Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 14 Issue 1

Monitoring desertification risk with an index integrating climatic and remotely‐sensed data: An example from the coastal area of Turkey

In this paper a desertification risk index (DRI) based on the integration of climatic data and the normalised difference vegetation index (NDVI), obtained from National Oceanic…

Remote‐sensing monitoring of desertification, phenology, and droughts

Year‐to‐year fluctuations of rainfall in the northern Negev desert provide an opportunity to characterize and assess the temporal dynamics of desertification, phenology, and…

Some guidelines for monitoring desertification of Mediterranean drylands on the basis of plant water status: Methodological problems and results from the DEMOS project

Drought stress can be considered as a dominant factor contributing to degradation of Mediterranean drylands. Therefore, there is a strong need to monitoring the level of water…

Observation and long‐term monitoring of Mediterranean ecosystems with satellite remote sensing and GIS

The importance of thoroughly monitoring the state of the environment in Mediterranean ecosystems has long been recognised. With regard to the spatial extension of large areas…

Plant cover as a tool for monitoring desertification in mountain Mediterranean rangelands

Plant cover was measured for three years in the rangelands of Psilorites mountain of Crete, located at a mean altitude of 1,200m and overgrazed by sheep and goats from May to…

Use of carbon isotope composition in monitoring environmental changes

In this work we will discuss the suitability of carbon isotope analysis in plants for the assessment of environmental changes and their effects on crops and natural systems. For C₃…

Assessing the environmental impacts of human settlements using satellite data

In the last 50 years, the Mediterranean Basin has experienced a doubling of its population. This demographic growth has been the cause of extensive land use changes that have…

Impact assessment of qualitative policy scenarios: A comparative case study on land use in Sicily

The purpose of this paper is to offer a contribution to the study of integrated assessment procedures for evaluating the effectiveness of agri‐environmental policy strategies…

An analysis of factors influencing waste minimisation and use of recycled materials for the construction of residential buildings

Residential building construction activities, whether it is new build, repair or maintenance, consumes a large amount of natural resources. This has a negative impact on the…

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