecosystem ser...
The year 2020 is a critical year for sustainable development policy and practice with the review and renewal of various international commitments including the Sustainable... -
Corrigendum to "Transparent and feasible uncertainty assessment adds value to...
The authors regret that the original article failed to accurately acknowledge funding sources to SESYNC, which were used to fund the workshop that motivated this special issue... -
Organizational values and the implications for mainstreaming climate adaptati...
Mainstreaming climate adaptation requires the inclusion of climate adaptation in the policies of various policy domains such as water management and spatial planning. This paper... -
The safe development paradox: An agent-based model for flood risk under clima...
With increasing flood risk due to climate change and socioeconomic trends, governments are under pressure to continue implementing flood protection measures, such as dikes, to... -
Policy design for the Anthropocene
Today, more than ever, ‘Spaceship Earth’ is an apt metaphor as we chart the boundaries for a safe planet1. Social scientists both analyse why society courts disaster by... -
Simulation of MERIS data: Potentials and limitations for mapping (soil) miner...
Within the framework of ESA's Earth Observation Program, the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) is being developed as one of the payload components of the ENVISAT-1.... -
Mapping ecosystem services' values
Mapping of ecosystem services' (ESS) values means valuing ESS in monetary terms across a relatively large geographical area and assessing how values vary across space. Thereby,... -
Combining focus group discussions and choice experiments for economic valuati...
This study explores the benefits of combining results of qualitative focus group discussions (FGDs) with a quantitative choice experiment (CE) in a low-income country context.... -
The importance of local forest benefits
Understanding the spatial distribution of the quantity and economic value of Non-Timber Forest Product (NTFP) collection gives insight into the benefits that local communities... -
Mapping soil moisture across the Tibetan Plateau plains using Aquarius active...
Abstract An algorithm is developed for retrieving soil moisture at plateau scale by combined usage of Aquarius active and passive L-band observations. In this algorithm,... -
Late Cretaceous and Tertiary subsidence history of the Sirte Basin (Libya)
The results of a quantitative analysis of subsidence data from 20 wells covering six major basement blocks of the Sirte Basin (Libya) are presented. Tectonic subsidence curves...
