ecological destruction in human-dominated landscapes has significant impacts on environment sustainability internationally. landscape planning can play a role in mitigating the effects of human-related activities. one element of landscape planning involves the analysis of the biological, spatial and social arrangement of areas in an urban environment and identifying characteristics that are und...

This book consists of 14 chapters covering important aspects in regards to various terrestrial ecosystems, wetlands, river systems, mine site rehabilitation, marsh ecology and heavy metals pollution. Also aims to fill some of the information gaps in ecological restoration, particularly in under-researched ecosystems around the world. Restoration ecology emerged as a separate field in ecology in...

district of jiroft is situated in south-east of iran which is one of the malarious regions. anopheles stephensi is considered as one of the main malaria vector in this region. ecology of this species was studied in the area to understand its vector behavior for implementation of effective vector control measures. different methods like total catch, pit shelter, night bite collection on human an...

background : ecological studies on mosquitoes are very important in vector control programs. there are a few studies about the ecology of mosquitoes in northern iran. this study was carried out to detect fauna and larval habitat characteristics of mosquitoes. methods : this study aimed to determine fauna and the ecology of mosquitoes in neka county, mazandaran province, northern iran from april...

furnace division is one of the most polluted divisions ever known in the steel industry associated with several environmental pollutions. this study attempted to choose optimally, a pollution control system for dust emission from steel furnaces with the green and environmentally friendly approach. three electric smelting furnaces with 3, 6 and 12-ton output capacity were selected. the level of ...

The book written by seventeen experts in the field of rangeland management, this compilation of essays brings to light the latent issues concerning this subject to readers all over the globe. Though technical approaches can address some issues, social processes ultimately prevent the balancing of these matters. Socio-economic and political institutions are often a stumbling block for improving ...

the notion of sustainable development has rapidly gained considerable attention since the lastdecades of the twentieth century. it has become a locus for global paradigm shift on environment and development issues particularly after rio conference in 1992. the comparative analysis of agenda 21 and major un documents, mdg, and rio+20 as well as some major sources are made to provide a context fo...

according to ipcc report 2013, the role of man in environmental catastrophe is incontrovertible because of high greenhouse emission in now and recent century. buildings nearly discharge one third of these pollutants and the task of architects to prevent this hazardous procedure is critical. in the other hand, one main basis of sustainability is education due to preserve environment and then, tr...

Among ecologists, historians of science, and environmentalists there is growing interest in the history of ecology. The editor of theJournal of the History of Biology therefore requested that I write a new bibliographic essay to supplement the one published in 1977. My earlier essay, which covered relevant writings from ancient to recent times, concentrated on general ecology and population eco...