Collaborative Seabed-Habitat Mapping

2015 ◽  
pp. 154-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sytze van Heteren ◽  
Vera Van Lancker
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Heterogeneity ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
End Users ◽  
Habitat Mapping ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Science And Policy ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
Point Data ◽  
Sediment Data ◽  
Flexible Querying

This chapter discusses the uncertainties associated with sediment data, which are a commonly neglected obstacle in collaborative seabed-habitat mapping, complicating harmonization. Standardization of these data, although an important prerequisite in the harmonization of surrogate-based habitat maps, is not enough to achieve full map uniformity. Through time and between research institutes, data have been acquired, described, analyzed, and classified using a range of methods and protocols. The effects of differing error margins and indicative meanings remain hidden for most end users in environmental science and policy. The interpolation required to generate full-coverage data products from sedimentological point data creates additional uncertainty. Finally, small-scale habitat heterogeneity not captured by even the densest sampling places limits on the usability of sediment-based surrogates as well. Despite these limitations, there is much room for improvement when it comes to using surrogates in habitat mapping. Multiple visualizations generated from merged digital sediment datasets with flexible querying protocols are especially promising.

Climate Ethics

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen M. Gardiner ◽  
Simon Caney ◽  
Dale Jamieson ◽  
Henry Shue
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Justice ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Human Dimensions ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
General Reference ◽  
Science And Policy ◽  
Climate Ethics ◽  
Climate Economics ◽  
Intergenerational Ethics

This collection gathers a set of seminal papers from the emerging area of ethics and climate change. Topics covered include human rights, international justice, intergenerational ethics, individual responsibility, climate economics, and the ethics of geoengineering. Climate Ethics is intended to serve as a source book for general reference, and for university courses that include a focus on the human dimensions of climate change. It should be of broad interest to all those concerned with global justice, environmental science and policy, and the future of humanity.

scholarly journals Nocturnal bird composition in relation to habitat heterogeneity in small scale oil palm agriculture in Malaysia

2016 ◽  
Vol 233 ◽  
pp. 140-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Syafiq Yahya ◽  
Chong Leong Puan ◽  
Badrul Azhar ◽  
Sharifah Nur Atikah ◽  
Amal Ghazali
Keyword(s):  
Oil Palm ◽  
Habitat Heterogeneity ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Bird Composition

Results of a seismic reflection survey across the fault zone between the Thompson nickel belt and the Churchill Tectonic Province, northern Manitoba

1981 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Green
Keyword(s):  
Fault Zone ◽  
Lower Crust ◽  
Seismic Reflection ◽  
High Amplitude ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Upper Crust ◽  
Travel Times ◽  
Reflection Point ◽  
Point Data ◽  
Amplitude Reflection

Approximately 11 km of four-fold common reflection point data have been recorded across a region that spans the contact fault zone between the Thompson nickel belt and the Churchill Tectonic Province. From these data it is shown that the upper crust in this region and, to a lesser extent, the lower crust are characterized by numerous scattered events that originate from relatively small-scale features. Within the Thompson nickel belt two extensive and particularly high-amplitude reflection zones, at two-way travel times of t = 5.0–5.5 s and t = 6.0–6.5 s, are recorded with apparent northwesterly dips of 0–20 °C. These reflection zones, which have a laminated character, are truncated close to the faulted contact with the Churchill Province. Both the contact fault zone and the Churchill Province in this region have crustal sections that are relatively devoid of significant reflectors. The evidence presented here confirms that the crustal section of the Thompson nickel belt is fundamentally different from that of the Churchill Tectonic Province.

Strategies for building and managing ‘trust’ to enable knowledge exchange at the interface of environmental science and policy

2021 ◽  
Vol 123 ◽  
pp. 179-189
Author(s):  
C. Cvitanovic ◽  
R.J. Shellock ◽  
M. Mackay ◽  
E.I. van Putten ◽  
D.B. Karcher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Science ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Science And Policy

Fusion of Artisan and Virtual

2016 ◽  
pp. 346-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Webster
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
End Users ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Online Retail ◽  
Speed To Market ◽  
Slow Fashion

Three defining pillars spearhead the current global fashion system: speed to market, overt supply (and consumption) and low prices. This contrasts with a juxtaposing position, through the evolution of slow fashion constructs, embracing artisan techniques with bespoke methodologies. Additional to this is an emerging paradigm integrating new technologies including the strengthening of online retail, virtual interfaces for communication with end-users including customised manufacturing and small scale production runs plus the capacity to communicate and market to anyone, anywhere at anytime across the globe. When these two potentially disparate cultural positions in fashion are considered in tandem, it can facilitate opportunities for small-scale operations to use their size as a platform for flexibility, responsiveness and growth. This model provides for customised and personalised options for a discerning and socially responsible fashion customer. The blurring of bespoke and virtual sees the rise of the digital fashion artisans.

scholarly journals Air Quality Strategies and Technologies: A Rapid Review of the International Evidence

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Quarmby ◽  
Georgina Santos ◽  
Megan Mathias
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Policy Issue ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Rapid Review ◽  
Science And Policy ◽  
Vehicle Purchase

Poor air quality is a pressing policy issue that spans public health and environmental portfolios, and governments worldwide are investing in a wide array of measures to address it. This paper is a rapid review of the evidence behind air quality strategies and technologies. It was conducted according to the principles of a systematic review, and includes both academic and “grey” literature sources. It focuses on road transport in urban areas, because air pollution tends to be worse in cities, and the main source is fossil fuel vehicles. It draws on the environmental science and policy literature to provide interdisciplinary insight into the most effective air quality policy measures. The most promising initiatives include active travel infrastructure, roadside barriers, low emission zones, and low speed limits. Technologies which remove pollution from the air largely remain unproven, especially at the scale needed to make a significant impact. The combinations of policies from three cities which rank highly for air quality are reviewed; one important finding is that policies are most effective when they are a part of a mutually reinforcing suite of measures. Policies consistent across the cities studied are good public transport coverage, a good cycle network, and financial incentives for electric vehicle purchase.

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