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Manfree, Amber Dawn. "Landscape Change in Suisun Marsh." Thesis, University of California, Davis, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3646341.

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<p> Suisun Marsh is a 470 km<sup>2</sup> wetland situated between the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and San Pablo Bay in the San Francisco Estuary. Today, about 80 percent of the marsh plain is privately owned by duck hunting clubs and managed in accordance with conservation agreements. A complex network of sloughs weaves through the Marsh, providing habitat for numerous aquatic species. Together the waterways and marsh plain support a stunning array of species, provide exurban open space, and are increasingly called upon to meet regional conservation objectives. The Marsh is vulnerable to sea

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Odoni, Nicholas Alan. "Exploring equifinality in a landscape evolution model." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2007. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/153687/.

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Model equifinality is the property by which very similar model outputs can be generated by many different combinations of model inputs. It is known in numerical models used in other disciplines, and is thought to be likely in landscape evolution models (“LEMs”) also, as they incorporate many process parameters of uncertain value. LEM equifinality, if pervasive, would be a serious obstacle to falsifying working hypotheses and would frustrate landscape evolution research, but to date it has not been quantified. This is attempted here, by sampling a LEM’s response in its parameter space. A well k

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Cosco, Nilda Graciela. "Motivation to move : physical activity affordances in preschool play areas." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/5904.

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The goal of this study is to investigate the association between different types of play area design and level of physical activity of 3-5 year old children. Rationale 1. The majority of USA children are in some type of childcare provision. 2. The childcare centre is the highest predictor of preschool physical activity. 3. Being outdoors is the strongest correlate of physical activity. Three childcare centres in North Carolina, USA, were selected to carry out the study (n=90). A variety of methods were used to establish sample comparability: Early Childhood Attention Deficit Disorder Scale EC-

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DeVault, J. Ross. "Active and restorative campus: designing a garden street for student’s mental and physical well-being." Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/19238.

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Master of Landscape Architecture<br>Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning<br>Hyung Jin Kim<br>A significant decline of mental and physical health exists within college students today (ACHA, 2014; Gallagher, 2006). Recently, to promote mental health, restorative landscapes have emerged as a trend in healthcare environments by formalizing the healing properties of nature within a designed environment. Humans have been shown to undergo a measurable relief of stress, improved attention, and an improved overall sense of well-being when exposed to a restorative landsca

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Biscaro, André Scatena Arriaga Francisco J. "Management and landscape variability effects on selected coastal plain soil physical properties." Auburn, Ala, 2008. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/EtdRoot/2008/SPRING/Agronomy_and_Soils/Thesis/Biscaro_Andre_51.pdf.

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Thomas, Alexis. "An Analysis of the Physical and Cultural Landscape of Grand Isle, Louisiana." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2016. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2193.

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The town of Grand Isle, Louisiana, and its rich geographic history, can offer insight into the early history of the State of Louisiana and the establishment of the United States as a country, as well as the study of the formation of barrier islands and methods of land use with such areas. The following thesis presents a geographic, as well as a historical, analysis of Grand Isle’s history. It attempts to answer the following questions: What is the shape, form, and origin of the physical landscape of Grand Isle? How have humans interacted with the land and surrounding areas of Grand Isle? And w

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Skirvin, Susan. "Vegetation distributions in semi-arid environments: Spatial analysis for climate and landscape characterization." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280033.

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Spatially explicit knowledge of land cover is increasingly important for environmental modeling and decision support for land managers. Such knowledge is often provided over large regions by thematic maps produced from remotely sensed satellite data. Remote sensing of vegetation in semi-arid areas is complicated, however, by high levels of landscape spatial heterogeneity, resulting in large part from spatially varying soils, topography, and microclimates. Increased understanding of spatial distributions of vegetation and the factors affecting them will enhance our ability to inventory and moni

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Xia, Dongzhi. "Designing Tools For A Shifting Landscape." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-105785.

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By investigating the existing prototyping tools and emerging technological paradigms, this thesis contributes a new flow-based visual programming software called Glue which makes prototyping physical interactions and connected experiences easier for designers without a strong technical background. With overwhelming new technologies and interconnected disciplines, more designers learn technical know-how and build technical prototypes to better explore and evaluate concepts. However, most existing prototyping tools are still engineering-oriented and their ways of introducing programming and elec

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McConaghy, Julia Ann. "Shrinking space : the impact of tourism and development on cultural and physical landscape /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1989. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arm129.pdf.

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Peifer, Bezerra Daniel. "The pattern and style of landscape evolution in post-orogenic settings." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2018. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/30680/.

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Machfudh, Ir. "The Role of Landscape Structures and Their Cumulative Impacts on Spatio Dynamic of Soil Phosphorus /." The Ohio State University, 1996. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu148793235105738.

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Rowe, David Charles. "Relationships of fish assemblages, instream physical habitat, and landscape characteristics of wadeable Iowa streams." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2007.

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Elliott, Lewis Roland. "Physical activity in natural environments : importance of environmental quality, landscape type and promotional materials." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/22411.

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Physical inactivity and disconnection from natural environments threatens human health. However, research has demonstrated that natural environments potentially support health-enhancing physical activity which could confer greater physical and mental health benefits than physical activity in other types of environment. This thesis approached the study of physical activity in natural environments through three related pieces of research. Firstly, an experimental study was carried out to explore how the presence of litter in beach environments affected psychophysiological responses to exercise.

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Parfenova, Tatiana Valentinovna. "An Approach to Improve Coastal Resilience Through Design of Physical Components of a Recreational Trail. A Master Plan for the Mississippi Coastal Heritage Trail." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366387454.

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Towne, Douglas Clark 1962. "THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IRRIGATED FARMLAND DECLINE AND PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE FACTORS: A SPATIAL ANALYSIS (SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA)." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276375.

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Flood, Jessica Scarlett. "Foot-and-mouth disease epidemiology in relation to the physical, social and demographic farming landscape." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/20376.

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The foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus poses a considerable threat both to farmers and to the wider economy should there be a future incursion into the UK. The most recent large-scale FMD epidemic in the UK was in 2001. Mathematical models were developed and used during this epidemic to aid decision-making about how to most effectively control and eliminate it. While the epidemic was eventually brought to a halt, it resulted in a huge loss of livestock and is estimated to have cost the UK economy around ¿6 billion. The mathematical models predicted the overall spatial spread of FMD well, but h

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Hayes-Bohanan, James Kezar 1963. "Deforestation in Rondonia, Brazil: Frontier urbanization and landscape change." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/288864.

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Between 1960 and 1991, the population of Rondonia, Brazil increased from 70,000 to 1.3 million. This increase occurred during the thirty-year period bracketing the rise to statehood, during which a rural population also became largely urban. Simultaneously, the loss of tropical rain forest in the state progressed at unparalleled rates. This dissertation examines some of the ways in which these two rapidly changing aspects of Rondonia's landscape are related to each other. The research project employs a framework grounded in realist philosophy, a flexible approach that facilitates research into

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Koch, David E. "Landscape epidemiology of hantavirus in the Atlantic Forest of Paraguay." Diss., Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/6686.

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Doctor of Philosophy<br>Department of Geography<br>Douglas G. Goodin<br>Hantaviruses are zoonotic, RNA viruses that are harbored by muroid rodents of the families Muridae and Cricetidae. While the virus is endemic, and mostly non-symptomatic in its rodent reservoirs, when humans contact the virus it can result in serious disease. My purpose in this dissertation is to investigate the effect that landscape patterns and land cover condition can have on pathogen prevalence in a hantavirus reservoir species (Akodon montensis) within the Atlantic Forest region of Eastern Paraguay and to investigat

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Slocum, Kevin R. "Coastal zone landscape classification using remote sensing and model development." W&M ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539616857.

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Coastal zone landscape characterization and empirical model development were evaluated using multi-spectral airborne imagery. Collectively, four projects are described that address monitoring and classification issues common to the resource management community. Chapter 1 discusses opportunities for remote sensing. Chapter 2 examines spectral and spatial image resolution requirements, as well as training sample selection methods required for accurate landscape classification. Classification accuracy derived from 25nm imagery with 4m pixel sizes outperformed 70nm imagery with 1m pixel sizes. Ei

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Kelly, Sara Ann. "River Hydrology, Morphology, and Dynamics in an Intensively Managed, Transient Landscape." DigitalCommons@USU, 2019. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7479.

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Rivers create beautiful patterns and provide drinking water to millions. However an alarming number of rivers in the US and globally are threatened by excess sediment and nutrients. Agricultural rivers draining erodible soils are particularly vulnerable. Rivers of southern Minnesota provide a unique opportunity to study water and sediment dynamics in a naturally vulnerable system. Sediment reduction strategies are needed to ensure biological integrity and adequate water quality. Here, I address the questions: 1) have climate, land use practices, or both affected streamflows in Midwest agricult

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Ward, Raymond. "Landscape and ecological modelling : development of a plant community prediction tool for Estonian coastal wetlands." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2012. https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/37b928df-19dc-48f5-aad8-08398383fb95.

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Estonian coastal wetlands are of international importance as they support characteristic biological diversity. Their limited extent and distribution mean that these wetlands are of high conservation concern, and as such have been identified as a priority in the European Union Habitats Directive. These wetlands are typified by a flat, extensive landscape, situated between the micro-tidal «0.02m), brackish Baltic Sea and a forest interior. Due to the low relief these wetlands may be under threat from sea level rise. This research consisted of four studies: (i) to determine and quantify the relat

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Redwine, Angela. "REPRODUCTION AND FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE OF CORNUS FLORIDA ACROSS AN URBAN LANDSCAPE GRADIENT." VCU Scholars Compass, 2013. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3136.

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Urbanization greatly alters plant and pollinator communities and can affect pollinator movement and subsequent gene flow. Plants persisting in urban areas must adjust to local environmental conditions often different from those in which they naturally evolved, and cultivation techniques for landscaping species have developed traits suitable for existence in urban habitats. Cultivated varieties and native conspecifics often exist in geographic proximity, and if pollinator movement is not blocked by urban structural components, functional differences may negatively impact spatially proximate nat

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Skog, Lindsay Ann. "Beyul Khumbu: Sherpa Constructions of a Sacred Landscape." PDXScholar, 2010. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2183.

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Khumbu, part of Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park in eastern Nepal and an UNESCO World Heritage site, is home to the Sherpa people, ethnic Tibetan Buddhists who migrated to the region more than 500 years ago. Sherpas animate the landscape with localized water, tree, rock, and land spirits, identify sacred mountains, mainly associated with the Bönpo and Tibetan yullha traditions, and some view the landscape as a beyul, a sacred place and hidden valley protecting Buddhist people and beliefs in times of turmoil and need. These beliefs protect the natural environment through religious practic

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Miller, Scott Ruthardt 1973. "Landscape development of the Transantarctic Mountains, Shackleton Glacier area, Antarctica: An integration of structural geology, geomorphology, and apatite fission-track thermochronology." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278646.

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Models of the evolution of the modern Transantarctic Mountains, the uplifted flank of the West Antarctic rift system, require constraints on the timing, magnitude, and spatial pattern of surface uplift, rock uplift, denudation, and faulting. This study presents a model of Cenozoic landscape development for the Shackleton Glacier area (85°S, 176°W) by integrating structural geologic, geomorphologic, and apatite fission-track thermochronologic (AFTT) methods. Cenozoic denudation (up to 5-6 km) began ∼50 Ma near the Ross Ice Shelf coast and migrated inland by escarpment retreat, as evidenced in t

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Shao, Yang Walsh Stephen J. "Mapping and modeling the urban landscape in Bangkok, Thailand physical-spectral-spatial relations of population-environmental interactions /." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,1181.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007.<br>Title from electronic title page (viewed Mar. 27, 2008). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Geography." Discipline: Geography; Department/School: Geography.

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Artigas, Francisco J. "The effect of landscape structure and change on fluxes of materials and water between patches of different ecosystem types in the Hocking Hills of Ohio /." The Ohio State University, 1993. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487841548269733.

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Juniper, Michael P. N. "Dynamics of driven colloidal systems in one-dimensional potential energy landscapes." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:4319222a-72bf-4390-a134-fc9fb8fd2515.

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The dynamics of colloidal particles driven over optical potential energy landscapes is studied. Experiments are conducted using colloids driven by solvent flow or piezo-stage, optical tweezers, magnetic fields, and video-microscopy. Firstly, the properties of optical traps and potential energy landscapes are determined using driven colloidal particles and clusters. The trap stiffness and potential depth of single Gaussian traps are measured directly. It is shown that the nature of optical potential energy landscapes may be fully engineered and predicted using a sum of single Gaussian potential

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Vukomanovic, Jelena. "Exurbia as Physical and Social Space: Landscape Drivers and Ecological Impacts of Amenity Migration in the New West." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/293426.

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The American West, once characterized by open spaces, low population densities, and the dominance of primary sector activities, is experiencing high rates of population growth related to amenity migration. Those same natural amenities that attract migration are often degraded by housing growth and associated development; however the extent of impacts and the specific features of the environment that attract amenity migration are poorly understood. This change in land use was investigated by first examining the impacts of exurbanization on three ecosystem indicators (fire hazard, water availabi

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Rose, Katelyn. "Literature in the landscape: designing public parks to encourage outdoor exploration, activity and reading for elementary school-aged children." Kansas State University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/35428.

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Master of Landscape Architecture<br>Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning<br>Anne E. Beamish<br>Landscape architects have an opportunity to design outdoor environments that promote exploration and physical activity for elementary school students in an effort to combat childhood obesity and nature deficit disorder, while reinforcing the importance of reading. By layering themes from classic children’s literature into the landscape surrounding the Andover Public Library, a landscape was designed where children can explore physically and intellectually while being a

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Tanner, Nicholas F. "Relationship Between the Built Environment, Physical Activity, and Chronic Disease Among Individuals with Disabilities in Rural Communities." DigitalCommons@USU, 2017. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6714.

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Increased risk for chronic disease is closely associated with individual nutrition, tobacco use, and physical inactivity. This thesis focuses on physical activity as a means of preventing select chronic diseases. A major barrier preventing engagement in physical activity is the built environment. Populations residing in rural environment are not afforded the abundance of opportunities for physical activity prevalent in most urban networks. Of the demographic living in rural environments, individuals with disability face additional barriers to physical activity than those without disability. Th

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Lupro, Michael Mooradian. "Signs of Popular Ecology in the Ecotourism Landscape Near Tikal National Park, Guatemala." PDXScholar, 2000. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2453.

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Ecotourism is a common conservation and development strategy in the Maya, Forest region. New sites of ecotourism consumption, such as El Rematé near Tikal National Park in Guatemala, are developing in response to consumer demand for budget accommodations in this attractive cultural and natural setting. This study analyzes new ecotourism infrastructure developments in El Rematé for signs that this tourism draws on ecological imagery as expressed in popular media - or popular ecology - not on the natural and cultural ecology of the region that is the target of international conservation efforts.

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Dawes, Les A. "Role of soil physical and chemical characteristics and landscape factors in defining soil behaviour under long term wastewater dispersal." Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16297/.

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The use of on-site wastewater treatment systems for the treatment and dispersal of domestic effluent is common in urban fringe areas which are not serviced by centralised wastewater collection systems. However, due to inappropriate siting and inadequate evaluation of soil characteristics, the failure of these systems has become a common scenario. The current standards and guidelines adopted by many local authorities for assessing suitable site and soil conditions for on-site dispersal areas are coming under increasing scrutiny due to the public health and environmental impacts caused by poorly

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Kapoor, Mohit. "Story of two villages : physical, social and economic analysis of the landscape of Darkot and Sharmoli (Uttarakhand, Himalayan India)." Thesis, Paris 10, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PA100031/document.

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La thèse constitue une analyse physique, sociale et économique du paysage de deux villages himalayens de l’Inde (Uttarakhand) : Darkot et Sharmoli, par rapport au bourg voisin de Munsiyari qui jouit de fonctions administratives, commerciales et touristiques. Sharmoli est plus proche de Munsiyari, tandis que Darkot est distant de 7 km, et à une altitude plus basse. 173 ménages furent enquêtés. Les villages sont peuplés de Bhotias (classés Scheduled Tribes mais hindous de haute caste), Thakurs (haute caste) et ex-intouchables (Scheduled Castes). Les Bhotias pratiquaient le commerce avec le Tibet

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Andréen, Sigrid. "The development of landscape structures affecting biodiversity in the Hanveden and Tyresta green wedges." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-120849.

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The green wedges of Stockholm are meant to support a high level of biodiversity as well as cultural and recreational services but evaluating the spatial development of the wedges is difficult because their delineation has changed since they were first used in a regional development plan. This study examines a part of the Hanveden and Tyresta wedges in southern Stockholm, with the goal to use robust ecological theory to evaluate the development of the wedges from 1992 until today with focus on conserving a high level of biodiversity. Using an already existing GIS-based method of identifying con

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Stone, David John Fiander. "Mutually assured construction : Æthelflæd's burhs, landscapes of defence and the physical legacy of the unification of England, 899-1016." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/30082.

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This thesis examines the physical legacy left by the unification of the Kingdom of England during the tenth century, and seeks to redress the way in which the Kingdom of Mercia is often overlooked or discounted in the traditional historical narrative. It principally examines the means by which Æthelflæd of Mercia extended political and military control over the West Midlands, both in terms of physical infrastructure and through ‘soft’ power in terms of economic control and material culture. It uses landscape archaeology, artefactual and textual evidence to compare Mercia with its ally, Wessex,

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Martin, Kevin Scott. "Comparing Twenty-Four Years of Forest Change in Two Communities of Mexico's Meseta Purépecha Using Multi-Spectral Satellite Imagery." PDXScholar, 2004. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2428.

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The Meseta Purepecha, a volcanic plateau in the Mexican state of Michoacan, is home to one of the most species-rich pine forests in the world. Recent increases in demand for forest products has put added pressure on these resources. Though existing research has suggested significant deforestation in the Meseta, there is little information identifying specific areas of decline. This study focuses on two indigenous communities in the Meseta-Pichataro and Sevina. Both communities have long relied on wood as an economic resource. However, the two communities have reacted differently to increased d

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Guzman, Jose German. "Effects of landscape position and age of reconstructed prairies in previously cultivated land on soil carbon dynamics and physical properties." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2008.

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SOUZA, JULIANA MARTINS DE. "PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A LANDSLIDE IN SÃO PEDRO DA SERRA AND ITS INFLUENCES ON THE LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATION AT NOVA FRIBURGO, RJ." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2014. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=24385@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO<br>Com um olhar atento à dinâmica e transformação das paisagens, este estudo visa contribuir para o entendimento dos processos que desencadeiam o movimento de massa da tipologia escorregamentos na bacia do rio São Pedro, no distrito de São Pedro da Serra, área tipicamente rural do município de Nova Friburgo. Para a realização deste estudo, em uma encosta foi realizado um levantamento de pontos onde ocorreram movimentos de massa na região e depois construído um diagnóstico dos mesmos. A partir de então, foi escolhida uma encosta que apresentava

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Lundberg, Malin. "Classification and structural connectivity of urban vegetation : A comparative study using different datasets." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-159885.

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Urban greenspace has an important role in supporting biodiversity and providing structural and functional connectivity between natural habitats. However, the mapping of vegetation in urban areas presents challenges, as urban vegetation is highly fragmented and heterogeneous. This study compared maps with respect to their strengths and weaknesses in providing ecologically relevant information in an urban area with the purpose to find how useful they are for local planning. The study took place in the urban part of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County, Ireland. The maps analysed were the Urban Atlas 20

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Cosgrove, Christopher. "Environmental Controls on Snow Cover Thickness and Water Equivalent in Two Sub-Arctic Mountain Catchments." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-253186.

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The spatial variability of snow cover characteristics (depth, density, and snow water equivalent [SWE]) has paramount importance for the management of water resources in mountain environments. Passive microwave (PM) inference of SWE from space-borne instrumentation is increasingly used but the reliability of this technique remains limited in mountainous areas. Complex topography and the transition between forest and alpine tundra vegetation zones create large spatial heterogeneities in the snowpack in such environments. A better understanding of the factors that control these heterogeneities i

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Christensen, Keith M. "The Impact of the Physical Environment on the Social Integration of Individuals with Disabilities in Community." DigitalCommons@USU, 2010. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/720.

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Social integration in community is especially important for individuals with disabilities well-being. Although individuals with disabilities reside within the community's physical environment, they are often marginalized in the social environment. This may be the result of individuals with disabilities residing in physical environments that negatively affect opportunities for integration in the social environment. However, there has been little investigation to understand the impact of the physical environment on the social integration of individuals with disabilities in community. The purp

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Hopkins, Chelsea Elizabeth. "Beryllium-10 derived erosion rates from the Hangay Mountains, Mongolia: landscape evolution in a periglacially-dominated continental interior." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45799.

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Terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides such as beryllium-10 have recently been used as a way to determine basin-average erosion rates around the world. These erosion rates are useful to geomorphologists investigating landscape evolution. The Hangay Mountains in Mongolia are a prime location to use beryllium-10 because of the granitic rocks that provide the quartz needed for cosmogenic analysis as well as the lack of observed evidence of recent or old mass wasting events that mobilize sediment and bedrock with much lower cosmogenic concentrations that cause underestimations of erosion rates. Basin-av

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Ågren, Anneli. "Seasonal variation and landscape regulation of dissolved organic carbon concentrations and character in Swedish boreal streams." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1374.

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The seasonal variation and landscape regulation of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations in streams have been studied in two watersheds in the boreal zone. The seasonal variation was found to be highly correlated to variations in runoff. An increase in runoff was always accompanied with an increase in DOC concentration. However, there were indications that the TOC concentration was restricted by the soil TOC pool during snowmelt. The main factors affecting DOC exports varied between seasons. During winter baseflow the spatial variation in DOC exports was strongly influenced by wetland

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Landrum, Carla. "MAPPING AND DECOMPOSING SCALE-DEPENDENT SOIL MOISTURE VARIABILITY WITHIN AN INNER BLUEGRASS LANDSCAPE." UKnowledge, 2013. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/pss_etds/34.

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There is a shared desire among public and private sectors to make more reliable predictions, accurate mapping, and appropriate scaling of soil moisture and associated parameters across landscapes. A discrepancy often exists between the scale at which soil hydrologic properties are measured and the scale at which they are modeled for management purposes. Moreover, little is known about the relative importance of hydrologic modeling parameters as soil moisture fluctuates with time. More research is needed to establish which observation scales in space and time are optimal for managing soil moist

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Barbour, Frank Shaw. "Recreation as destination how a public recreation space influences physical activity in a low-income neighborhood in a small Mississippi town /." Master's thesis, Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2008. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-11092007-115745.

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Weiss, Niels. "Permafrost carbon in a changing Arctic : On periglacial landscape dynamics, organic matter characteristics, and the stability of a globally significant carbon pool." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-142586.

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Organic matter (OM) in arctic permafrost ground contains about twice as much carbon (C) as is currently present in the atmosphere. Climate change is particularly strong in the Arctic, and could cause a considerable part of the OM in permafrost to thaw out, decompose, and be released as greenhouse gases; further enhancing global warming. The exact size of the northern circumpolar C pool remains unclear, and processes that control decomposition and mineralization rates are even more uncertain. Superimposed on the long-term release of C through microbial decomposition of OM in the gradually deepe

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Thörner, Rebecca. "Reintroducing Old Uppsala : Tillägg i Gamla Uppsalas natur- och kulturlandskap." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-223476.

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Examensarbetet har dels haft en övergripande skala i form av utarbetande av program utifrån de reella utmaningar som platsens olika aktörer står inför, och dels ett gestaltande genom tillägg. Utmaningarna som projektet har sökt finna svar på utgår från fyra aspekter. • Upplandsmuseet och Riksantikvarieämbetet som driver Gamla Uppsala museum, visar områdets långa historia med fynd från järnåldern, har i en rapport identifierat att byggnaden är ritad för permanenta utställningar vilket gör det svårt att förändra den och kunna förmedla det snabbt växande kunskapsläget. • Riksantikvarieämbetet och

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Cary, Melissa A. "Making Music Sustainable: The Case of Marketing Summer Jamband Festivals in the U.S., 2010." TopSCHOLAR®, 2012. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1206.

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Commercial music festivals in the United States have been growing in popularity since the 1960s. Today, many weekend-long music festivals are annual events spanning a variety of genres and often occur at the same locations each year. My research compares and contrasts how jamband music festivals are marketed as sustainable events and attempts to determine how the advertised sustainable practices are implemented and utilized at selected jamband music venues. The jamband genre of music emphasizes musical improvisation and borrows from other styles of music: rock, electronic, jazz, blues, folk, a

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Winslow, Jane Futrell. "Intersecting public health and public space: an analysis of two fitness parks in Louisville, Kentucky." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4330.

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Master of Landscape Architecture<br>Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning<br>Stephanie A. Rolley<br>Complex issues and exciting opportunities lie at the intersection of public health and park design. One component of the recently emerging field of design for active living explores the relationship between design and physical activity as part of a transdisciplinary area of study. This study provides the opportunity to view the design strategies that landscape architects have used to design parks through a lens of promoting physical activity. The purpose of thi

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Mathers, Hannah. "The impact of the Minch palaeo-ice stream in NW Scotland : constraining glacial erosion and landscape evolution through geomorphology and cosmogenic nuclide analysis." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2014. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5302/.

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The British-Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) is predicted to have deglaciated rapidly from ~ 18 ka, in response to rising sea level and temperature, similar forcings experienced by modern polar ice sheets. As the main conduits of ice mass loss, the reaction of ice streams to these forcings is thought to have been central in determining the mode and timing of this deglaciation. However, lack of understanding of ice stream influence on the glaciology and deglaciation of ice sheets limits confidence in ice sheet model predictions. NW Scotland is an area of the last BIIS predicted to have been dominated by

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