This study applied remote sensing technology to analyze how rivers in the urban environment affect the surface temperature of their ambient areas. While surface meteorological stations can supply accurate data points in the city, remote sensing can provide such data in a two-dimensional (2-D) manner. The goal of this paper is to apply the remote sensing technique to further our understanding of...

To date, few aquatic microbial ecology studies have discussed the variability of the microbial community in exorheic river ecosystems on both the spatial and seasonal scales. In this study, we examined the spatio-temporal variation of bacterioplankton community composition in an anthropogenically influenced exorheic river, the Haihe River in Tianjin, China, using pyrosequencing analysis of 16S ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the occurrence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in water used for irrigation in the Werribee River Basin, Australia, including river water and reclaimed effluent water (reclaimed water). Samples of reclaimed water, collected over a one-year period, were screened for the occurrence of ARGs using PCR detection assays. The presence of ARGs in the r...

The concentrations of nonylphenol (NP), nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPnEOs: n = 1-15) and nonylphenoxy acetic acids (NPmECs: m = 1-10) in river water and sediment were determined seasonally at four sampling sites in the Kamo River, which is a typical urban river and was already known to be polluted by NP. In the water, the concentrations of NP, NPnEOs and NPmECs ranged from 0.13 to 3.65 microg/L, ...

There is a rapidly growing need for technologies that will enable the monitoring of the world's natural resources and urban assets, and managing exposure to natural and human-made (i.e. technological) risk. This need is driven by continued, geographically disproportionate urbanization, inherent vulnerability and exposure to risk therein and the stress placed on natural resource capacity. Consid...

Due to the impact of global climate change, the urban flooding in Taiwan occurs frequently, causes serious damage. Understanding the disaster perception is desirable in order to implement the urban disaster management. This paper aims to investigate the flood perception of residents along Erren River Bank in Tainan, Taiwan by using questionnaire survey method. The findings show that the residen...

To explore the method of creating a theoretical model of urban low-carbon economy evaluation, and analyze the development status and level of low carbon economy in cities in the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River; Method To introduce the basic theory of low-carbon economy, the principle and the technical route for creating the evaluation system of urban low-carbon economy, develop 3 laye...

Problem statement: This research assesses the direct effects of urban expansion on land cover/use, river flow, water quality and the indirect effects of these variables in the rate of gastrointestinal disease in people in Arequipa, Peru through the combined use of satellite remote sensing and geographic information systems. Approach: It also uses information about demographic changes, hydrologi...

studies have showed the river siahroud is the main contributor to the present pollution of anzali wetland in guilan. therefore, this study was initiated to evaluate the spatial distribution of metals pollution on the river siahroud sediments in guilan.surfacial river sediment samples along this river were taken during five consecutive seasons at eight sampling stations and analyzed for availabi...

River networks have experienced serious degradation because of rapid urbanization and population growth in developing countries such as China, and the protection of these networks requires the integration of evaluation with ecology and economics. In this study, a structured questionnaire survey of local residents in Shanghai (China) was conducted in urban and suburban areas. The study examined ...