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Journal articles on the topic "Environmental indices"

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Harner, John, Kee Warner, John Pierce, and Tom Huber. "Urban Environmental Justice Indices." Professional Geographer 54, no. 3 (August 2002): 318–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0033-0124.00333.

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Alberti, Marina, and Jonathan D. Parker. "Indices of environmental quality." Environmental Impact Assessment Review 11, no. 2 (June 1991): 95–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0195-9255(91)90026-g.

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Blauvelt, Robert P. "Systematizing Environmental Indicators and Indices." Journal of Environment and Ecology 5, no. 1 (March 25, 2014): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jee.v5i1.4864.

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Puglia, Virgilio. "Energy indices for environmental sustainability." International Journal of Technology Marketing 8, no. 1 (2013): 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijtmkt.2013.051952.

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Silvert, William. "Fuzzy indices of environmental conditions." Ecological Modelling 130, no. 1-3 (June 2000): 111–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3800(00)00204-0.

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MANOLIADIS, ODYSSEUS G. "Environmental Indices In Irrigation Management." Environmental Management 28, no. 4 (May 17, 2001): 497–504. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002670010239.

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Souza, Léa Cristina Lucas de, and Mariene Benutti Giunta. "Urban indices as environmental noise indicators." Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 35, no. 5 (September 2011): 421–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2011.06.001.

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Bellenger, Moriah J., and Alan T. Herlihy. "An economic approach to environmental indices." Ecological Economics 68, no. 8-9 (June 2009): 2216–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.04.004.

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Hoare, Anthony G. "A note on international environmental indices." Global Environmental Change 3, no. 4 (December 1993): 357–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0959-3780(93)90024-f.

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Parker, Jonathan. "Environmental Assessment: Two Conferences on Environmental Indicators and Indices." Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development 33, no. 5 (June 1991): 41–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00139157.1991.9931396.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Environmental indices"

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Parker, Jonathan Duguid Edward. "Environmental reporting and environmental indices." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.358483.

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Leung, Wai-shun Wilson. "Ecological water quality indices in environmental management /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B3712058X.

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Leung, Wai-shun Wilson, and 梁威信. "Ecological water quality indices in environmental management." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45013482.

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Catalán, Alemany Ignacio. "Condition Indices and their Relationship with Environmental Factors in Fish Larvae." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/1422.

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The high variability in the recruitment of marine fishes is probably explained by small fluctuations in the mortality rates of early developmental stages. A popular proxy for the potential mortality of fish larvae is the study of nutritional condition (or simply "condition"). According to the growth-mortality hypothesis, a lowered condition has a high associated probability of total mortality.

This thesis offers new information on several aspects of nutritional condition and growth indices, by working on two main lines:

1) Laboratory Studies: Three main types of condition indices were investigated in larvae of a well-known laboratory-reared species (sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax). Acknowledging for the species-specificity of condition indices, this experimental Chapter was devoted to the study of various properties of morphometric, histological and biochemical indices, in response to several feeding schemes. Also, effort was placed in the improvement of some of the indices and the study of their relationship with survival in the laboratory.
In the last Section of this Chapter (comparative analysis), a model to relate potential survival with the different indices is proposed.

2) Field Studies: the relationships between environmental variables, nutritional status and growth of Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum 1972) larvae in an area of the Catalan Sea (NW Mediterranean) were studied. Pilchard is the most abundant commercial pelagic fish species in the NW Med. Despite its economic importance and the known decline of the stock since 1993, the studies on possible links between environmental conditions and pilchard early life history are hardly developed in this area.
The field studies were based on three oceanographic cruises conducted in November 1998, February 1999 and November 1999. Firstly, biotic and abiotic environmental variables were related to larval distribution, abundance and size-structure. Secondly, the nutritional condition and growth was studied in two of the cruises. Environmental variables considered at each station included potential food, fluorescence, temperature, salinity and the maximum Brünt-Väisälä frequency. Long-term growth was analysed through otolith analyses and muscle fibre growth patterns. Condition was studied through hystological an biochemical (protein ad RNA/DNA ratios) indices. The possible effect of environmental variables on potential survival is discussed.

The main conclusions of the thesis were:

LABORATORY STUDIES

1)Morphometric indices proved useful in distinguishing the shape of larvae subjected to differing feeding conditions. This was done through multivariate analysis on variables from which the effect of size had been completely removed, whilst incorporating the information on allometry.

2)The quantitative determination of muscle fibre separation (MFS) showed to be the best histological method (within those tested) to detect a suboptimal nutritional state.

3)The RNA/DNA ratio is more appropriate in detecting a nutritional deficiency in post-flexion than in pre-flexion larvae.

4)Within the biochemical indices studied in post-flexion larvae subjected to a short-term food deprivation and re-feeding, the RNA/DNA and the LDH/DNA ratios are considered particularly useful.

5)In post-flexion larvae subjected to 2 days of fast, the cell proliferation rate measured in the muscle was significantly lower than in Fed larvae. This was not observed in the brain, which is more conservative to the food withdrawal.

6)The comparison of morphometric, histological and biochemical indices shows that, in pre-flexion larvae, the quantitative determination of muscle fibre separation is the index that soonest detects the effect of food deprivation. For the same age-range, the RNA/DNA yields the maximum correct discrimination percentage (100%). In this study, the MFS was the condition index that held the best correspondence with larval mortality.

7)The larval susceptibility to mortality at sea may be more related to those deficiencies that involve organs or tissues that are of crucial importance for feeding behaviour, escape response or maintenance of floatability, like the muscle. It is here proposed an scheme of how indices could be weighted in order to relate them with survival potential.


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8)In November 1998, certain environmental characteristics were found to be positively associated with nutritional condition of S.pilchardus, measured through histological and RNA/DNA indices. These areas can be characterised by an optimum "environmental window" defined by temperature values under 19ºC, values of the Brunt-Väissälä (B-V) water stability index under 0.8 cycles h-1 and values of potential food abundance over 4.5 nauplii l-1 and 5.5 individuals l-1 of the rest of the microzooplankton. The variables that best related to larval condition were the B-V index and the amount of potential food. Moreover, the larval abundance was higher in those areas. Therefore, it is considered that larval survival would be enhanced in these areas.

9)In February 1999 the eggs and larval abundance was lower than in November 1998.

10)The long-term growth studied through otolith analyses suggests that larval growth was enhanced in November 1998 with respect to February 1999. This result was confirmed by the analysis of the muscle fibre growth patterns. Condition was also better in November 1998, although the February data were less clear.

11)The measures of growth and condition showed a general coincident pattern. The analysis of muscle growth patterns suggests that in pilchard larvae growth is hypertrophic until 6-7 mm SL, becoming hyperplastic at least until 13.5 mm SL. Within the histological measures studied, the MFS was the most informative. The RNA/DNA appeared more useful in larvae over 8-10 mm SL.

12)The amount of larvae in the November 1998 and February 1999 cruises was anomalously low for the time of the year. Hydrographic conditions during both cruises were highly unusual, exhibiting high stratification in November and an inverted salinity pattern in February. The presence of a mesoscale anticyclonic eddy of new AW, that remained in the area from October 1998 to February 1999, is thought to account for the unusual hydrographic conditions and the low numbers of eggs and larvae in some areas.

13)Overall, the data on larval abundance, nutritional condition and environmental characteristics suggest that the spawning season autumn 1998-winter 1999 was characterised by a low larval production of this species. It is concluded, from the joint interpretation of all data, that putative larval survival would be the result of a reduced spawning and nutritional condition in some areas and periods, and a reduced growth in the winter cruise.
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Daalmans, Ronald J. G. "The application of LCA impact assessment to environmental performance indices : a comparative study." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2226.

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A wide variety of assessment techniques are presently available to quantify the environmental performance of an organisation. They are predominantly site- or area-specific, making them sensitive to differences in the environmental capacity of an area, and they exclude a number of global impacts. A more generic level-plane assessment tool, which quantifies the environmental burden, may therefore be needed to make a valid comparison between organisations. Furthermore, the generic process data used in these assessment tools, to inform policy decisions on a material or product, does not recognise the potential variation in burden of a sector. This thesis develops a corporate level-plane assessment tool using the techniques available from Life Cycle Assessment. This generic tool, the Total Environmental Potency Index (TEPI), is then compared with the Environment Agency's Integrated Environmental Index (IEI), to assess the significance of site location on compliance based site-specific indices like the IEI. The two indices are compared using realworld emission data from seven industrial collaborators in five sectors. Two of these, paper manufacture and power generation, are used to assess the potential variability among processes within the same sector. The potential use of the indices is also determined by examining the accessibility to the required data at each of the participating companies. The results show that site location significantly affects the IEI and that the TEPI can provide a useful generic impact assessment tool to compare sites from different locations or sectors. The burdens from processes within the same sector were highly variable, suggesting that process-specific data will be important if valid policy decisions are to be made in the future. The TEPI and its categories can provide a standard format for aggregating and presenting the required emission data in a way that protects its commercial sensitivity. Although the accessibility to this data was low to moderate, the potential for deriving emission data using mass balance studies was high, with a large amount of accessible input data available. The implications of these results for the use of internal and external impact assessment techniques within an organisation are discussed. A framework is provided to guide the use of process data and impact assessment techniques in the wide range of assessments made by organisations to manage and report on their environmental performance. Finally, the experiences gained from using the IEI and TEPI are used to make recommendations for their improvement, and further development by research.
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Van, Gaalen Kenneth Eric, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "Photosynthetic CO2 exchange and spectral vegetation indices of boreal mosses." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2005, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/293.

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Moss dominated ecosystems are an important part of the global terrestrial carbon cycle. Over large areas, remote sensing can be useful to provide an improved understanding of these ecosystems. Two boreal mossess (Pleurozium and Sphagnum) were assessed using remote sensing based spectral vegetation indices for estimating biochemical capacity and photosynthetic efficiency by varying net photosynthesis rate via changes in water content. In the laboratory, changes in the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and chlorophyll index coincided with declining photosynthetic capacity due to desiccation. This effect was more dramatic in Sphagnum. The photochemical reflectance index (PRI) did not vary with changes in CO2 supply as anticipated, possibly due to overriding effects of changing water content. The water band index (WBI) was strongly related to water content but this relationship showed an uncoupling in the field. Bi-directional reflectance measurements indicated what WBI was sensitive to sensor, sun, and moss surface slope angles.
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Miura, Tomoaki. "Evaluation and characterization of vegetation indices with error/uncertainty analysis for EOS-MODIS." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/284157.

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A set of error/uncertainty analyses were performed on several "improved" vegetation indices (VIs) planned for operational use in the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) VI products onboard the Terra (EOS AM-1) and Aqua (EOS PM-1) satellite platforms. The objective was to investigate the performance and accuracy of the satellite-derived VI products under improved sensor characteristics and algorithms. These include the "atmospheric resistant" VIs that incorporate the "blue" band for normalization of aerosol effects and the most widely-used, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). The analyses were conducted to evaluate specifically: (1) the impact of sensor calibration uncertainties on VI accuracies, (2) the capabilities of the atmospheric resistant VIs and various middle-infrared (MIR) derived VIs to minimize smoke aerosol contamination, and (3) the performances of the atmospheric resistant VIs under "residual" aerosol effects resulting from the assumptions in the MODIS aerosol correction algorithm. The results of these studies showed both the advantages and disadvantages of using the atmospheric resistant VIs for operational vegetation monitoring. The atmospheric resistant VIs successfully minimized optically thin aerosol smoke contamination (aerosol optical thickness (AOT) at 0.67 μm < 1.0) but not optically thick smoke (AOT at 0.67 μm > 1.0). On the other hand, their resistances to "residual" aerosol effects were greater when the effects resulted from the correction of optically-thick aerosol atmosphere. The atmospheric resistant VIs did not successfully minimize the residual aerosol effects from optically-thin aerosol atmosphere (AOT at 0.67 μm ≤ ∼0.15), which was caused mainly by the possible wrong choice of aerosol model used for the AOT estimation and correction. The resultant uncertainties of the atmospheric resistant Vls associated with calibration, which were twice as large as that of the NDVI, increased with increasing AOT. These results suggest that the atmospheric resistant VIs be computed from partially (Rayleigh/O₃) corrected reflectances under normal atmospheric conditions (e.g., visibility > 10 km). Aerosol corrections should only be performed when biomass burning, urban/industrial pollution, and dust storms (larger AOT) are detected.
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Vlasova, O. V. "Particular paraclinical indices in newborn sepsis patients whose parents constantly lived in different environmental conditions." Thesis, БДМУ, 2021. http://dspace.bsmu.edu.ua:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/19161.

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Braganza, Karl 1971. "Climate change detection and attribution using simple global indices." Monash University, School of Mathematical Sciences, 2002. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/7783.

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Liu, Huidong. "Environmental change in former and present Karner Blue butterfly habitats." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1210181611.

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Books on the topic "Environmental indices"

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International Conference on Environmental Indices Systems Analysis Approach (1st 1997 Saint Petersburg, Russia). Environmental indices systems analysis approach. Oxford: EOLSS, 1999.

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Mackey, Brendan. The bio-environmental indices project: An overview. Sault Ste. Marie, Ont: Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Ontario Region, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, 1994.

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Brand, Gary J. Environmental indices for common Michigan trees and shrubs. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station, 1985.

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Mannion, Antoinette M. Indices of environmental change at global, regional and national scales. Reading, UK: University of Reading, 1999.

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Vito, Foà, and International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry., eds. Occupational and environmental chemical hazards: Cellular and biochemical indices for monitoring toxicity. Chichester: E. Horwood, 1987.

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Workshop on Indicators and Indices for Environmental Impact Assessment and Risk Analysis (1990 Ispra, Italy). Workshop on Indicatorsand Indices for Environmental Impact Assessment and Risk Analysis: Proceedings, JRC, Ispra, 15-16 May 1990. Luxembourg: Commission of the European Communities, 1990.

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Way, Douglas S. India's environmental challenges. Ann Arbor, Mich.?]: Isciences L.L.C., 2000.

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India's environmental history. Ranikhet: Permanent Black, 2012.

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Basu, Rumki. The global environment and the United Nations: With special reference to India's environmental policy. New Delhi, India: National, 1998.

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Dwivedi, O. P. India’s Environmental Policies, Programmes and Stewardship. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25859-8.

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Pla, Laura, Fernando Casanoves, and Julio Di Rienzo. "Functional Diversity Indices." In SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science, 27–51. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2648-2_3.

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Monakhov, Sergey, Olga Esina, Galina Monakhova, and Vitaly Tatarnikov. "Environmental Quality Assessment: Geoenvironmental Indices." In Environmental Indicators, 461–78. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9499-2_27.

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Huete, Alfredo, Kamel Didan, Willem van Leeuwen, Tomoaki Miura, and Ed Glenn. "MODIS Vegetation Indices." In Land Remote Sensing and Global Environmental Change, 579–602. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6749-7_26.

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Schweigert, D. "Multicriteria Aspects of Environmental Indices." In Euro Courses, 29–35. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0767-1_3.

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Pla, Laura, Fernando Casanoves, and Julio Di Rienzo. "How to Estimate Functional Diversity Indices." In SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science, 53–95. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2648-2_4.

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Nobel, Park S. "Photosynthesis and Field Environmental Productivity Indices." In Current Research in Photosynthesis, 3615–19. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0511-5_817.

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Stehling, Frank. "Environmental Quality Indices: Problems, Concepts, Examples." In Measurement in Economics, 349–69. Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag HD, 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-52481-3_27.

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Keyantash, John. "Indices for Meteorological and Hydrological Drought." In Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 215–35. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0394-5_11.

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Monakhov, Sergey, Olga Esina, Galina Monakhova, and Vitaly Tatarnikov. "Nonpoint Source Pollution: Assessment and Management of Environmental Quality According to Geoenvironmental Indices." In Environmental Indicators, 479–93. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9499-2_28.

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Ashraf, Muhammad Aqeel, Maliha Sarfraz, Rizwana Naureen, and Mohamedreza Gharibreza. "Transport of Metals: Statistical Approach and Pollution Indices." In Environmental Impacts of Metallic Elements, 79–104. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-293-7_4.

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Conference papers on the topic "Environmental indices"

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Cline, Harvey, Samuel Thornton, and Satish Nair. "Simulation Study of Human Thermal Comfort Indices." In 31st International Conference On Environmental Systems. 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA, United States: SAE International, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-2267.

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Ray, P. A., R. M. Vogel, and D. W. Watkins. "Robust Optimization Using a Variety of Performance Indices." In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/41114(371)478.

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CHRISTODOULOU, ANASTASIA. "MARITIME ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICES: USEFUL TOOLS FOR EVALUATING TRANSPORT SUPPLIER ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE?" In MARITIME TRANSPORT 2019. Southampton UK: WIT Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/mt190171.

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Arnold, Thomas, Martin De Biasio, Andreas Fritz, and Raimund Leitner. "UAV-based measurement of vegetation indices for environmental monitoring." In 2013 Seventh International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST). IEEE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icsenst.2013.6727744.

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Teegavarapu, Ramesh S. V., Aneesh Goly, Chandramouli Viswanathan, and Pradeep Behera. "Precipitation Extremes and Climate Change: Evaluation Using Descriptive WMO Indices." In World Environmental And Water Resources Congress 2012. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784412312.193.

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Azimi, Mahmoud, Fatemeh Golpaygani, Massoud Tajrishy, and Ahmad Abrishamchi. "Seasonal Prediction of Karoon Streamflow Using Large-Scale Climate Indices." In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2011. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/41173(414)122.

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Mojahedi, S. Ali, and J. Attari. "A Comparative Study of Water Quality Indices for Karun River." In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/41036(342)246.

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Chandramouli, V., Karim Mohammad, and Ramesh Teegavarappu. "Examining Climate Indices in the Midwest Region to Examine Droughts." In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2013. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784412947.112.

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Ibarrola-Ulzurrun, Edurne, Consuelo Gonzalo-Martín, and Francisco Javier Marcello-Ruiz. "Vulnerable land ecosystems classification using spatial context and spectral indices." In Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications, edited by Ulrich Michel and Karsten Schulz. SPIE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2278496.

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Mayer, A. S., D. W. Watkins, Jr., A. S. Mirchi, R. Gyawali, and K. A. Watson. "Determination of Water Stress Indices As a Function of Ecological Flows." In World Environmental And Water Resources Congress 2012. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784412312.342.

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Reports on the topic "Environmental indices"

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Brand, Gary J. Environmental indices for common Michigan trees and shrubs. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/nc-rp-261.

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Saltus, Christina, Todd Swannack, and S. McKay. Geospatial Suitability Indices Toolbox (GSI Toolbox). Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/41881.

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Habitat suitability models are widely adopted in ecosystem management and restoration, where these index models are used to assess environmental impacts and benefits based on the quantity and quality of a given habitat. Many spatially distributed ecological processes require application of suitability models within a geographic information system (GIS). Here, we present a geospatial toolbox for assessing habitat suitability. The Geospatial Suitability Indices (GSI) toolbox was developed in ArcGIS Pro 2.7 using the Python® 3.7 programming language and is available for use on the local desktop in the Windows 10 environment. Two main tools comprise the GSI toolbox. First, the Suitability Index Calculator tool uses thematic or continuous geospatial raster layers to calculate parameter suitability indices based on user-specified habitat relationships. Second, the Overall Suitability Index Calculator combines multiple parameter suitability indices into one overarching index using one or more options, including: arithmetic mean, weighted arithmetic mean, geometric mean, and minimum limiting factor. The resultant output is a raster layer representing habitat suitability values from 0.0 to 1.0, where zero is unsuitable habitat and one is ideal suitability. This report documents the model purpose and development as well as provides a user’s guide for the GSI toolbox.
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Saltus, Christina, S. McKay, and Todd Swannack. Geospatial suitability indices (GSI) toolbox : user's guide. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), August 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/45128.

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Habitat suitability models have been widely adopted in ecosystem management and restoration to assess environmental impacts and benefits according to the quantity and quality of a given habitat. Many spatially distributed ecological processes require application of suitability models within a geographic information system (GIS). This technical report presents a geospatial toolbox for assessing habitat suitability. The geospatial suitability indices (GSI) toolbox was developed in ArcGIS Pro 2.7 using the Python 3.7 programming language and is available for use on the local desktop in the Windows 10 environment. Two main tools comprise the GSI toolbox. First, the suitability index (SIC) calculator tool uses thematic or continuous geospatial raster layers to calculate parameter suitability indices using user-specified habitat relationships. Second, the overall suitability index calculator (OSIC) combines multiple parameter suitability indices into one overarching index using one or more options, including arithmetic mean, weighted arithmetic mean, geometric mean, and minimum limiting factor. The result is a raster layer representing habitat suitability values from 0.0–1.0, where zero (0) is unsuitable habitat and one (1) is ideal suitability. This report documents the model purpose and development and provides a user’s guide for the GSI toolbox.
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Nobel, P. S. Co[sub 2] exchange, environmental productivity indices, and productivity of opuntia ficus-indica under current and elevated CO[sub 2] concentrations. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), January 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/6899570.

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Nobel, P. S. Co{sub 2} exchange, environmental productivity indices, and productivity of opuntia ficus-indica under current and elevated CO{sub 2} concentrations. Carbon Dioxide Research Program. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), December 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/10113848.

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for Development Programme, Knowledge. Using Indices to Capture Vulnerability for Development Finance in SIDS. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), April 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.066.

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This rapid review examines evidence on indices to capture vulnerability for development finance in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). A key issue when it comes to aid allocation to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is whether current measures of development – such as income per capita - are truly able to reflect the unique set of challenges that these countries face. Inability to accurately measure development in SIDS can lead to substantial risk. On the one hand, aid allocation that solely relies on income levels may result in an unsustainable reduction in external support to SIDS, leaving them to face high levels of economic, environmental, and social vulnerability. On the other hand, an inadequate measure of vulnerability can lead to no clear pathway to the reduction in aid, making it very improbable for SIDS to become self-reliant, no matter how far they develop or climb the income ladder. This aim of this paper is twofold. The first is to look at whether vulnerability indices can help determine the levels of external support SIDS need. The second is to consider how this can help in determining when support can be reduced or terminated. This is achieved by considering the different indices that international organisations and multilateral development banks use to capture the vulnerability of SIDS, how they use these indices to determine thresholds for aid allocation, and the advantages and disadvantages of applying each.
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Nobel, P. S. CO{sub 2} exchange environmental productivity indices, and productivity of agaves and cacti under current and elevated atmospheric CO{sub 2} concentrations. Final report. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), December 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/207415.

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Herman, Brook, William Slack, and Todd Swannack. Developing conceptual models for assessing benefits and impacts of USACE activities on freshwater mussel communities. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/42161.

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In this report, we describe how aspects of existing freshwater mussel indices of biological integrity can be modified to fit within the planning paradigm established for developing and certifying ecological models for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ planning purposes. Herein, we present examples of using freshwater mussels for biological monitoring, how to calculate their associated IBIs specific to their region of origin and their potential use in ecosystem restoration planning. Additionally, we present general conceptual models that may be used in ecological model development and environmental benefits analysis for projects that focus on freshwater mussel habitat restoration.
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Suir, Glenn, Christina Saltus, and Sam Jackson. Remote Assessment of Swamp and Bottomland Hardwood Habitat Condition in the Maurepas Diversion Project Area. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), August 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/41563.

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This study used high spatial resolution satellite imagery to identify and map Bottomland Hardwood (BLH) BLH and swamp within the Maurepas Diversion Project area and use Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) elevation data, vegetation indices, and established stand-level thresholds to evaluate the condition of forested habitat. The Forest Condition methods and data developed as part of this study provide a remote sensing-based supplement to the field-based methods used in previous studies. Furthermore, several advantages are realized over traditional methods including higher resolution products, repeatability, improved coverage, and reduced effort and cost. This study advances previous methods and provides products useful for informing ecosystem decision making related to environmental assessments.
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Yaari, Menahem, Elhanan Helpman, Ariel Weiss, Nathan Sussman, Ori Heffetz, Hadas Mandel, Avner Offer, et al. Sustainable Well-Being in Israel. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.52873/policy.2021.wellbeing-en.

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Well-being is a common human aspiration. Governments and states, too, seek to promote and ensure the well-being of their citizens; some even argue that this should be their overarching goal. But it is not enough for a country to flourish, and for its citizens to enjoy well-being, if the situation cannot be maintained over the long term. Well-being must be sustainable. The state needs criteria for assessing the well-being of its citizens, so that it can work to raise the well-being level. Joining many other governments around the world, the Israeli government adopted a comprehensive set of indices for measuring well-being in 2015. Since 2016, the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics has been publishing the assessment results on an annual basis. Having determined that the monitoring of well-being in Israel should employ complementary indices relating to its sustainability, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Bank of Israel, the Central Bureau of Statistics, and Yad Hanadiv asked the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities to establish an expert committee to draft recommendations on this issue. The Academy's assistance was sought in recognition of its statutory authority "to advise the government on activities relating to research and scientific planning of national significance." The Committee was appointed by the President of the Academy, Professor Nili Cohen, in March 2017; its members are social scientists spanning a variety of disciplines. This report presents the Committee's conclusions. Israel's ability to ensure the well-being of its citizens depends on the resources or capital stocks available to it, in particular its economic, natural, human, social, and cultural resources. At the heart of this report are a mapping of these resources, and recommendations for how to measure them.
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