Human interventions in rivers and estuaries of Java and Sumatra

Corallivorous gastropods, Drupella cornus are living in the Indo Pacific coral reefs. To assess the distribution of the snails at Bunaken National Park in Indonesia, a study has been conducted on three zones established in three main islands of the park: core, tourism, and exploitation zones. The zones represent degrees of human interventions in which the least intervention is for core zone, moderate for tourism zone and high for the exploitation zone. The results showed that degrees of human interventions are related to the density of snails where the least human intervention zone (the core zone) had low numbers of snails while the high human intervention (exploitation) zone had high numbers of snails. Three corals in the zones that were preferred by the snails were: Montipora spp., Acropora spp., and Porites spp. The numbers of snails living on the corals followed the percent of coral cover© Gastropod pemakan polip karang, Drupella cornus hidup di areal terumbu karang Indo-Pasifik. Untuk mengetahui distribusi dari siput di Taman Nasional Bunaken, sebuah studi telah dilakukan pada tiga zona yang ditetapkan di tiga pulau utama di taman nasional ini: zona inti, zona pariwisata, dan zona pemanfaatan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa tinggi-rendahnya intervensi manusia berhubungan dengan kepadatan siput di mana zona yang memiliki intervensi terendah (zona inti) memiliki jumlah siput sedikit sementara zona dengan intervensi tertinggi (zone pemanfaatan) memiliki jumlah siput terbanyak. Tiga spesies karang di ketiga zona ini yang disukai oleh siput adalah Montipora spp., Acropora spp., and Porites spp. Jumlah siput yang hidup di karang mengikuti jumlah persen tutupan karang©

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IMPACTS OF HUMAN INTERVENTIONS IN FLUVIAL SYSTEMS: OBSERVATIONS FROM THE EDENVILLE DAM DISASTER IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN

10.1130/abs/2020am-358046 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Nathan A. Niemi ◽

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Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos ◽

Cassandra Champagne ◽

Marin K. Clark ◽

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Keyword(s):

Fluvial Systems ◽

Human Interventions

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The rise and fall of diseases: reflections on the history of population health in Europe since ca. 1700

European Journal of Epidemiology ◽

10.1007/s10654-021-00719-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Johan P. Mackenbach

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Risks ◽

The Body ◽

Health Interventions ◽

Epidemiological Transition ◽

Public Health Interventions ◽

Human Interventions ◽

Ultimate Cause ◽

History Of ◽

Limited Usefulness

AbstractThis essay explores the amazing phenomenon that in Europe since ca. 1700 most diseases have shown a pattern of 'rise-and-fall'. It argues that the rise of so many diseases indicates that their ultimate cause is not to be sought within the body, but in the interaction between humans and their environment. In their tireless pursuit of a better life, Europeans have constantly engaged in new activities which exposed them to new health risks, at a pace that evolution could not keep up with. Fortunately, most diseases have also declined again, mainly as a result of human interventions, in the form of public health interventions or improvements in medical care. The virtually continuous succession of diseases starting to fall in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries suggests that the concept of an “epidemiological transition” has limited usefulness.

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The Era of Environmental Derangement: Witnessing Climate Crisis in Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island

Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities ◽

10.21659/rupkatha.v13n2.29 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Nupur Pancholi ◽

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Sanjit Kumar Mishra ◽

Keyword(s):

Seventeenth Century ◽

Good Life ◽

Global Climate ◽

Human Life ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Cumulative Impacts ◽

Environmental Deterioration ◽

Human Interventions ◽

Human World ◽

Climate Crisis

Drawing on Amitav Ghosh’s novel Gun Island (2019) together with his nonfictional The Great Derangement (2016), the article strives to present that while advancing endless desires, human-centric culture and the idea of ‘good life’ drive climate change and environmental deterioration. It seeks to enumerate the devastating consequences of changing climatic conditions and degenerating ecosystems and their cumulative impacts on the humankind and non-human world. It aims to locate how human life at the margins has been affected by these cataclysmic consequences through analysing Ghosh’s Gun Island. It attempts to show that human interventions had significantly fuelled the global climate crisis in the seventeenth century, decoding the myth of Bonduki Sadagar that Ghosh identifies in Gun Island.

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Salt marshes adjustment to anthropogenic pressures and sea-level rise

10.5194/egusphere-egu21-9107 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

A. Rita Carrasco ◽

Katerina Kombiadou ◽

Miguel Amado

Keyword(s):

Sea Level Rise ◽

Sea Level ◽

Salt Marshes ◽

Anthropogenic Pressures ◽

The Past ◽

Ria Formosa ◽

Sediment Loads ◽

Human Interventions ◽

South Portugal ◽

And Sea Level

It is predictable that salt marshes in regions, where sediment loads are high, should be stable against a broader range of relative sea level scenarios than those in sediment-poor systems. Despite extensive theoretical and laboratory studies, additional syntheses of marsh &#8216;persistence&#8217; indicators under human interventions and accelerated sea-level rise rates are still needed. This study investigates the recent lateral changes occurring in lagoon-type marshes of the Ria Formosa lagoon (south Portugal) in the presence of human interventions and sea-level rise, to identify the major drivers for past marsh evolution and to estimate potential future trends. The conducted analysis assessed the past geomorphological adjustment based on imagery analysis and assessed its potential future adjustment to sea-level rise (~100 years) based on modelled land cover changes (by employing the SLAMM model within two sea-level rise scenarios).Salt marshes in the Ria Formosa showed slow lateral growth rates over the last 70 years (<1 mm&#8729;yr-1), with localized erosion along the main navigable channels associated with dredging activities. Higher change rates were noted near the inlets, with stronger progradation near the natural inlets of the system, fed by sediment influx pulses. Any potential influence of sea-level increase to an intensification of marsh-edge erosion in the past, could not be distinguished from human-induced pressures in the area. No significant sediment was exchanged between the salt marshes and tidal flats, and no self-organization pattern between them was observed in past. The related analysis showed that landcover changes in the salt marsh areas are likely to be more prominent in the future. The obtained results showed evidence of non-linearity in marsh response to high sea-level rise rates, which could indicate to the presence of critical thresholds and potential negative feedbacks within the system, with significant implications to marsh resilience.

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Under the Volcano: Media, Ecology and the Crisis of Nature

Media International Australia ◽

10.1177/1329878x1214500107 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 145 (1) ◽

pp. 50-63 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jeff Lewis ◽

Belinda Lewis

Keyword(s):

Cultural Politics ◽

Nuclear Power ◽

Human Life ◽

Media Ecology ◽

The Other ◽

Natural Systems ◽

Human Interventions ◽

Under The Volcano ◽

Crisis Conditions ◽

The One

The 2011 Japanese earthquake and subsequent malfunction at the Fukushima nuclear power plant occurred at the apex of a complex crisis of nature. While some commentators claim that the Fukushima malfunction was the result of a ‘natural disaster’, others situate the event within a broader context of human interventions in ecological and natural systems. Exercised through the global mediasphere, these environmental language wars are formed within crisis conditions and a crisis consciousness that have extensive genealogical roots. This article examines the crisis of nature in terms of contemporary and genealogical language wars that are embedded in a cultural politics of apocalysm. In particular, the article problematises the concept of ‘nature’ in terms of the disaggregation of human and non-human life systems. It argues that this disaggregation confounds the cultural politics of life (-death) systems, leading to excessive violence on the one hand, and Romantic idealisation on the other. The article recommends a reconceptualisation of nature that implicates all humans and human desires across the global mediasphere.

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Assessing the impact of human interventions on floods and low flows in the Wei River Basin in China using the LISFLOOD model

The Science of The Total Environment ◽

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.379 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 653 ◽

pp. 1077-1094 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Lingtong Gai ◽

João P. Nunes ◽

Jantiene E.M. Baartman ◽

Hongming Zhang ◽

Fei Wang ◽

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Keyword(s):

River Basin ◽

Low Flows ◽

The Wei River Basin ◽

Human Interventions ◽

The Impact ◽

Wei River Basin ◽

Wei River

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Methodologies to assess the effects of human interventions and pollution control measures in the Hong Kong coastal waters

Environmental Hydraulics and Sustainable Water Management, Two Volume Set ◽

10.1201/b16814-135 ◽

2004 ◽

pp. 819-824

Author(s):

F Los ◽

J van Gils ◽

A Blauw ◽

D Vatvani ◽

A Nolte ◽

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Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Pollution Control ◽

Coastal Waters ◽

Control Measures ◽

Human Interventions ◽

Hong Kong Coastal Waters

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Ecological Guidelines and Recommendations for Mula-Mutha Riverfront Development

Journal of Ecological Society ◽

10.54081/jes.027/07 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 32-33 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Swati Gole ◽

Revati Gindi ◽

Dhruwang Hingmire ◽

Gurudas Nulkar

Keyword(s):

Fresh Water ◽

Water Flow ◽

Base Flow ◽

Main Stream ◽

River Ecosystem ◽

Water Addition ◽

Biodiversity Indicators ◽

Human Interventions ◽

Guidelines And Recommendations ◽

Riverfront Development

This paper is a case of urban river Mutha for ecological management.Over the past few decades, condition of river Mutha has deteriorated considerably. The present situation shows less of fresh water flow and lot of sewage water addition,waste dumping and foul smelling water flow. The fresh water contribution by base flow to the main stream is very negligible. The only source of fresh water is sporadic water release from Khadakwasala dam. It is irregular and in small proportion to support ecosystem functioning of the river Mutha.There is a of public debate regarding improvement in the river's condition and to correct its root cause. The disruption in the river's ecosystem is basically by human interventions. The study appeals for interdisciplinary approach with a view of environmental governance and management to solve river related problems. The focus of this study is to assess environmental impact when the river related projects being planned by Municipal authorities. The study included survey of physical changes by human interventions, in the river Mutha channel ,banks and modification of habitats hampering aquatic as well as land biodiversity. The study indicated crucial biodiversity indicators for the health of the river ecosystem. By giving grades based on both the physical conditions and biodiversity of various stretches of the river plan to improve conditions is suggested.The study created guidelines for restoration and management of Mutha river ecosystem, which may be useful for rivers especially in the urban area. This paper is based on the research project .Ecological Guidelines and Recommendations for Mula-Mutha Riverfront Development. conducted by Ecological Society.

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