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   Building Information Modeling (BIM) for Construction and Demolition Waste Management in Australia: A Research Agenda

   Sustainability

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   janvier, 2021

   Australie

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   Régimes forestiers

   Pâturages, terres arides et pastoralisme

   Régime urbain

   dégradation des terres

   Construction and demolition waste (C&DW) contribute to approximately 30% of the total waste generation worldwide, by which heterogeneous ecological impacts, such as resource depletion, global warming, and land degradation, are engendered. Despite ongoing research efforts to minimize construction waste via the Building Information Modeling (BIM)-aided design, there is a paucity of research on integrating BIM in demolition waste management (DWM).

2. Library Resource

   

   How Urban Forest Managers Evaluate Management and Governance Challenges in Their Decision-Making

   Forests

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   janvier, 2020

   Australie

   Régime urbain

   Régimes forestiers

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   tenure foncière

   Decisions about urban forests are critical to urban liveability and resilience. This study aimed to evaluate the range of positions held by urban forest managers from local governments in the state of Victoria, Australia, regarding the management and governance challenges that affect their decision-making. This study was based on a Q-method approach, a procedure that allows researchers to evaluate the range of positions that exist about a topic in a structured manner based on the experiences of a wide group of people.

3. Library Resource

   

   Regional Variation in Forest Canopy Height and Implications for Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Habitat Mapping and Forest Management

   Forests

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   janvier, 2021

   Australie

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   Régimes forestiers

   Régime urbain

   Pâturages, terres arides et pastoralisme

   tenure foncière

   Previous research has shown that the Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) prefers larger trees, potentially making this a key factor influencing koala habitat quality. Generally, tree height is considered at regional scales which may overlook variation at patch or local scales. In this study, we aimed to derive a set of parameters to assist in classifying koala habitat in terms of tree height, which can then be used as an overlay for existing habitat maps.

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   An Integrated Economic, Environmental and Social Approach to Agricultural Land-Use Planning

   Land

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   janvier, 2021

   Australie

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   Régime urbain

   Pâturages, terres arides et pastoralisme

   aménagement du territoire

   Agricultural land-use change is a dynamic process that varies as a function of social, economic and environmental factors spanning from the local to the global scale. The cumulative regional impacts of these factors on land use adoption decisions by farmers are neither well accounted for nor reflected in agricultural land use planning. We present an innovative spatially explicit agent-based modelling approach (Crop GIS-ABM) that accounts for factors involved in farmer decision making on new irrigation adoption to enable land-use predictions and exploration.

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   Developing a Metropolitan-Wide Urban Forest Strategy for a Large, Expanding and Densifying Capital City: Lessons from Melbourne, Australia

   Land

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   janvier, 2021

   Australie

   Régime urbain

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   Régimes forestiers

   tenure foncière

   Urban forests provide many ecosystem services, such as reducing heat, improving air quality, treatment of stormwater, carbon sequestration, as well as biodiversity benefits. These benefits have resulted in increasing demand for urban forests and strategies to maintain and enhance this natural infrastructure. In response to a broader resilience strategy for Melbourne, Australia, we outline how a metropolitan-wide urban forest strategy (Living Melbourne) was developed, encompassing multiple jurisdictions and all land tenures.

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   Dynamic Changes in Melbourne’s Urban Vegetation Cover—2001 to 2016

   Land

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   janvier, 2021

   Australie

   Régime urbain

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   tenure foncière

   Understanding changes in urban vegetation is essential for ensuring sustainable and healthy cities, mitigating disturbances due to climate change, sustaining urban biodiversity, and supporting human health and wellbeing. This study investigates and describes the distribution and dynamic changes in urban vegetation over a 15-year period in Greater Melbourne, Australia.

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   Development of a Land Use Carbon Inventory for Agricultural Soils in the Canadian Province of Ontario

   Land

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   janvier, 2021

   France, Japon, Canada, Royaume-Uni, États-Unis d'Amérique, Allemagne, Australie, Nouvelle-Zélande

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   Régimes forestiers

   Pâturages, terres arides et pastoralisme

   Régime urbain

   gestion foncière

   Globally, agricultural soils are being evaluated for their role in climate change regulation as a potential sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) through sequestration of organic carbon as soil organic matter. Scientists and policy analysts increasingly seek to develop programs and policies which recognize the importance of mitigation of climate change and insurance of ecological sustainability when managing agricultural soils.

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   Review of Land Administration Data Dissemination Practices: Case Study on Four Different Land Administration System Types

   Land

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   janvier, 2021

   Nouvelle-Zélande, Croatie

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   Terre et investissements

   Régimes forestiers

   Droits fonciers collectifs

   administration foncière

   Land administration systems differ by their types and practices. The data dissemination practices are considered to be outdated, as in most cases the digitisation of land administration data was conducted to match the paper-based system. This paper reviews four different land administration data dissemination practices through four case studies, where each selected jurisdiction represents one land administration system type. The analysed LAS data dissemination practices were conducted for Croatia, England, New Zealand and Green County, OH, USA.

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   Policy intent meets reality: the conformance of 20 years of metropolitan compact activity centre policy in greater Brisbane, Australia

   Rapports et recherches

   juillet, 2020

   États-Unis d'Amérique, Australie

   aménagement du territoire

   For two decades, increasing concerns about urban sustainability have driven Australian metropolitan planning efforts to call for fundamental changes to existing urban forms. These changes are intended to develop more compact cities characterised by a poly-nodal network of dense activity centres. In this paper we provide the first long-term, comprehensive evaluation of the implementation of this policy in greater Brisbane.

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    Mapping hotspots and bundles of forest ecosystem services across the European Union

    Land Use Policy Volume 99

    Publication évaluée par des pairs

    décembre, 2020

    Australie, Suisse, République tchèque, Allemagne, France, Croatie, Hongrie, Liechtenstein, Pologne, Slovaquie, Slovénie

    Restauration des paysages forestiers

    Régimes forestiers

    Terres, changement climatique et environnement

    plan d'aménagement forestier

    utilisation des terres

    recherche

    Forests cover about 40 % of the European Union (EU), providing a wide spectrum of invaluable ecosystem services to more than half a billion people. In order to protect and harness this crucial asset, EU policies are advancing multifunctional management. This study lays a basis for such an effort by mapping the supply of key forest ecosystem services (FES) across the entire EU: wood, water supply, erosion control, pollination, habitat protection, soil formation, climate regulation and recreation.