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Peer-reviewed publication
Mars 2021

Property boundaries have a significant importance in cadaster as they define the legal extent of the ownership rights. Among 3D data models, Industry Foundation Class (IFC) provides the potential capabilities for modelling property boundaries in a 3D environment. In some jurisdictions, such as…

Peer-reviewed publication
Octobre 2020

The Franks Tract State Recreation Area (Franks Tract) is an example of a complex contemporary park mired in ecological and socio-political contestation of what it is and should be. Located in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, it is a central hub in California’s immense and contentious water…

Peer-reviewed publication
Septembre 2020

Preserving landscape connectivity is one of the most frequently recommended strategies to address the synergistic threats of climate change, habitat fragmentation, and intensifying disturbances. Although assessments to develop plans for linked and connected landscapes in response to climate and…

Peer-reviewed publication
Septembre 2020

Understanding future land-use related water demand is important for planners and resource managers in identifying potential shortages and crafting mitigation strategies. This is especially the case for regions dependent on limited local groundwater supplies. For the groundwater dependent Central…

Peer-reviewed publication
Septembre 2020

Climate change has the potential to disrupt ecosystem services and further exacerbate the effects of human activities on natural resources. This has significant implications for educational institutions and the populations they serve. As the current crop of landscape architecture students…

Policy Papers & Briefs
Novembre 2019

Land degradation exacerbates the unique vulnerabilities of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to environmental challenges, such as climate change, flash floods, soil erosion, lagoon siltation, coastal erosion and sea level rise, undermining their economic potential. Land Degradation…

Peer-reviewed publication
Octobre 2019

Cover crops are considered to be beneficial for multiple ecosystem services, and they have been widely promoted through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the EU and Farm Bill Conservation Title Programs, such as the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), in the USA. However, it…

Peer-reviewed publication
Avril 2019

In the face of increasing socio-economic and climatic pressures in growing cities, it is rational for managers to consider multiple approaches for securing water availability. One often disregarded option is the promotion of reforestation in source regions supplying important quantities of…

Reports & Research
Août 2017

In the Latin American and Caribbean region (LAC), millions of families live under a constant threat of being evicted from the land and homes on which they live. The urbanization process across the region builds on an essentially unequal basis. As cities and urban populations grow, competing…

Reports & Research
Août 2017

Artigo - 3er Congreso Iberoamericano de Suelo Urbano, Curitiba, Brazil, agosto 2017 O presente artigo apresenta os resultados de um diálogo internacional[1], que mobilizou experiências de 12 países da ALC, contribuindo para uma análise regional sobre o tema. Primeiramente, aponta as evidências,…

Legislation
Mars 2017

This Act amends the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property Act in section 11 concerning tenure and remuneration of members of the Procurement Board which governs the Office of Procurement Regulation.
Amends: Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property Act, 2015 (No. 1 of…

Peer-reviewed publication
Décembre 2016

We propose a causal analysis framework to increase understanding of land-use change (LUC) and the reliability of LUC models. This health-sciences-inspired framework can be applied to determine probable causes of LUC in the context of bioenergy. Calculations of net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions…