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Displaying 261 - 265 of 1195technique for quantifying groundwater pumping and land subsidence using a nonlinear stochastic poroelastic model
Subsidence in Yunlin County, Taiwan, is serious and continuous. The Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) route crosses the subsidence area and might be affected by differential settlements. It is important to evaluate the pumping quantity for water resource management and to predict the subsidence for land resource management to mitigate the subsidence problem in Taiwan.
Assessment of urban sprawl on agricultural soil of northern Nile Delta of Egypt using RS and GIS
Urban sprawl is threatening the limited highly fertile land in the Nile delta of Egypt. Landsat TM satellite images of 1984, 1992 and ETM+ of 2006 have been used to study the impact of urban sprawl on agricultural land of the Northern Nile delta, Egypt. Visual interpretation using on screen digitizing and change detection techniques were applied for monitoring the urban sprawl. Combining the land capability map and the urban thematic layer using GIS made it possible to point out the risk of urban expansion on the expense of the highly capable soil class.
Assessment of changes of vector borne diseases with wetland characteristics using multivariate analysis
Vector borne diseases are a threat to human health. Little attention has been paid to the prevention of these diseases. We attempted to identify the significant wetland characteristics associated with the spread of chikungunya, dengue fever and malaria in Kerala, a tropical region of South West India using multivariate analyses (hierarchical cluster analysis, factor analysis and multiple regression).
Characterization of enclosure management regimes and factors influencing their choice among agropastoralists in North-Western Kenya
The enclosure system is an increasingly popular approach for land rehabilitation among communities inhabiting the arid and semi-arid lands in Africa. However, the mixed results associated with its adoption by households call for an in-depth understanding of the management regimes.
Characterising food insecurity in pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Uganda using a consumption coping strategy index
We explore the utility of a consumption coping strategy index (CSI) in characterising and assessing the factors influencing household food insecurity.