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Pitman, Sheryn Dee. "Community participation in environmental rehabilitation /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envp685.pdf.
Full textJackwood, Ryan W. "Coupling Ecosystem Rehabilitation to Water Quality Improvements in the Wolf Creek Watershed." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1557490292340248.
Full textStieg, Elizabeth A. "Watershed reconstruction during the rehabilitation of surface mined disturbances." Thesis, Kansas State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/14007.
Full textHamm, Karen L. "The importance of incorporating building science knowledge into guidelines to improve environmental sustainability in the rehabilitation of existing residences." Virtual Press, 2006. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1348354.
Full textDepartment of Urban Planning
Thompson, Scott A. "Mine site rehabilitation index using the reptile assemblage as a bio-indicator." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2004. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1646.
Full textSvoboda, Aaron Dennis. "Effects of Urban River Rehabilitation Structures on the Fish Community of the Ottawa River, Ohio." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1418323740.
Full textIkenouye, Tara L. 1975. "Sustainable Historic Preservation: A Rehabilitation Plan for the Jeff. Smith's Parlor Museum in Skagway, Alaska." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/9916.
Full textIn an effort to confront global warming and the increasing scarcity of resources, the preservation community began several years ago to adopt sustainable and green building practices and metrics for historic rehabilitation projects. As a result, there is an ever growing number of rehabilitated historic buildings in the United States not only incorporating sustainable building designs but also achieving Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. Most of these are large, architect-designed buildings in urban settings rehabilitated for cultural and commercial uses. This thesis explores the application of the LEED 2009 New Construction and Major Renovation Rating System for the development of a sustainable rehabilitation plan for the modest vernacular 1897 Jeff. Smith's Parlor Museum in Skagway, Alaska. The goal of this research is to demonstrate how the LEED rating system might be applied to the rehabilitation of this building and other historic vernacular buildings.
Committee in Charge: Donald L. Peting, Chair; Grant Crosby, NPS Historical Architect
Sonntag-Öström, Elisabet. "Forest for rest : recovery from exhaustion disorder." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Yrkes- och miljömedicin, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-92589.
Full textMoll, John Bingham. "Studies on dune rehabilitation techniques for mined areas at Richards Bay, Natal." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003841.
Full textBlood, Jeremy Russell. "Monitoring rehabilitation success on Namakwa Sands heavy minerals mining operations, Namaqualand, South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2310.
Full textAnglo American Corporation’s Namakwa Sands heavy minerals mining and beneficiation operation has been strip-mining a heavy mineral deposit, rich in the commercially valuable minerals ilmenite, rutile and zircon, since September 1994. The mine is located in the vicinity of Brand-se-Baai on the west coast of South Africa, approximately 385 km north of Cape Town. Strip-mining causes total destruction of natural ecosystems through the removal of vegetation and soil in the area where mining is being undertaken. Namakwa Sands has been rehabilitating mined out areas as the mining front moves forward. Due to the difficulty of rehabilitating mined out areas as a result of harsh environmental factors, Namakwa Sands has initiated various research projects to gain an understanding of the baseline conditions and ecosystem function in order to increase plant cover and biodiversity on post-mined areas. This on-going research and the development of rehabilitation and mining techniques have resulted in the implementation of four rehabilitation techniques varying in investment of topsoil replacement, seeding and plant translocation. This study assesses the success and effectiveness of these techniques in terms of various vegetation and soil parameters. In addition, those parameters that are considered useful for monitoring are identified. This study indicated that topsoil replacement and plant translocation facilitate the return of similarity, species richness, species diversity and vegetation cover to post-mined areas. The rehabilitation site that had the greatest amount of biological input (topsoil replacement and plant translocation) appeared to be the most successful technique in facilitating vegetation recovery similar to reference sites. In comparison, the site that had the least amount of biological input performed the worst and requires adaptive management, e.g. reseeding and / or plant translocation. Namakwa Sands should continue to replace topsoil in all future rehabilitation efforts and, when possible (e.g. after sufficient winter rain), continue to translocate species in multi-species clumps. In terms of species selected for translocation, Othonna cylindrica, Ruschia versicolor and Lampranthus suavissimus should be considered for future large-scale translocation projects. Zygophyllum morgsana appears to be more difficult to re-establish under the current climatic conditions (below average rainfall). The long-term viability of rehabilitated Z. morgsana populations needs to be determined before considering this species for any future large-scale translocation purposes. No translocated Asparagus spp. individuals survived and should therefore not be considered for any further translocation purposes. The grass Ehrharta calycina, which is dominant in the site seeded, should continue to be considered for future seeding. Species and functional diversity appear to be the most limiting factors within all the rehabilitation sites and Namakwa Sands will not be able to meet their long-term objective of small-stock farming if diversity and the number of palatable species do not increase significantly. Adaptive management should seriously be considered in order to speed up this process. Alternatively, an appropriate grazing strategy, which is related to the Tetragonia fruticosa dominated vegetation within rehabilitation sites, would need to be determined and adopted.More time is needed to ameliorate the rehabilitated soil profiles to the same level as in reference sites, especially with regard to carbon, pH and sodium levels. In order to increase organic matter within rehabilitation areas, Namakwa Sands should consider creating clumps with cleared vegetation from the mining front. Since the long-term rehabilitation goal has not been achieved, Namakwa Sands will need to continue to monitor plant and soil changes until it has been achieved. The objectives of the current rehabilitation programme are limited and Namakwa Sands should develop additional objectives relating to the structure and function of the natural vegetation. This will give a better indication of whether rehabilitation sites are progressing towards the desired end point and if adaptive management is required. In addition, the current monitoring programme (vegetation survey) implemented at Namakwa Sands could be improved by increasing the vegetation parameters to be monitored. It is recommended that the following vegetation parameters be monitored as part of the long-term monitoring programme: species composition and similarity, species richness, species diversity, vegetation cover, species dominance, vertical structure and functional diversity of the vegetation (clumps and inter-clumps). It is also recommended that carbon, pH and sodium of soil profiles be monitored as part of the long-term monitoring programme. These parameters should not be seen as exhaustive as this study only considered various vegetation parameters and soil chemistry between rehabilitation and reference sites. The results of other studies on the fauna, mycorrhiza, insects, etc. should also be taken into consideration and the monitoring parameters expanded accordingly.
Serra, Narciso Luis Esteves. "O Mosteiro de S.Fins: classificar para valorizar? : estudo de caso." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/13552.
Full textAlmeida, Raquel Olimpia Peláez Ocampo. "Indicadores da qualidade do substrato para monitoramento de áreas revegetadas: estudo dirigido à mineração de areia." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3134/tde-23082010-093625/.
Full textMining is an agent of significant changes in soil properties. Successful land rehabilitation depends on restoring those characteristics in natural soils or establishing a suitable substratum for plant growth using available materials such as waste rock or mineral tailings. A process for monitoring the quality of the substratum in mine-affected areas was developed and tested. The study was carried out at an industrial sand mine located in São Paulo State, Brazil. Different plots situated in a tailings pond were restored with native species by the company for the past 14 years, allowing for 10+ years of simulated monitoring. Soil samples were collected to measure a series of physical and chemical substratum properties. Indicators of vegetation development were collected in each plot. As a result, a positive quality evolution of the substratum is observed simultaneously with the development of planted trees. In conclusion it was verified that observed substratum variables have ample possibilities to be suitable as revegetation performing indicators. From all substratum variables studied, soil density, organic matter, P contents and pH are the most appropriated indicators, specifically in the environmental conditions of the tailings pond studied. All evaluated areas feature a well established vegetal community. However substratum compaction, low contents of organic matter and intense weed growing (Brachiaria decumbens) were identified as limitative. The proposed method sets up a practical instrument to obtain quantitative parameters that allow for an objective assessment of revegetated areas and environmental rehabilitation actions. The indicators may be applied to other types of mines, specifically in case of tailing disposal sites.
Pratt, Caroline. "Factors affecting the establishment, growth and survival of native woody plant communities on the Canterbury Plain, New Zealand." Lincoln University, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/1113.
Full textBleby, Timothy Michael. "Water use, ecophysiology and hydraulic architecture of Eucalyptus marginata (jarrah) growing on mine rehabilitation sites in the jarrah forest of south-western Australia." University of Western Australia. School of Plant Biology, 2003. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2004.0004.
Full textGrigg, Alasdair M. "An ecophysiological approach to determine problems associated with mine-site rehabilitation : a case study in the Great Sandy Desert, north-western Australia." University of Western Australia. School of Plant Biology, 2009. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2009.0118.
Full textVranizan, Gregory Matthew. "Rhetoric and the restoration landscape forest restoration in environmental debate /." CONNECT TO THIS TITLE ONLINE, 2006. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-03022007-101332/.
Full textQian, Wanhui, and 钱万惠. "Rehabilitation of Xiaozhou water village." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B50704357.
Full textKaya, Fuat Emre. "Applications of Additive Manufacturing in Construction and Historic Building Restoration/Rehabilitation." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2021. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/22784/.
Full textThompson, Amanda D. "Restoration Retreat: A Sanctuary for Rehabilitation of the Post-Deployment Family." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1307106013.
Full textDube, Patricia. "Restoration and ant diversity to post-plantation forestry grasslands." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31228.
Full textDissertation (MSc (Environmental Ecology))--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Czajkowski, Jeffrey Robert. "Economic analysis of the Florida Everglades restoration." FIU Digital Commons, 2003. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2704.
Full textLalor, Briony Maree. "An assessment of the recovery of the microbial community in jarrah forest soils after bauxite mining and prescription burning." University of Western Australia. School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, 2009. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2010.0037.
Full textSchmidt, Carly H. "DETERMINING SUCCESS IN WATERSHED RESTORATION USING INTERDISCIPLINARY METRICS: RIO SALADO ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROJECT, PHOENIX, ARIZONA." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/621705.
Full textKhoueir, Raja. "Development of a dynamic rubber prosthesis for voice restoration following laryngectomy." Thesis, McGill University, 2009. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=115998.
Full textBarbour, Tony. "Quarry rehabilitation : the need to adopt a pre-planning approach towards rehabilitation." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14290.
Full textQuarry operations are only a temporary use of the land, while the environmental impacts associated with them are more long term. For this reason, it is unacceptable to merely abandon a quarry once operations have ceased. This study considers the role of rehabilitation in providing solutions for the disturbances caused by quarrying. The value of adopting a pre-planning approach towards rehabilitation is considered, and the components of a rehabilitation programme are identified. Using this information a rehabilitation checklist is drawn up. A survey of thirty rehabilitation reports, submitted to the Cape Town regional offices of the Department of Mineral and Energy Affairs, was undertaken using the checklist. Results of this survey indicate that rehabilitation reports are submitted merely to meet the minimum legal requirements contained in the Minerals Act of 1991 (Act No 50 of 1991). This study recommends that successful rehabilitation will only be achieved when rehabilitation reports function as effective working documents.
Andrews, Matthew George. "Walking through nature : Perceptions of Danger and Environmental Restoration." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.518708.
Full textEdwards, John Hairston. "Contract administration of Department of Defense environmental restoration contracts." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/25788.
Full textVan, Maasakkers Mattijs J. (Mattijs Johannes). "Environmental restoration in the Atchafalaya Basin : boundaries and interventions." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49874.
Full textThis electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
MIT Institute Archives copy: with CD-ROM; divisional library copy with no CD-ROM.
"June 2009."
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-72).
The Atchafalaya River is a 135-mile long river in Louisiana. This makes it the largest distributary of the Mississippi. In this thesis, I will review the ways in which the Atchafalaya Basin is described as a complex system by the two agencies that are responsible for its management, the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. Different stakeholders understand the Basin in a variety of ways. My question is how the different views of the Basin impact its environmental restoration and management. I answer this question by describing how the agencies transform elements of the Basin into maps, plans and various management activities by relying on science, aerial photography, and long-time residents of the Basin. I will argue that a central aspect of successful environmental restoration is that communication among different stakeholders must create a shared discourse to frame the main issues in the Basin. In the Atchafalaya Basin, this means that environmental restoration cannot be successful without some level of consensus among the stakeholders about what the Atchafalaya Basin is, how it has developed and which environmental qualities are present in the Basin today and which ones need to be restored.
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Freilich, Emily. "Restoration of Mauri (Life-Force) to Okahu Bay: Investigation of the Cultural, Social, and Environmental Restoration." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/188.
Full textSkubik-Peplaski, Camille L. "ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE." UKnowledge, 2012. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/23.
Full textNorman, Mark D. P. "Microbiological analysis of soil perturbations associated with opencast coal mining and their consequences for restoration." Thesis, University of East London, 1995. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/3606/.
Full textPhillips, Mary L. "Certified rehabilitation: a tool for the architect." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51895.
Full textMaster of Architecture
Zhou, Daquan. "Restoring Our Urban Streams: A Study Plan for Restoring/Rehabilitating Stroubles Creek in Blacksburg, Virginia." Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9947.
Full textMaster of Urban and Regional Planning
Frank, Kathryn Irene. "The role of collaboration in everglades restoration." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/31800.
Full textCommittee Chair: Elliott, Michael; Committee Member: Carroll, C. Ronald; Committee Member: Contant, Cheryl; Committee Member: Norton, Bryan; Committee Member: Stiftel, Bruce. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.
Lipps, Jody Patricia. "RESEARCH INTERNSHIP AT BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1070400640.
Full textMackersie, John. "ATHLETES’ PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION FROM SPORT INJURY IN RELATION TO THEIR RESTORATION NETWORKS." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1281092700.
Full textCarney, Nancy Ann. "Patient-Guided Investigation of the Restoration of Health Following Traumatic Brain Injury." PDXScholar, 1998. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2697.
Full textHutchins, Emily G. "Restoring Landscapes in the Context of Environmental Change – A Mental Models Analysis." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1431008926.
Full textArtinian-Kaiser, Rebecca G. "The resurrection and the restoration of nature : towards a theological framework for Christian environmental action through ecological restoration." Thesis, University of Chester, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10034/347003.
Full textHolland, Michele M. "Quality Control Recommendations for Structural Interventions on Historic Properties." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31544.
Full textMaster of Science
Flowers-Shanklin, Davita-Christine. "Inclusive Restoration and Environmental Justice: A Case Study in Milwaukee's Urban Watershed." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19300.
Full textSullivan, Sean Patrick. "Assessing Macroinvertebrate Community Recovery in Post Restoration Silver Bow Creek, Montana." The University of Montana, 2010. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-05252010-191118/.
Full textAyala, Karen M. "Hacienda La Monserrate : a historic structure report and rehabilitation recommendations." Virtual Press, 1994. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/902473.
Full textDepartment of Architecture
Gary, Rodney D. "Incorporating new technologies in the rehabilitation of historic buildings." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22398.
Full textGardner, Eric Ty. "Arthropod and plant communities as indicators of land rehabilitation effectiveness in a semi-arid shrub-steppe /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2559.pdf.
Full textHiller, Bradley Todd. "Sustainability dynamics of large-scale integrated ecosystem rehabilitation and poverty reduction projects." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.607686.
Full textHuang, Jung-Chen. "Stream Restoration in the Midwest, USA." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1267464050.
Full textSmith, Charles S. "Contracting for engineering and design services in the environmental restoration field." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/26435.
Full textSetyawan, Dwi. "Soil development, plant colonization and landscape function analysis for disturbed lands under natural and assisted rehabilitation /." Connect to this title, 2004. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2005.0117.
Full textGrainger, Matthew James. "An evaluation of coastal dune forest restoration in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25171.
Full textThesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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