Leaf area index (LAI) is a key parameter to characterize vegetation dynamics and ecosystem structure that determines the ecosystem functions and services such as clean water supply and carbon sequestration in a watershed. However, linking LAI dynamics and environmental controls (i.e., coupling biosphere, atmosphere, and anthroposphere) remains challenging and such type of studies have rarely be...

the purpose of this descriptive-correlation study was to investigate effective factors on rural people participation in watershed management projects in dorod faraman & lalabad basin, kermanshah province. both qualitative and quantitative paradigms were considered in the study. the target population in quantitative section consisted all rural peoples in the dorod faraman & lalabad basin village...

The shrinking Baiyangdian Lake and drying up rivers are widely observed in recent years. Due to the significant advantages in integrated analyses of natural and economic systems, emergy analysis is introduced in this paper to assess the health status of Baiyangdian Watershed. First, we establish a emergy based conceptual framework for the assessment, delineate an emergy flow diagram of Baiyangd...

In a split sample design, we examine the impact of federal funding availability on Willingness to Pay (WTP) for watershed management program attributes and tradeoffs in a choice experiment. We also evaluate how presenting respondents with different sets of choice attributes, in alternative survey designs, affects the estimation of preference functions. We also compared preferences for watershed...

Lake Champlain’s watershed is shared by Vermont and New York in the US and Quebec in Canada. Strong identities and place-centered affiliations exist among citizen-based watershed groups and the underlying natural resource management regimes. Lake Champlain’s northern waters are a place both rich in citizen action and rich in nutrients. The northern waters include Missisquoi Bay, which is shared...

[1] Watershed-scale water quality models involve substantial uncertainty in model output because of sparse water quality observations and other sources of uncertainty. Assessing the uncertainty is very important for those who use the models to support management decision making. Systematic uncertainty analysis for these models has rarely been done and remains a major challenge. This study aimed...

Among the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established in 2030 Agenda, goals 6.3, regarding clean water and improve of quality, 6.5, integrated resources management, highlight need for implementation successful environmental quality monitoring programs transboundary river waterbodies. In present study, designation high priority areas Drin watershed is performed using a suitability model, GI...