wetlands in the lower reaches of songhua river (lrsr), northeast china, are rich in biodiversityand natural resources, which provide crucial staging and wintering habitats for various endangered species.however, in the past five decades, the size of this wetland area has decreased, and its quality has deteriorated because of increased natural and human activities. wetland restoration is critica...

With the recent use of bacterial technology for the restoration of a polluted urban stream in China, this paper will show the general feasibility of such biological treatment from the perspective of numerical modelling. Based on the results, a low concentration of BOD5 can be achieved in shorter distance for higher bacterial concentration applied. Generally greater flow of domestic wastewater w...

Urbanization causes environmental impacts that threaten the health of aquatic communities and alter their recovery patterns. In this study, we evaluated the diversity of intertidal fish in six areas affected by urbanization (areas with native vegetation, deforested areas, and areas in process of restoration of vegetation) along an urban waterfront in the Amazon River. 20 species were identified...

Changes in land use are mainly a consequence of anthropogenic actions. The current agricultural and urban transformations in Costa Rica have raised questions about the effectiveness of conservation and restoration within protected areas. Herein we analyzed the patterns of land use change between three periods: 1997, 2005 and 2010 in terms of magnitude, direction, and pace through categorical ma...

Restoration ecology is an emerging science dealing with applied ecology and aiming at “helping nature to recreate itself”. This comprehensive paper presents the findings and main results related to the analysis of natural vegetation dynamics on abandoned limestone quarries in Mediterranean environment. It aims to answer three basic questions: where, when and how should intervention by ecologica...

Street-parking vehicles in urban areas are causing various traffic problems, however, have been counted manually in the traffic census, including counting error. We propose two auto-detection methods; one is based on an epipolar-plane image analysis, using a line-scan camera, and the other is based on three-dimensional restoration, using a scanning laser range sensor. Both methods achieve high ...

The overarching objective of our research is to develop a better understanding of the contributions of mycorrhizal fungi (root symbionts) to the nitrogen (N) nutrition of plants in habitat fragments in Southern California. We focused on habitat fragmentation because it is one of the most striking aspects of global change operating in Southern California. About 90% of coastal sage scrub habitat,...

The Sixteenth Street Community Health Center (SSCHC) in Milwaukee, Wis, is making a difference in the livability of surrounding neighborhoods and the overall health of the families it serves. SSCHC is going beyond traditional health care provider models and working to link the environment, the economy, and community health through urban brownfield redevelopment and sustainable land-use planning...

A methodology is developed in this paper for evaluating and enhancing the performance of urban transportation systems in the aftermath of a disaster. A performance measure is proposed for assessing overall and distributional impacts based on the concept of accessibility. The methodology is demonstrated with two case studies. The first focuses on passenger railroad disruption in the catastrophic...