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This paper considers features underlying conservation-effective agricultural systems' impacts, because they can explain present successes, suggest guidelines for future initiatives, and indicate criteria for judging their... more
What makes people cook with improved biomass stoves? A comparative international review of stove programs. DF Barnes, K Openshaw, KR Smith, R van der Plas WORLD BANK, 1818 H STREET, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20433(USA). 1994., 1994. ...
Ensuring acceptance of dedicated biomass feedstocks by landowners, agricultural communities, environmental and public interest groups, requires that the environmental benefits, concerns, and risks associated with their production be... more
The Edwards Dam, located on the Kennebec River of Maine, in the state’s capitol city, was removed in 1999 to restore fisheries such as alewives, striped bass, American shad, and endangered short-nosed sturgeon. The dam removal was ordered... more
In agriculture, there is growing interest in determining field spatial variability for implementing differential management practices, which should generate economic and environmental benefits. To date, the majority of studies involving... more
A high-resolution numerical model is used to estimate the microclimatic effect of introducing vegetation at street and/or rooftop level. Results are presented to show the effect on a hot afternoon at a location in the inner suburbs of... more
Sustainability has become an increasingly used term, but what does it mean in terms of practice. This research will look at the harvesting of captured stormwater for the irrigation of urban playing fields and what the implications are for... more
Background, aim, and scope The interest in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling is quite recent, but it has been growing steadily over the past few years. In this context, the aim of this paper is to assess the eco-profile, the... more