The nature of rammed earth fortifications and the environmental conditions where they are located determine pathologies that these structures suffer in presence humidity sources strong winds. objective this project is to revise main mechanisms deterioration evaluate use remote detection as a tool register threats affect their preservation. selected images satellite results offer information abo...

rangelands are known as one of the main income resources for their exploiters.in the recent century, management of iran rangeland has undergone vast transformationsbecause of vulnerable socio-economic conditions of pastoralists. a study was done toprovide a clear picture of the status and utilization of aq qala rangelands via assessinginternal and external environmental factors affecting the ut...

This paper explores the utility of in-depth interviews for understanding how individuals and communities socially construct the risks (degree of threat) from environmental hazards (phenomena which threaten), and describes some challenges for guarding against threats to trustworthiness (qualitative rigor). The paper involves the interface between a case study of the social construction of enviro...

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is the most employed network service in commercial and industrial applications, for the ease of its technical development in a processor, communication, and low-power usage of embedded computing devices. Sensor nodes are used for constant sensing, event ID, event detection & local control of actuators. The applications of WSN mainly include health, military, enviro...

The book aims to present in a systematic fashion a series of questions that have emerged at different stages within the IWC and which, in many cases, have differentiated the international debate on whaling from that on other issues of international environmental law. These topics have been organized in three sections. The first concentrates on ‘number and threats’, in order to provide a basic f...

tajikistan is a hotspot of plant and animal species diversity and endemism andis important for the conservation of biodiversity on a global scale. the country is located ata biological crossroads. species from central and northern europe, central asia, themiddle east, and north africa mingle here with endemics found nowhere else. therichness of tajikistan‘s biodiversity shows up at the genetic,...