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Analysing the impact of demographic development on sustainability via infrastructure networks

Geske, Joachim; Kuckshinrichs, Wilhelm; Kronenberg, Tobias - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 11 (2011) 3/4, pp. 310-335

Within the next decades unprecedented demographic changes (ageing and population decrease) will impact on most developed and with delay developing nations. The resulting changes in age structure and geographical distribution are expected to cause substantial adjustments. We present an analysis...

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Application of a catchment water quality model for an East-Australian catchment

Hossain, Iqbal; Imteaz, Monzur Alam; Hossain, Mohammed Iqbal - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 12 (2012) 2/3/4, pp. 242-255

This paper presents the calibration of a catchment water quality model developed for the continuous simulation of …

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Runoff model validation for large-scale afforestation in arid land

Tabuchi, Hironori; Tanaka, Naoki; Koyanagi, Suguru; … - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 12 (2012) 2/3/4, pp. 282-292

As a countermeasure against global warming, large scale afforestation of arid land which is hardly used for crop cultivation has been receiving attention. By large scale afforestation, atmospheric CO2 will be fixed into plants. In arid land, however, most of the rainwater is lost by runoff and...

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Environmental transfers against global warming: a credit-based program

Matsueda, Norimichi; Futagami, Koichi; Shibata, Akihisa - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 6 (2006) 1, pp. 47-72

simulation indicates that a credit-based transfer program can be more beneficial for a recipient country as well as for a donor …

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Ability of global climate models at a regional scale over Australia

Perkins, Sarah E.; Pitman, Andy J.; Holbrook, Neil J.; … - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 7 (2007) 4, pp. 275-287

Change (IPCC). Our evaluation is focused on twelve regions of Australia for the daily simulation of precipitation, minimum …

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