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Journal articles on the topic "Greek Ecosystems"
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Katsifas, E. A., E. P. Giannoutsou, and A. D. Karagouni. "Diversity of streptomycetes among specific Greek terrestrial ecosystems." Letters in Applied Microbiology 29, no. 1 (July 1999): 48–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00574.x.
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NICOLAIDOU, A., S. REIZOPOULOU, D. KOUTSOUBAS, S. ORFANIDIS, and T. KEVREKIDIS. "Biological components of Greek lagoonal ecosystems: an overview." Mediterranean Marine Science 6, no. 2 (December 1, 2005): 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.184.
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The paper summarises the available information on the main biological components – phytoplankton, zooplankton, phytobenthos, zoobenthos and fish – of Greek lagoonal ecosystems. Meiobenthos was also studied in one of the lagoons. All components show great variability both in space and time, which is attributed to the variability of environmental conditions. The most important variable influencing species distribution and diversity is the degree of communication with the sea and the nutrient load introduced through fresh water inputs. Certain new methods, which have been applied for evaluation of the ecological quality state of the lagoons, are also presented.
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Jacobides, Michael G., and Ioannis Lianos. "Ecosystems and competition law in theory and practice." Industrial and Corporate Change 30, no. 5 (October 1, 2021): 1199–229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtab061.
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Abstract One of the most profound changes in the industrial landscape in the last decade has been the growth of business ecosystems—groups of connected firms, drawing on (digital) platforms that leverage their complementors and lock in their customers, exploiting the “bottlenecks” that emerge in new industry architectures. This has created new asymmetries of power, where the “field” of competition is not the relevant product market, as is usually the case in competition law, but rather the ecosystem of various complementary products and associated complementor firms. These dynamics raise novel concerns over competition. After examining the foundational elements of the ecosystem concept, we review how ecosystems are addressed within the current scope of competition law and identify the gap in the existing framework of conventional competition law. We then move to a critical review of current efforts and proposals in the European Union for providing regulatory remedies for ex ante and ex post resolution of problems, focusing on the current (2020) proposals of the Digital Market Act on ex ante regulation, with its particular focus on “gatekeepers.” We also review recent regulatory initiatives in European countries that focus on ex post regulation and on the role of business models and ecosystem architectures in regulation before providing a deep dive into proposed Greek legislation that explicitly focuses on ecosystem regulation. We conclude with our observations on the challenges in instituting and implementing a regulatory framework for ecosystems, drawing on research and our own engagement in the regulatory process.
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Petaloudi, Lydia-Maria, Petros Ganatsas, and Marianthi Tsakaldimi. "Exploring Biodiversity and Disturbances in the of Peri-Urban Forests of Thessaloniki, Greece." Sustainability 14, no. 14 (July 11, 2022): 8497. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14148497.
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Forests host important plant biodiversity. Nevertheless, due to climate change and human disturbances, the floristic quality of forest ecosystems is degraded. Greek peri-urban forests biodiversity is threatened by anthropogenic activities such as forest fragmentation, pollution, garbage, etc. Measurement of biodiversity status and the floristic quality assessment can be used to estimate the degree of forest degradation caused by anthropogenic disturbances. In this study, we compared and evaluated six forest ecosystem types in the peri-urban forests of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, by using Shannon’s biodiversity index as well as and α and β diversity Sørensen indices. Furthermore, we recorded the prevailing anthropogenic disturbances and compared the plant families and the ruderal species appearing in each forest ecosystem. Finally, the average conservatism value (C value) of the plant species found in each ecosystem was determined in order to calculate the ecosystem floristic quality index. Analysis of the results showed that the floristic and ecological parameters tested greatly vary among ecosystems. Broadleaf forests of higher altitude hosted the greatest biodiversity, and the higher floristic quality index and plant conservation value. On the contrary, most disturbances and most ruderal species were recorded in ecosystems of lower altitude, adjacent to the city (Pinus brutia forest and Maqui vegetation), the least disturbed ecosystems were found in the steep slopes (Castanea sativa forest). Most ruderal species found belonged to the Asteraceae and Rosaceae families. Accessibility and attractiveness of stands were positively correlated with disturbances. Insufficient management, lack of protection measures, and littering removal contribute to the increase in the level of disturbance.
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Ierapetritis, Dimitrios G. "Discussing the Role of Universities in Fostering Regional Entrepreneurial Ecosystems." Economies 7, no. 4 (December 16, 2019): 119. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/economies7040119.
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Over the past two decades, various policies have been implemented on an international and national level to support regional competitiveness, in which Universities are often called on to play a crucial role. Taking into account their contribution to the combined performance of education, the advanced research and the networking of knowledge, Universities are recognized as knowledge-intensive institutions and environments that foster human capital development, innovation and entrepreneurship. According to the current practice, Universities include in their mission not only a generalized transfer of know-how, but also the promotion of business thinking and entrepreneurial culture, the establishment of institutions, actions as well as the creation of venture capital, thus contributing further to the promotion of regional entrepreneurial ecosystems. By examining the entrepreneurship development in teaching and learning through the various actions of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Units of the Greek Universities between 2011 and 2015, the present article aims at assessing the contribution of the Greek Universities to the fostering of regional entrepreneurial ecosystems, making a comparative evaluation of them and strengthening the role of the Greek Universities in regional entrepreneurial ecosystems. Firstly, the theoretical approaches of regional entrepreneurial ecosystems as well as the role of Universities in Regional Development are examined and analyzed. Secondly, it is attempted to record the role of the Greek Universities through the collection and processing of innovation information and actions, utilizing, as a case study, the structures of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Units. Thirdly, taking into account the results of the research, proposals for the national and regional policy are made.
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Vagenas, Georgios, Anthi Oikonomou, Paraskevi K. Karachle, Olga Petriki, and Maria Th Stoumboudi. "Trophic Patterns of Freshwater Fish across the Balkan Biodiversity Hotspot." Water 14, no. 7 (March 31, 2022): 1112. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w14071112.
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Ecological information regarding trophic patterns and the inherent structure of freshwater aquatic communities is considered fundamental in ecological research. In this study, the trophic patterns of the Greek freshwater fish fauna, belonging to the Balkan biodiversity hotspot, were investigated, and comparisons of freshwater fish species feeding habits among the Greek freshwater ecoregions were performed. The analyses based on the widely used trophic level index and the available composition feeding datasets, along with the utilization of clustering methods, indicated seven major distinct trophic guilds in the Greek ecoregions. The trophic level of the studied fish species ranged from 2.0 to 4.5, thus being within the expected values for freshwater ecosystems, revealing the presence of both top predators and primary consumers. The highest trophic level values were found in the ecoregions of northern Greece. The results also exhibited considerable predominance of higher-trophic-level zooplanktivorous and insectivorous freshwater fish species in the mainland, compared to lower-trophic-level opportunist species in the island-isolated ecoregions. These results could be used for the application of ecosystem-based models and the formulation of conservation and fishery management schemes.
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Tasopoulou, A., and G. Pozoukidou. "Green and blue infrastructure as a tool to support decision-making in the spatial planning process. The case of Lake Trichonida, Greece." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 899, no. 1 (November 1, 2021): 012054. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/899/1/012054.
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Abstract Green infrastructure (GI) has gained high interest over the last two decades, as a policy tool to promote sustainable development and enhance the resilience of both the urban and rural environments. GI has the potential to offer multiple benefits through the services and functions performed within ecosystems, and thus its implementation requires an integrated and balanced approach that emphasizes the multifunctional nature of a territory. Multifunctionality along with connectivity and networking appear to be core features accepted by all disciplines using the term. GI incorporates green spaces, or/and blue if aquatic ecosystems are concerned, and other physical features in terrestrial and marine areas. This paper presents the development and application of a methodology to facilitate spatial planning choices, incorporating a green and blue infrastructure (GBI) approach, in a Greek case, the wider area of Lake Trichonida in Western Greece. The conceptual basis of the proposed approach embeds both natural and man-made features that could function as green or blue infrastructure. The methodology and its application facilitated the identification of planning priorities and the pursue of planning objectives, thus supporting the decision-making in the spatial planning process.
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Sant-Geronikolou, Stavroula. "Understanding in-library use data lifecycle within Greek and Spanish higher education ecosystems." Library Hi Tech News 35, no. 7 (September 3, 2018): 13–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lhtn-10-2017-0077.
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Purpose As learning analytics, an emergent field, nowadays is seen as a way to break barriers to intra-institutional collaboration that will ultimately lead to educational deep transformational change, HE administrators and library and information science (LIS) researchers argue on the purpose of connecting in-library user activity data to campus-wide initiatives, their relevance and potential contribution to library strategic alignment with broader institutional goals. In this realm and framed within a PhD research, this paper aims to provide an overview of preliminary findings relevant to the exploration of the potential of Spanish and Greek academic libraries to becoming involved in learning analytics initiatives Design/methodology/approach Spanish and Greek public university library director large scale mini-survey and LIS undergraduate curricula desk research. Findings Analysis of public university library director mini-survey bring to light a series of negative correlations between different LRRC types, in-library use data collection and sharing practices and library-based learning analytics conversations, while LIS undergraduate curricula review identified a limited integration of learning analytics and assessment critical skills. Originality/value It is the first Greek and Spanish university library-specific study aiming to contribute to the dialogue on whether, how and when the wealth of in-library use-generated knowledge could be capitalized within future learning analytics initiatives.
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ISSARIS, Y., S. KATSANEVAKIS, M. PANTAZI, V. VASSILOPOULOU, P. PANAYOTIDIS, S. KAVADAS, A. KOKKALI, et al. "Ecological mapping and data quality assessment for the needs of ecosystem-based marine spatial management: case study Greek Ionian Sea and the adjacent gulfs." Mediterranean Marine Science 13, no. 2 (November 19, 2012): 297. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.312.
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Mapping of ecosystem components (natural and socioeconomic) is a prerequisite for ecosystem-based marine spatial management (EB-MSM). To initiate the process of EB-MSM in the Greek Ionian Sea and the adjacent gulfs, the main relevant ecosystem components were mapped based on existing spatial information and expert judgment. The natural components mapped included habitat types and species targeted for conservation, according to national and European legislation and international agreements. Main human activities/pressures related to fisheries, aquaculture, tourism, and industry were also mapped. In order to assess the quality of data used to map ecosystem components and therefore take into consideration the inherent uncertainty, an assessment of 5 semi-quantitative data indicators based on a pedigree matrix was conducted. Through this qualitative approach we gained information related to the sources, acquisition and verification procedures, statistical properties, and temporal & geographical correlation, along with the collection process quality of the ecosystem components under study. A substantial overlapping between ecological features and human activities was identified, confirming the need for a well-planned approach to marine space management, in order to mitigate conflicts for marine resources and conserve marine ecosystems and their associated goods and services.
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Campolo, Daniele. "M.C. Escher and the Calabrian Cultural Landscape of Linguistic Greek Minorities." Advanced Engineering Forum 11 (June 2014): 458–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/aef.11.458.
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The Calabrian Region, in the past centuries, has been a refuge land for groups of different culture and religion from various Mediterranean areas. Today in this area it is still possible to identify three major ethnic language minorities related to historical events dating back to times past: the Greek of Calabria minority in the province of Reggio Calabria, the Waldensians one in the province of Cosenza and the Arbëreshë culture in the province of Cosenza, Crotone and Catanzaro. The existence in the same region of three "historical linguistic minorities", protected by the Law no. 482/1999, is unique in the Italian panorama: this territory is characterized by an ancient culture, an historic and architectonic heritage, and it is also inserted in an environment of great natural value, such as to create the conditions for the attempts to inclusion of this areas in the UNESCO heritage sites within the "Cultural Landscape" category. These territories are formed hierarchically by different ecosystems, deeply influenced by various factors such as the geological composition of the soil, the microclimate, the presence of the fiumare (characteristic Calabrian rivers), the geographical setting difficulties for agriculture and the use of terracing techniques to overcome the lack of large flat areas. The different combinations of these micro-ecosystems creates a complex landscape that can be observed at different scales and is determined by the human management of the various natural resources. No wonder that this landscape inspired Maurits Cornelis Escher to spend many months in this region, drawing and sketching.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Greek Ecosystems"
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Hreinsdóttir, Hildur, and zu Bentrup Lea Meyer. "How do we experience parks? Social benefits of ecosystem services with an increased connectivity of sub-urban parks." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23731.
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Our motivation for this research is the interest we have for positive influences of green areas on people's well-being and social improvement. We see nature, the ecosystems and its services, integrated with humans as a whole, making our lives physically and mentally more sustainable. Therefore the purpose of this study is to investigate the social benefits of selected ecosystem services in sub-urban parks in Malmö City, and to explore how the respected services can be enhanced with a greater connectivity of the parks. A survey and interviews were used to collect information about people's preferences and values about nature parks and their opinion on possible connectivity of three sub-urban parks in Malmö, Sweden. The results show that people are overall positive with the recreational and aesthetic values of parks but show less appreciation for the parks as pure nature represents. Connectivity is not clearly understood by the participants but seems to be positively accepted. To give an idea on how Malmö could improve urban biodiversity and facilitate enjoyable nature experiences we give some practical suggestions for a green corridor.
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Curtis, Ian Arthur. "Valuing ecosystem services in a green economy." Thesis, James Cook University, 2003. https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/76/1/01front.pdf.
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SCOPE: Ecosystems are being degraded and destroyed worldwide at a rate unprecedented in human history. Accordingly a great deal of interest is currently being focussed on ecosystems, the role they play in planetary life support, and the need for a market mechanism to conserve these formerly regarded 'free' goods and services. This research project is concerned with the various divisions or branches within economics dealing with environmental valuation, including applied economics in the form of valuation practice, environmental science, and ecology. It is thus both multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary and has as its central theme the use of a surrogate market to establish shadow prices for ecosystem services.
METHODOLOGY: Twenty ecosystem attributes were identified as being common to all ecosystems depending on the level of integrity, and ranked in order of importance on the basis of a range of criteria. This was achieved by a systematic analysis, namely a multiple criteria analysis, and a social study, in the form of a Delphi philosophical inquiry. These two methods incorporated many different perspectives: namely anthropocentric, utilitarian (economic), ecological, aesthetics, equity, risk and uncertainty. The weightings provided by the panellists were non-pecuniary, and as such were not subject to any bias or odium that may have been associated with putting monetary values on nature’s gifts. The non-pecuniary weightings assigned by the panellists were converted to dollar values by empirically linking them to the surrogate market, namely the property market in the region, and calculating the value of a flow of benefits emanating from them (the economic rent). A valuation table was devised to assess the ecosystem integrity of individual ecosystems on private or public land and a conceptual model devised for landscapes. The case study area was the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area of northeast Queensland.
RESULTS: The Delphi panel reached consensus in all three rounds of questionnaires, and the weights provided for the twenty attributes for all three models in the multiple criteria analysis showed a significant level of agreement between the disciplines represented on the panel. The ten ecosystem services ranked most important were: biodiversity; refugia; erosion control/soil and sediment retention; genetic resources; gas regulation; climate regulation; biological control; purification (clean air, water); disturbance regulation; and aesthetics, in that order. The total value of ecosystem goods and services in all the tenure categories in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (8,944 km2) was determined to be in the range AUD$188 to $211 million year-1, or AUD$210 to $236 ha-1yr-1 across tenure categories. The individual ecosystem services mentioned above ranged from AUD$18.6 to $20.9 million year-1 for biodiversity down to AUD$10.2 to $11.4 million year-1 for aesthetics. The value of individual ecosystem services constrained within a fully intact suite of ecosystem goods and services was found to be consistent with the value of all other uses to which land is put in a bioregion and with other avenues of investment in the economic system, and will increase proportionate to the human population density, and hence scarcity of ecosystem services.
CONCLUSION: The combination of revealed preferences in a surrogate market as the empirical baseline for the whole suite of ecosystem services in a bioregion or Local Government Area, along with the expressed preferences of a group of experts as to the importance of each individual good or service, provides the theoretical and practical justification for the acceptance of the technique as a means of establishing opening prices in a future trading market. Being linked to the value of real property and hence population density in a region, it provides a key insight into the status and thus value of ecosystems services provided by public and private land, including scarcity. The most critical recommendation to policy and decision-makers emanating from this research is the requirement that environmental impacts arising from development projects, policies or proposals be properly identified, the magnitude of the impact properly assessed, and mitigation of the impacts strictly enforced. The same applies for environmental pollution, damage and degradation with legal liability apparent. Legislation is required to be enacted which will lead to the need for rigorous environmental valuation procedures that have empirical verification and will stand scrutiny in a court of law. The technique expounded in this thesis is such a procedure.
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Curtis, Ian Arthur. "Valuing ecosystem services in a green economy /." James Cook University, 2003. http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/76.
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Elderbrock, Evan. "Revealing Promising Pathways for Increasing Urban Ecosystem Services: An Approach Combining Stakeholder Priorities with Ecosystem Service Quantification." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/24232.
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Urban development diminishes the delivery of ecosystem services (ES), defined as benefits from ecological processes and functions critical to human health and well-being. Land-use planners and environmental managers are increasingly familiar with the concept of ES; however, methods for incorporating ES into urban planning are underdeveloped. While previous reports have identified the combination of ES quantification and stakeholder engagement as necessary for increasing the delivery of ES, methods of implementation remain unexplored. To address this disparity, this study combines ES quantification with perspectives from multiple stakeholders to identify specific land cover conversion scenarios that increase the delivery of ES in the Friendly Area Neighborhood of Eugene, Oregon and compares each conversion scenario using an informed weighting system. The result is a method, with potential for use by researchers and public officials, to quantify the delivery of ES, identify stakeholders’ ES priorities, and assess the benefits associated with green infrastructure development.2020-01-11
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Mitchell, Mark E. "Nutrient Cycling Dynamics and Succession in Green Roof Ecosystems." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin150487303109878.
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Wituszynski, David Michael. "Ecological Structure and Function of Bioretention Cells." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1595534267621241.
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Le, Gouvello Du Timat Diane Zelica Marie. "The effects of turtle-introduced nutrients on beach ecosystems." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/6959.
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Resource subsidies are flows of nutrients from one ecosystem to another. Sandy beach ecosystems are at the interface between land and sea and thus receive nutrients from both land/seascapes. The seasonal nesting of sea turtles introduces large inputs of eggs, and so nutrients, onto sandy beach ecosystems, but little is known about the effects of these spatially and temporally variable nutrient input pulses on the dynamics of consumers in the recipient system. In this study, I examined the ecological role of sea turtles as vectors of nutrients that introduce large amounts of nutrients (in the form of eggs) from distant foraging grounds into nutrient-poor beach ecosystems. Although some of the nutrients return to the sea in the form of hatchlings, nutrients from unhatched and depredated eggs, dead and predated hatchlings, as well as chorioallantoic fluid and egg shells remain on the beach and presumably enter sandy beach food webs. I hypothesized that turtle nutrients significantly increase the availability of nutrients to sandy beach ecosystems and that those nutrients are incorporated by both terrestrial and marine food webs. These hypotheses were tested by comparing isotopic signatures of 13C and 15N of consumers on beaches with high and low turtle nest densities. The response of meiofauna to the decomposition of turtle eggs was also investigated. I predicted that meiofaunal abundance is positively affected by turtle nutrients and that higher meiofaunal abundances will be obtained in decomposing, depredated nests. I tested this hypothesis by comparing meiofaunal abundance in naturally predated nests to densities away from turtle nests (as a control). An in situ experiment that mimics conditions of naturally predated sea turtle nest, was set up to test meiofaunal community responses to turtle nutrients over time. The study indicates that sea turtle eggs represent a short pulsed resource subsidy that increases the nutrient and energy budget of sandy beach ecosystems. The results show that of the five potential nutrient pathways tested, ghost crabs appear to consume egg nutrients in measurable quantities, altering their diet and feeding behaviour according to food availability. The study also showed that there was a strong, but short-lived positive response of meiofauna to the introduction of nutrients, with increased abundance of all taxa in predated nests and experimental treatments. This response was particularly strong for nematodes which peaked in abundance after seven days. I conclude that turtle-derived nutrients represent a pulsed resource subsidy that makes significant contribution to the energy budget of sandy beach/dune ecosystems.
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Lundh, Johan. "Indicators for ecosystem services in urban green space management." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-326806.
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Urban green spaces are put under high pressure due to increasing population density in cities. This problem will potentially accelerate where the densification in the cities continues. Consequently, this sets high requirements on the management, if the green spaces are to generate the benefits and values that are associated with greens spaces as urban parks. One way to increase these benefits and values could be to incorporate ecosystem services and indicators for ecosystem services in a multi-stakeholder management system. Is it possible that ecosystem service indicators could facilitate collaboration between stakeholders and thus improve the value of urban green space? This master thesis aimed to identify ecosystem service indicators for a green space and incorporate them in a multi-stakeholder management system. The study was made to clarify if indicators can facilitate collaboration between stakeholders and thus improve the management of an urban green space. In order to achieve that, the first step was to let the stakeholders express what they desired the green space to generate in terms of benefits and values. These expressed benefits and values were formulated into target variables which were linked with the ecosystem services that the green space was assessed to generate if the target variables are achieved. A literature study was conducted to identify applicable indicators for the chosen ecosystem services. These indicators were quantified and incorporated into an already existing management system. This management system performed as a framework and a fundament which was further developed to incorporate more functions as indicators and ecosystem services. The thesis resulted in two identified indicators for ten ecosystem services and the development of a multi-stakeholder management system. Identified indicators were birds and compliant seating. Birds were identified as an indicator because they indicated many of the same ecosystem services as the ones that are generated in the green space. These ecosystem services are linked with the benefits and values that are associated with the target variables. In addition, the birds were chosen because they were possible to quantify. Compliant seating was the second indicator, and it has the potential to function as a control indicator as it can be seen as a manifestation of the cultural ecosystem services generated at the green space. A multi-stakeholder management system was developed with the incorporation of indicators for ecosystem services. The developed management system aimed to facilitate the collaboration between stakeholders with the use of ecosystem service indicators. Taken together, the findings suggest a role for ecosystem service indicators in multi-stakeholder management plans to improve the value of green spaces.Grönytor i städer är satt under hög press på grund av ökande befolkningstäthet vilket leder till att fler människor behöver dela på samma mängd urban grönyta. Detta fenomen ökar kraven på förvaltningen av grönytor då de behöver generera fler nyttigheter och mera värde. Ett sätt att öka dessa värden skulle kunna vara att använda sig av indikatorer för ekosystemtjänster inom ett förvaltningssystem där flera förvaltare verkar. Är det möjligt att indikatorer för ekosystemtjänster kan underlätta samarbetet mellan olika förvaltare och därigenom öka värdet av en grönyta? Den här masteruppsatsen hade målet att identifiera indikatorer för ekosystemtjänster genererade av en grönyta och sedan inkorporera dem i en förvaltningsmetod som ökar samverkan mellan förvaltare. Studien syftade till att tydliggöra om användandet av ekosystemtjänstindikatorer kan underlätta samarbetet av mellan olika förvaltare för att förbättra förvaltningen av en grönyta. Det första steget för att åstadkomma detta var att låta förvaltarna uttrycka vilka värden och nyttigheter de vill att grönytan skulle skapa. Dessa värden och nyttigheter formulerades som målvariabler vilka länkades till de ekosystemtjänster som grönytan bedömdes generera. Genom en litteraturstudie identifierades indikatorer som kunde indikera de ekosystemtjänster som genererades vid grönytan. Indikatorerna kvantifierades och inkorporerades in i ett redan existerande förvaltningssystem. Studien resulterade i två identifierade indikatorer och i utvecklandet av ett förvaltningssystem som underlättar samverkan genom användandet av indikatorer. Fåglar identifierade som en indikator på grund av att fåglar indikerade samma ekosystemtjänster som genereras på grönytan. Fåglar valdes också för att det var möjligt att kvantifiera fåglarna vid grönytan. Villkorlig sittplats var den andra indikatorn och den har möjligheten att fungera som en kontrollindikator eftersom den kan beskrivas som en manifestation av de ekosystemtjänster som genereras på grönytan. Sedan så utvecklas även ett förvaltningssystem där indikatorerna inkorporerades. Förvaltningssystemet hade målet att underlätta samverkan mellan de olika förvaltarna med hjälp av indikatorerna. Sammanfattningsvis så bedöms det att indikatorer för ekosystemtjänster har potentialen att användas i ett förvaltningssystem och därigenom kunna bidra till att öka värdet av grönytan.
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Langemeyer, Johannes. "Urban ecosystem cervices. The value of green spaces in cities." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/327016.
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En un mundo cada vez más urbanizado, el papel de los espacios verdes en las ciudades se destaca cada vez más por su capacidad para proporcionar servicios de los ecosistemas. Sin embargo, el valor de los espacios verdes urbanos todavía está ampliamente pasado por alto. Esta tesis investiga la multifuncionalidad y la multiplicidad de valores asociados a los espacios verdes urbanos en el marco del apoyo a las decisiones en las policticas de planeamineto y en la gobernanza urbana. En primer lugar, investigamos a través de una revisión de la literatura el carácter multifuncional de los espacios verdes urbanos y los beneficios que generan para los humanos mediante la provisión de servicios de los ecosistemas. En segundo lugar, el pluralismo de valores asociados a los servicios de los ecosistemas urbanos se examina a través de casos de estudio de los espacios verdes urbanos en Barcelona, España. En estos casos de estudio, las percepciones aociadas a distintos tipos de valor son examinadas mediante una combinación de métodos, incluyendo teledetección, observaciones participativas, entrevistas, encuestas, análisis estadísticos y sistemas de información geográfica. Por último, mediante una revisión del conocimiento existente sobre análisis multicriterio para la toma de decisiones, se exploran las vías para desarrollar una valoración integrada de los servicios de los ecosistemas en el marco de la planificación urbana. La tesis muestra el carácter multifuncional de los espacios verdes urbanos mediante la generación de servicios y resalta su importancia específica para la provisión de servicios de los ecosistemas culturales. Adoptando la perspectiva del pluralismo de valores en relación a los servicios de los ecosistemas proporcionados por los espacios verdes urbanos, los datos obtenidos demuestran que la percepción de valores divergentes está determinada principalmente por las características del “valorador”, el contexto social e institucional, así como por los diferentes lenguajes de valoración adoptados. Laperspectiva del pluralismo de valores, tal como se demuestra en esta tesis, subraya la necesidad de una valoración integrada de los servicios de los ecosistemas para informar la toma de decisiones y la gobernanza. La tesis destaca el análisis multicriterio como una herramienta con gran potencial para facilitar la valoración integrada de los serviciso de los ecosistemas en el contexto de la planificación y la gobernanza urbana. Mediante la aplicación de métodos que ponen de relieve el valor de los servicios de los ecosistemas para el binestar humano, esta tesis pretende ofrecer herramientas para informar políticas que permitan avanzar hacia ciudades más sostenibles y resilientes que reconozcan la dependencia de las ciudades de ecosistemas saludables para asegurar la calidad de vida.In an increasingly urbanizing world, the role of green spaces in cities is increasingly highlighted for their capacity to provide ecosystem services for human well-being. Yet, the value of urban green spaces is still widely overlooked in urban policy and planning. This dissertation examines the evidence base for the multi-functionality and values of urban green spaces, in the context of decision support and for priority setting in urban policy and governance. First, the multi-functional character of urban green spaces and the many benefits they provide to humans through the delivery of ecosystem services is studied through a literature review. Secondly, the pluralism of values is examined through case studies from urban green spaces in Barcelona, Spain. Within these case studies, value perceptions, value emergence and value dimensions are scrutinized by combining different methods, including remote sensing, participatory observations, interviews, surveys, statistical analysis and geographical information systems. Finally, pathways for an integrated valuation of ecosystem services in urban planning are explored through a review of state-of-the-art knowledge on multi-criteria decision analysis applied in relation to ecosystem services. The dissertation shows the multi-functional character of urban green spaces and outlines their specific importance for the provision of cultural ecosystem services. It contributes to operationalize the perspective of value pluralism in the assessment of ecosystem services from urban green spaces. It is noted that the perception of diverging values is mainly determined by the characteristics of the ‘valuator’, the socio-institutional context, as well as different valuation languages through which values are assessed. The perspective of value pluralism endorsed in this thesis, underlines the need for an integrated valuation of ecosystem services to inform decision-making and governance. The thesis examines the potential of multi-criteria decision analysis as a tool to facilitate such integrated valuation of ecosystem services, in the context of urban planning. By putting forward the value of ecosystem services for humans, the thesis intents to provide a cornerstone for policies towards more sustainable and resilient cities that recognize the interconnection and dependency of cities on healthy ecosystems worldwide.
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Narvaez, Diaz Carla. "Green urchin demography in a subartic ecosystem : patterns and processes." Doctoral thesis, Université Laval, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/33303.
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Dans les environnements littoraux de l’Atlantique Nord, les densités importantes d’oursin vert Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis ont entraîné la décimation des laminaires et l’apparition de grandes étendues dénudées où la biodiversité et les services écosystémiques sont fortement limités. Par contre, l’oursin vert a une grande valeur commerciale et son élevage en aquaculture représente une activité pour laquelle un intérêt grandissant est observé. Toutefois, il s’agit malheureusement d’une pêcherie ayant une évolution temporelle en dents de scie. Une gestion appropriée des populations d’oursins pourrait aider à atteindre un meilleur équilibre entre l’abondance de cette espèce et les laminaires. Ainsi, les laminaires pourraient recoloniser les zones d’où elles ont été complètement broutées par les oursins, ce qui améliorerait la qualité des oursins favorisant leur exportation. La présente thèse rassemble de l’information relative aux interactions écologiques et aux facteurs environnementaux déterminants la démographie des oursins à différentes échelles spatiales dans l’Estuaire et le Golfe du Saint-Laurent (EGSL, Canada). Dans l’EGSL, il n'y a aucun des mécanismes usuels de contrôle des populations d’oursins (prédation, mortalité en masse et pêche). Il en résulte que les oursins dominent les régions infra littorales depuis des décennies. Un inventaire extensif décrivant la structure des populations (c.-à-d., fréquences de la taille, abondance et biomasse) à plusieurs échelles spatiales (c.-à-d., profondeur, site) a montré une importante variabilité spatiale. La densité et la biomasse mesurées dans l’EGSL sont parmi les plus importantes rapportées pour cette espèce. De plus, les laminaires sont limitées aux sites exposés et peu profonds. Une étude faite en mésocosme sur le terrain couplée à une expérience comportementale a montré que la compétition intraspécifique déterminée par la taille joue un rôle important sur la structure des populations via la réduction du taux de croissance et de la production de gonades chez les petits individus, ainsi que sur leur comportement d’approvisionnement. Un changement ontogénique intéressant a été observé quant à l’importance relative du type de compétition, qui passe d’une combinaison d’interférence et d’exploitation chez les petits oursins à une compétition par exploitation seulement chez les oursins de taille moyenne. Finalement, nous avons évalué l’exactitude de la technique de sclérochronologie consistant à estimer l’âge des oursins à partir du compte des bandes de croissance observables sur leur squelette. Des expériences en laboratoire ont démontré qu’en plus d’une importante variabilité dans la déposition des bandes entre les différents composants du squelette, plusieurs facteurs de stress environnementaux (p. ex., apport alimentaire limité, périodes d’hyposalinité, température de l’eau) peuvent induire la déposition de bandes de croissance additionnelles. De plus, une revue de littérature a montré que malgré son utilisation fréquente, seule la moitié des études ayant eu recours à cette technique ont tenté de valider les prémisses sur lesquelles celle-ci est basée. Une analyse plus approfondie de la méthodologie de ces études révèle également que lorsque présentes, les études de validation étaient inadéquates. Ainsi, la sclérochronologie chez les oursins ne devrait pas être utilisée pour déterminer l’âge des individus sans qu’avant une méthode permettant de générer une estimation répétable, exacte et précise, à partir des bandes de croissance, ne soit élaborée. L’information récoltée dans le cadre des études démographiques a des applications écologiques importantes et permet d’améliorer les prédictions des modèles de dynamique des populations dans un monde en changement constant. Cette thèse fait avancer notre compréhension des caractéristiques individuelles intrinsèques, les interactions écologiques et les facteurs environnementaux associés à L’EGSL qui déterminent les processus (c.-à-d., taux de croissance des populations, mortalité) et les caractéristiques (c.-à-d., abondance, âge) démographiques chez l’oursin.In North Atlantic nearshore environments, high densities of the green urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis have led to the decimation of kelp beds and created extensive barren grounds with reduced biodiversity and ecosystem services. However, green urchins have a high commercial value, and there is a growing interest in aquaculture farming, but unfortunately, their extraction is a classic example of a boom - and - bust fishery. Correct management of urchin populations could thus help create a better equilibrium bet ween urchin populations and kelp beds, allowing the kelp to re-colonize places where it has been completely grazed by urchins and increasing the quality of urchins for export. This thesis collects information about the underlying ecological interactions and environmental factors that affect urchin demography at different spatial scales in the Saint Lawrence Estuary and Gulf (SLEG, Canada). In the SLEG there is no control of urchin populations by the usual means (i.e., predation, mass mortality and harvest), so subtidal environments have been dominated by urchin barrens for decades. An extensive survey across different spatial scales (i.e., region, depth, and site) revealed high variability in urchin population structure (i.e., size - frequency, abundance, and biomass). Density and biomass were among the highest recorded for this species, and kelp beds were limited to exposed shallow sites. Field-based mesocosm and behavioural experiments showed that size-asymmetric intraspecific competition may have an important role in structuring these populations by reducing the growth rate and gonad production of small urchins, as well as affecting their foraging behaviour. Interestingly, there is an ontogenetic change in the relative importance of the type of competition (i.e., interference and exploitative) as it moves from interference and exploitative in small urchins to only exploitative in medium urchins. Finally, we evaluated the accuracy of sclerochronology, a technique used to estimate urchin age that involves counting skeletal growth bands. Under laboratory conditions, several environmental stressors (e.g., food limitation, low salinity periods, water temperature) can induce the deposition of additional growth bands, and band deposition varies among different skeletal components. Moreover, a literature review showed that despite the common use of sclerochronology, only half of the studies that have used it have attempted to validate its basic assumptions, and of those, the methodology used for the validation attempts were judged inadequate for most studies. Thus, sclerochronology should not be used for aging urchins until it provides consistently accurate and precise interpretations of growth bands. Information collected in population demography studies has an important role in informing ecological applications and improving predictions of urchin population dynamics in a constantly changing world. This thesis greatly furthers our understanding of how individual intrinsic characteristics, ecological interactions and environmental factors interact in the SLEG to shape urchin population demographic processes (i.e., growth rates, mortality) and characteristics (i.e., abundance, age).
Books on the topic "Greek Ecosystems"
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Sutton, Richard K., ed. Green Roof Ecosystems. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14983-7.
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Arcidiacono, Andrea, and Silvia Ronchi, eds. Ecosystem Services and Green Infrastructure. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54345-7.
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Eric, Lichtfouse, Schwarzbauer Jan, and Robert Didier Dr, eds. Environmental chemistry: Green chemistry and pollutants in ecosystems. Berlin: Springer, 2005.
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Schaefer, Valentin. Green links: Connecting ecosystem fragments in the city. New Westminster, B.C: Douglas College, Institute of Urban Ecology, 1997.
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United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe, United Nations Environment Programme, and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, eds. The value of forests: Payments for ecosystem services in a green economy. Geneva: United Nations, 2014.
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Vasenev, Viacheslav, Elvira Dovletyarova, Zhongqi Cheng, Riccardo Valentini, and Carlo Calfapietra, eds. Green Technologies and Infrastructure to Enhance Urban Ecosystem Services. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16091-3.
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Omer, Abdeen Mustafa. Environmental economics and ecological education: Emerging equipments and ecosystems engineering. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publisher's, Inc., 2015.
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Ekotopia kagaku gairon: Jizoku kanō na kankyō chōwagata shakai jitsugen no tame ni. Tōkyō-to Bunkyō-ku: Koronasha, 2012.
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DiOrio, Rana. What does it mean to be green? Belvedere, CA: Little Pickle Press, 2010.
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López, Antonio. The media ecosystem: What ecology can teach us about responsible media practice. Berkeley, Calif: Evolver Editions, 2012.
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Karaouzas, Ioannis. "Agro-Industrial Wastewater Pollution in Greek River Ecosystems." In The Rivers of Greece, 169–204. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/698_2016_453.
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Jannuzzi, Ferdinando, Gabriella Nora Maria Giudici, Salvatore Patrizio, and Fabrizio Pisani Massamormile. "The coastal lakes of Campi Flegrei: between biodiversity and anthropization." In Proceedings e report, 250–58. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-5518-147-1.25.
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Campi Flegrei (from Greek phlegraios = burning) is a volcanic area north west of Naples, extended from Agnano crater until Cuma. Pozzuoli, Bacoli, Monte di Procida e Quarto, some northern neighboroughs of Naples are included along with Ischia, Procida and Vivara islands. In this area there are three coastal lakes: Fusaro, Miseno, Lucrino. Our study analyses geomorphological, botanical, historicaland anthropic features of their ecosystems.
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Staccione, Andrea, Sebastian Candiago, and Jaroslav Mysiak. "A Network Approach to Green Infrastructure: How to Enhance Ecosystem Services Provision?" In Human-Nature Interactions, 51–60. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01980-7_5.
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Significance StatementLandscape fragmentation is increasingly undermining the capacity of ecosystems to provide services and benefits to humans. The development of a green infrastructure network can enhance the provision of ecosystem services connecting ecosystem features. We review and explore the concepts, methodologies, and applications that allow to analyse connectivity of green infrastructure networks and the role of spatial connectivity for supporting and maintaining ecosystem services. Together with connectivity, the quality, quantity, diversity, redundancy, and distances of ecosystem elements result to be important characteristics to support the provision of services. We report how spatial and connectivity-based methodologies (for example, network indices and spatial pattern analysis) can support characterisation and prioritization of green infrastructure networks for crucial interventions, both for preserving and restoring connection elements.
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Markandya, Anil, and Marcella Pavan. "Ecosystems." In Green Accounting in Europe — Four case studies, 199–202. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4597-8_24.
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Markandya, Anil, and Marcella Pavan. "Ecosystems." In Green Accounting in Europe — Four case studies, 260–67. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4597-8_32.
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Markandya, Anil, and Marcella Pavan. "Ecosystems." In Green Accounting in Europe — Four case studies, 334–44. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4597-8_41.
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Markandya, Anil, and Marcella Pavan. "Ecosystems." In Green Accounting in Europe — Four case studies, 90–106. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4597-8_7.
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Sutton, Richard K. "Introduction to Green Roof Ecosystems." In Ecological Studies, 1–25. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14983-7_1.
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Kelly, Ashley Scott, and Xiaoxuan Lu. "Northern Scientific Knowledge and Indigenous Knowledge." In Critical Landscape Planning during the Belt and Road Initiative, 193–249. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4067-4_8.
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AbstractThis chapter features three planning proposals focused on the ideological friction between Northern scientific knowledge and indigenous knowledge. Northern scientific knowledge has enabled and legitimized various territorialization projects since the establishment of the Lao PDR. Over the past decade, the application of such knowledge has diversified and expanded along with Laos’s increasing integration into the socio-economic geography of the China-Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor. Unlike World Bank-funded green-neoliberal development that dominated Laos in the 1990s and 2000s, some China-funded projects are furthering the green neoliberal valuation of ecosystems in monetary terms and these ecosystems’ conservation by means of market dynamics. These ecosystem territories inevitably overlap with the country’s indigenous territories and their natural resource-dependent communities. The three planning proposals featured in this chapter foreground Laos’s remarkable human diversity and local communities’ valuable traditional ecological knowledge and practices. These planning proposals are situated in a diverse range of socio-ecological contexts, namely Nam Ha National Protected Area, a protected forest in Luang Prabang, and agricultural land within the capital Vientiane. Collectively, these proposals focus on agrarian populations influenced by old or new forms of land enclosure, investigating possible scenarios that may lead to more equal power relationships between the scientific and indigenous knowledge regimes.
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Grunewald, Karsten, Junxiang Li, Gaodi Xie, and Lennart Kümper-Schlake. "Introduction to an Urban Ecosystem Approach." In Towards Green Cities, 1–14. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58223-8_1.
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Andreev, Nadejda. "Măsuri de întărire a capacității de adaptare la schimbările climatice a ecosistemelor acvatice." In Simpozion "Modificări funcționale ale ecosistemelor acvatice în contextul impactului antropic și al schimbărilor climatice". Institute of Zoology, Republic of Moldova, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.53937/9789975151979.15.
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The current article presents a bibliographic overview of green infrastructures and their role in strengthening the adaptive capacity of aquatic ecosystems to the adverse effects of climate change (high temperatures, heavy rains, droughts). Different types of ecological infrastructures are presented: forest buffer strips, rain gardens, permeable pavement, drainage ditches; bioengineering structures for bank stabilization. Also the functions performed by green infrastructures to maintain ecosystem services were presented: mitigating the effects of floods, stabilizing banks, preventing landslides and water caused erosion, stormwater management, reducing the load of pollutants. For the implementation of this approach in the hydrographic basin of Dniester River or the Prut River a more detailed study is necessary on the state of habitats, identification of hotspot areas of aquatic biodiversity, particularly those species important for maintaining of ecosystem functions, highlighting of the areas at high risk of floods or erosion.
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Bulimaga, Constantin, Victoria Nistreanu, Corina Certan, Olesea Gliga, and Alina Larion. "Diversitatea vegetala si animala a ecosistemului urban Orhei." In Impactul antropic asupra calitatii mediului. Institute of Ecology and Geography, Republic of Moldova, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.53380/9789975330800.02.
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Lately, the problem of biodiversity conservation is becoming more and more acute due to increase of anthropogenic impact. With the evolution of anthropogenic ecosystems, it also increases the vulnerability of species and biodiversity in general, as a result affecting ecological balance and environmental quality. The purpose of the researches was to evaluate the flora and fauna diversity in the Orhei urban ecosystem. The study was conducted during 2017 in 10 urban stations. Floral researches enumerate the presence of 146 species of magnoliophyte plants, grouped in 127 genera from 45 families. The most numerous were the species of the families: Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Rosaceae and Poaceae. The most frequents species are the eurybionte with wide ecological amplitude, some of which are included in the invasive species category. Vertebrates researches have revealed the fact, that the mammal fauna includes 29 species with a higher effective in the green areas of the urban ecosystem. The birds population of the ecosystem enumerate 58 species, prevail those from order Passeriformes.
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Sato, Toru, Kentaro Mizumukai, Chun-ju Lin, Shigeru Tabeta, and Daisuke Kitazawa. "Predictions of Ecological Effects of Artificial Upwelling in Semi-Enclosed Bay and Enclosed Lake." In ASME 2009 28th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2009-79687.
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An apparatus, which mixes waters in upper and lower layers in density stratification and discharges the mixture at the middle depth, has made a remarkable success in enhancing water quality for ecosystems in a small semi-enclosed bay and an enclose lake in Japan. In this study, we conducted numerical simulations by using a three-dimensional tidal current model and an ecosystem model to predict the effects of the apparatus in two different waters: a larger semi-enclosed bay and an enclosed lake. Isahaya Bay in Ariake Sea was chosen as the former case to see how effectively the apparatus can reduce oxygen-deficient water, and Feng-Shan dam-lake located in South Taiwan represents the latter case, where we are interested in the effect of the apparatus on reduction of Microcystis aeruginosa, which is harmful blue-green alga and causes environmental problems in the neighbouring area. As a result, it is suggested that the apparatus averages temperature of water vertically in its vicinity and this increases phytoplankton in the lower layers resulting in reducing oxygen-deficient water in Isahaya Bay. However, it is not very effective in reducing the blue-green alga in the Taiwanese lake because the temperature in the lower layer is still preferable for the alga even after the mixing.
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Wagner, Cesar. "Techno-material and socio-environmental model for assessing urban sustainability." In Post-Oil City Planning for Urban Green Deals Virtual Congress. ISOCARP, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.47472/selq3804.
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The term “sustainable development” first appeared as part of discussions regarding the capacity of natural ecosystems to support the current model of economic growth, assuming a strong concern with the preservation of the planet's environmental structures. Initially, these concerns were conceived on a global scale, but soon the need to bring the discussions to the urban locus - the impact of large human agglomerations on the territory and its natural resources - was realized. Thus, the local scale gained importance, since most of the environmental problems originate in the local urban structures and through the lifestyle that they advocate. Cities are serious consumers and degraders of the natural ecosystem, waterproofing soils, polluting the atmosphere, altering the landscape and consuming resources. Based on studies produced by French geographer Cyria Emelianoff and Brazilian economist Henri Acselrad, on the systematization of different representations and practices in urban sustainability, this research paper aims to introduce the design and development of an evaluation model able to assess the degree of sustainability using a techno-material and socio-environmental set of criteria. This model is intended to serve as a benchmark for both the formulation and evaluation of plans, projects and public policies focused on genuine sustainable development.
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Kuznecov, S., and V. Nebol'sina. "GREEN ECONOMY AS A NEW COURSE OF MOVEMENT." In GREEN ECONOMY: IFOREST. FSBE Institution of Higher Education Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.34220/zeif2022_48-51.
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The green economy is an interpretation of the concept of sustainable development, which combines the issues of economic, social and environmental development. We are talking about creating an economic system structured taking into account environmental and social factors. This should reduce the burden on the environment, help preserve and restore natural ecosystems and increase natural capital. Also, the measures of the "green" economy imply reducing inequality, improving the quality of life, working conditions and accessibility of social services.
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Steimer, Fritz L., and Tobias Steimer. "Green E-Business." In 2010 4th IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies (DEST). IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/dest.2010.5610639.
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Kashani, Maryam H., Lyn Bartram, and Robert Woodbury. "Green Building Design as If People Mattered." In First International Symposium on Sustainable Human–Building Ecosystems. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784479681.019.
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Karaşah, Banu, and Derya Sarı. "Ecosystem Services Offered by Urban Green Areas." In 4th International Symposium on Innovative Approaches in Architecture, Planning and Design. SETSCI, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.36287/setsci.4.7.044.
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Tret'yakov, A., Anna Ivanova, and A. Burmistrov. "PRIORITIES OF RESEARCH PROGRAMS OF EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES IN THE FIELD OF FORESTRY." In GREEN ECONOMY: IFOREST. FSBE Institution of Higher Education Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.34220/zeif2022_122-128.
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The article analyzes the development of advanced scientific research on the basis of universities in a number of European countries. The directions of research programs and the potential of universities for their implementation are considered. It has been established that research programs of European universities are focused on the study of climate change and adaptation of forest ecosystems; biodiversity conservation and sustainable forest management, development of reforestation methods, including the creation of new varieties and species of trees, the development of innovative ways to combat forest diseases, control and protect forests. Promising practice-oriented areas of research are digital technologies and their application for monitoring and forest management.
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Baranova, Elena S. "CHANGING THE GREEN FUND OF CITIES AS A GEOECOLOGICAL PROBLEM OF LANDSCAPES." In Treshnikov readings – 2022 Modern geographical global picture and technology of geographic education. Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University named after I. N. Ulyanov, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.33065/978-5-907216-88-4-2022-18-19.
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The article deals with the problems of geological problems of landscapes. The greatly increased anthropogenic load has an unfavorable effect on the state of the ecological environment of urban ecosystems. One of the most rapidly responding indicators of changes in anthropogenic load is the flora of the urban environment. Green spaces as components of the green fund, I find myself under the influence of pollutants of a modern city change their qualitative characteristics.
Reports on the topic "Greek Ecosystems"
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Kirkpatrick, Erin. Green Mind Gray Yard: Micro Scale Assessment of Ecosystem Services. Portland State University Library, January 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.884.
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Jardine, Kolby. Green Ocean Amazon 2014/15 Terrestrial Ecosystem Project (Geco) Field Campaign Report. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), June 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1261177.
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Jardine, Kolby. Green Ocean Amazon 2014/15 Terrestrial Ecosystem Project (Geco) Field Campaign Report. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), June 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1834753.
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Banerjee, Onil, Kenneth J. Bagstad, Martin Cicowiez, Sebastian Dudek, and Darrel Perez. The IEEM Platform and Green Growth Evaluating the Economic and Ecosystem Service Impacts of Green Growth Strategies in Rwanda. Inter-American Development Bank, January 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002102.
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Pastorelli1, Gianluca, Anastasia Costantini, and Samuel Barco Serrano. Social and green economies in the Mena region. Liège: CIRIEC, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.25518/ciriec.wp202203.
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This working paper is based both on literature review and interviews to key informants and stakeholders from or active in the region conducted in the framework of various initiatives: research projects, peer-learning activities, support to networks, policy makers and entrepreneurs. These initiatives have been leading us to connect with the SSE ecosystems in the area called “Southern Neighbourhood” in a European (centric?) perspective. The rationale behind this exercise is an attempt to share a light on the state of play of the public policies and international initiatives bound to support the social and green economies showcasing some examples we consider particularly relevant.
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Price, Roz. Climate Adaptation: Lessons and Insights for Governance, Budgeting, and Accountability. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2022.008.
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This rapid review draws on literature from academic, policy and non-governmental organisation sources. There is a huge literature on climate governance issues in general, but less is known about effective support and the political-economy of adaptation. A large literature base and case studies on climate finance accountability and budgeting in governments is nascent and growing. Section 2 of this report briefly discusses governance of climate change issues, with a focus on the complexity and cross-cutting nature of climate change compared to the often static organisational landscape of government structured along sectoral lines. Section 3 explores green public financial management (PFM). Section 4 then brings together several principles and lessons learned on green PFM highlighted in the guidance notes. Transparency and accountability lessons are then highlighted in Section 5. The Key findings are: 1) Engaging with the governance context and the political economy of climate governance and financing is crucial to climate objectives being realised. 2) More attention is needed on whether and how governments are prioritising adaptation and resilience in their own operations. 3) Countries in Africa further along in the green PFM agenda give accounts of reform approaches that are gradual, iterative and context-specific, building on existing PFM systems and their functionality. 4) A well-functioning “accountability ecosystem” is needed in which state and non-state accountability actors engage with one another. 5) Climate change finance accountability systems and ecosystems in countries are at best emerging. 6) Although case studies from Nepal, the Philippines and Bangladesh are commonly cited in the literature and are seen as some of the most advanced developing country examples of green PFM, none of the countries have had significant examples of collaboration and engagement between actors. 7) Lessons and guiding principles for green PFM reform include: use the existing budget cycle and legal frameworks; ensure that the basic elements of a functional PFM system are in place; strong leadership of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and clear linkages with the overall PFM reform agenda are needed; smart sequencing of reforms; real political ownership and clearly defined roles and responsibilities; and good communication to stakeholders).
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Puongsopol, Kosintr, Shu Tian, and Satoru Yamadera. Developing the Sustainable Bond Market in ASEAN+3: Challenges and Opportunities. Asian Development Bank, November 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/brf220537.
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This brief highlights the potential for developing sustainable bond markets in the ASEAN+3 region and suggests ways forward. It notes that renewable energy and energy efficiency are seen as promising sectors for the development of green bonds. It suggests how policymakers and development partners can help expand the issuer base and increase local demand for sustainable bonds, increase project bankability, and create an enabling ecosystem.
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Perrault, Anne, and Stephen Leonard. The Green Climate Fund: Accomplishing a Paradigm Shift? Rights and Resources Initiative, October 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.53892/mkmz2578.
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The Green Climate Fund (GCF), established in 2010 at the 16th Conference of Parties (COP16) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is now the world’s largest climate financing institution. It has a current investment portfolio of 43 approved projects totaling around US$2 billion, and has 48 Accredited Entities (AEs) to support implementation, including UN agencies, banks, NGOs, and private companies. Through its investments, the GCF aims to achieve a paradigm shift in developing countries, toward low-emissions development and climate resilience. GCF investments must indicate whether and how they could impact Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and women who are most at risk from the adverse effects of climate change (e.g. via environmental and social management plans). These goals, however, are currently being challenged by inadequacies in the Fund’s policies and frameworks. GCF safeguards fail to recognize the critical contributions of rural peoples to the maintenance of ecosystem services that are essential to international climate and development objectives, and to offer adequate protection for their land and resource rights. Drawing on international standards and GCF policy documents, this report traces the adequacy and implementation effectiveness of the Fund’s current institutional frameworks across a representative sample of approved projects. Noting critical gaps in nearly every aspect of the Fund’s operational modalities and project approval processes, the report calls on the GCF to take progressive steps to make Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ rights a key part of its climate actions going forward.
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Perkins, Dustin. Invasive exotic plant monitoring at Dinosaur National Monument: Results of the 2019 field season on the Green River, and the third completed monitoring rotation. Edited by Alice Wondrak Biel. National Park Service, December 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2284627.
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Invasive exotic plant (IEP) species are a significant threat to natural ecosystem integrity and biodiversity, and controlling them is a high priority for the National Park Service. The Northern Colorado Plateau Network (NCPN) selected the early detection of IEPs as one of 11 monitoring protocols to be implemented as part of its long-term monitoring program. We also calculated a patch management index (PMI) to quantify the extent and density of invasive patches into a single value that helps identify the scale of the problem. Park managers can use this tool to help prioritize IEP treatment. At Dinosaur National Monument, the NCPN monitors IEPs in the Green and Yampa river corridors. This report summarizes data from monitoring on the Green River in 2019, and monitoring on the Yampa River in 2017, to represent the completion of the third monitoring rotation of the entire river corridor (2002–2005, 2010–2011, 2017–2019). During surveys conducted from June 26 to July 2, 2019, NCPN staff detected 12 priority IEP species and two non-priority species in a 84.6-hectare (209-acre) area along 74.4 kilometers of the Green River above (“upper”) and below (“low-er”) its confluence with the Yampa. A total of 2,535 IEP patches were detected. Of those patches, 24.2% and 15.6% were smaller than 40 m2 on the upper and lower Green River reaches, respectively. The patch management index (PMI) was low or very low for 95.7% of patches on the upper Green River and 90.9% of patches on the lower Green River. Tamarisk (Tamarix sp.), broad-leaf pepperwort (Lepidium latifolium), and yellow sweetclover (Meli-lotus officinalis) were the most widespread species. For the first time, NCPN monitoring detected teasel (Dipsacus sylvestris) on the upper Green River. Yellow sweetclover has increased on all three river reaches during the survey years. Musk thistle (Carduus nutans) was found at considerably lower levels than yellow sweetclover but has also increased on all three river reaches. Leafy spurge is increasing on the lower Green River and Yampa River. Cheatgrass was not monitored in the first rotation, but increased substantially in cover and percent frequency on all three river sections from 2010–2011 to 2017–2019. This increase may be due to a lack of recent high-flow scouring events. The highly regulated upper Green River generally has the highest number of IEPs, while the lower Green River has a moderate amount of IEPs. The largely unregulated flows of the Yampa River continue to result in a lower number of patches per kilometer, lower percent cover, and lower percent frequency than the upper or lower Green River. Network staff will return to the monument in 2022 to begin the fourth monitoring rotation.
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Fan, Mingyuan. A Holistic Ecosystem-Based Approach to Ecological Protection and Green Development: The Case of Huangshan in the People’s Republic of China (ADB Brief 189). Asian Development Bank, November 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/brf210425-3.
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中华人民共和国安徽黄山新安江生态保护和绿色发展项目在项目设计中运用了创新和开拓性的管理方法。该项目引入了现代概念和技术，其中最为显著的是两种结果导向型绿色融资工具，即（1）向采用了改善后的农场管理措施的农民提供现金补助；和（2）针对开展绿色业务的企业进行股权融资。上述基金建立在现有的生态补偿计划之上。其他措施包括推进海绵城市建设、引入城市雨水污染管理低影响开发项目，以及打造一个智能环保、健康、安全管理系统平台。