Assessing the environmental quality of sediments from Split coastal area (Croatia) with a battery of cell-based bioassays

2018 ◽  
Vol 624 ◽  
pp. 1640-1648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Blanco ◽  
Elisabet Pérez-Albaladejo ◽  
Benjamí Piña ◽  
Grozdan Kušpilić ◽  
Vesna Milun ◽  
...  
2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 629-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catalina M. Torres ◽  
Antoni Riera ◽  
Dolores García

The latest trends in tourism indicate the emergence of a new segment of visitors looking for accommodation in private residences. The increase in second-home residents has led to efforts to improve knowledge of the preferences of this new type of tourist in those destinations where their presence is considerable. As one of the key variables affecting the choice of residential tourists is the environmental quality of the area, this paper focuses on testing for the existence of an inverse correlation between the loss of coastal water transparency, viewed as a measure of environmental quality, and beach aesthetics in Santa Ponça Bay, a Mallorcan coastal area containing two urban beach zones of intensive recreational use, where the proportion of second-home residents is high. The results show that the willingness to pay for improvements in water transparency diminishes in a non-linear way when transparency deteriorates, resulting in no statistically significant differences between first- and second-home residents.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nana Kariada Tri Martuti ◽  
Sri Mulyani Endang Susilowati ◽  
Wahid Akhsin Budi Nur Sidiq ◽  
Ditha Prasisca Mutiatari

The coastal area of Semarang City has a strategic function for regional economic development. Due to land use change, the environmental quality of coastal area is damaged and declining. The environmental quality decline has affected the socio-economic quality of local community. This research aims to investigate the role of local community in sustainable environmental management in Semarang City coastal area. The study takes place in two kelurahans, namely Tugurejo and Mangunharjo, and applies a descriptive qualitative approach to figure out the local community role in the coastal environment rehabilitation. Data collection through a preliminary survey supported with a satellite imagery study covers up an appropriate ecosystem with the research substance. Then the following data analysis and interpretation uses Miles and Huberman interactive analysis method. The results show the significant role of the local community in coastal area quality management and improvement in Semarang City more effectively and efficiently. This relates to their active interactions in various community-based programs including wave-breaking instrument building and mangrove nursery and planting.


2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Praptisih Praptisih ◽  
Yudawati Cahyarini

Perubahan lingkungan di wilayah pesisir teluk Jakarta akan berpengaruh pada kualitas lingkungan perairan di Teluk Jakarta. Hal tersebut akan terekam oleh inti bor sediment yang terdapat di Teluk Jakarta. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pendahuluan yang bertujuan untuk meneliti perubahan pola sedimentologi dari conto inti bor sedimen dari teluk Jakarta. Dalam studi pendahuluan ini dilakukan analisis LOI untuk mengetahui kadar material organik dan juga analisis mikropaleontologi Hasil analisis pada Bor GC 21 menunjukkan adanya korelasi yang baik antara peningkatan kadar material organic dan penurunan kadar karbonat dengan perubahan kandungan fosil. Meningkatnya kandungan foraminifera plankton pada kedalaman 13-14 cm diikuti menghilangnya ostracoda pada kedalaman 12-13 cm kemungkinan berkaitan dengan letusan Krakatau 1883. Kata Kunci : sedimen, inti bor, lingkungan, Teluk Jakarta. The environtmental changes around Jakarta coastal area will influence the environmental quality of Jakarta bay waters. Marine sediment core in the Jakarta bay will records these changes. This preliminary research will study the sedimentology pattern of marine sediment located at Jakarta bay. In this study LOI sediment core will be analysed for LOI and micropaleontology. The result from core GC 21 shows that increasing material organic content coincide with decreasing the content of carbonate and microfossil. Increasing foraminifera plankton at 13-14 cm depth coincide with disappearance of ostracode at 12-13 depth, this suppose that related to the Krakatau eruption on 1883. However the further research is still required to convince the result. Keywords : sediment, core bor, environment, Jakarta Bay


Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1192
Author(s):  
Carlo Gualtieri ◽  
Dongdong Shao ◽  
Athanasios Angeloudis

Environmental Hydraulics (EH) is the scientific study of environmental water flows and their related transport and transformation processes affecting the environmental quality of natural water systems, such as rivers, lakes, and aquifers, on our planet Earth [...]


2021 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 107510
Author(s):  
Márcia Isabel Käffer ◽  
Renan Kauê Port ◽  
João B.G. Brito ◽  
Jairo Lizandro Schmitt

Grana ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Jesús Aira ◽  
Francisco-Javier Rodríguez-Rajo ◽  
María Fernández-González ◽  
Carmen Seijo ◽  
Belén Elvira-Rendueles ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 671-674 ◽  
pp. 2736-2741
Author(s):  
Yin An Ming ◽  
Tao Tao

To reuse municipal sewage sludge safely, experiment was carried out on grapefruit trees fertilized with composted sludge from Shiweitou Sewage Treatment Plant in Xiamen City of China, and a method was introduced of how to assess the environmental quality of grapefruit trees soil fertilized with sludge by Set Pair Analysis (SPA) model. The results showed that the soil in the surface layer (0-15cm) and the deeper layer (15-30cm) was less clean, and the environment of soil was not polluted. Thus it was feasible to use sludge as fruit fertilizer. The maximum service life of sludge for continuous land application was estimated by taking Cd as the limiting factor, which would provide scientific guide and technical support for safe land application of sludge.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 165-182
Author(s):  
Ahmet Emrah TAYYAR

The relationship between foreign direct investment, which is a type of cross-border and long-term investment, and environmental quality is a current issue that is heavily debated. Foreign direct invesments can ensure economic growth and development of countries, while also causing a change in environmental quality. In the research conducted, it is seen that changes in carbon dioxide emissions with foreign direct capital inflows are mainly investigated from the point of view of the host countries. However, foreign direct invesment outflows may have an impact on the environmental quality of the home country. Because foreign direct invesment outflows can enable the transfer of more environmentally friendly techonogies to the country and strengthen management skills. The impact of foreign direct investment outflows on the home country's environmental pollution is shaped by many factors (scale, technique, and composition effects). In addition to these effects, it is necessary to pay attention to the regional and sectoral distribution of capital outflows. The main aim of this study is to examine the links between Turkey's foreign direct invesment outflows and carbon dioxide emissions for the period 1990-2018. For this reason, a unit root test was applied to variables whose natural logarithm was taken. Tests showed that all series are stable of the same degree. Engle&Granger(1987) and Granger&Yoon(2002) tests were used to determine the cointegration relationship between variables. The crouching error correction model(CECM) was applied to determine the causality relationship. According to the results of the analysis; i) In terms of the Engle&Granger(1987) test, there was no long-term relationship between variables. ii) According to the Granger&Yoon(2002) test, it was determined that there is a bidirectional hidden cointegration relationship between the positive shocks of carbon dioxide emissions and negative shocks of foreign direct invesment outflows. iii) There is a bidirectional asymmetric causality relationship between the positive shocks of carbon dioxide emissions and the negative shocks of foreign direct invesment outflows. iv) It is observed that 1% negative shocks in foreign direct invesment outflows reduce positive shocks in carbon dioxide emissions by 0,26%. As a result, since negative situations in foreign direct invesment outflows have an effect on improving the quality of the environment, the environmental dimension should be taken into account in the policies to be made.


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