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Optimal and Sustainable Groundwater Extraction

Roumasset, James A.; Wada, Christopher A. - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 8, pp. 2676-2685

With climate change exacerbating over-exploitation, groundwater scarcity looms as an increasingly critical issue worldwide. Minimizing the adverse effects of scarcity requires optimal as well as sustainable patterns of groundwater management. We review the many sustainable paths for groundwater...

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Biofuels and the Lessons of Easter Island

Chaves, Antonio R. - In: Sustainability 1 (2009) 3, pp. 335-345

The return to land-based biofuels ignores the lessons of the past that led to the collapse of civilizations such as that of Easter Island. Even the more efficient ethanol feedstocks such as sugar cane and switchgrass can greatly worsen the environmental damage associated with agriculture because...

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The System Dynamics of Forest Cover in the Developing World: Researcher <em>Versus </em>Community Perspectives

Olabisi, Laura Schmitt - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 6, pp. 1523-1535

Efforts to increase forest cover in the developing world will only succeed if the root causes of deforestation are … addressed. Researchers designing reforestation initiatives tend to emphasize macro-level drivers of deforestation, about which …, but both illuminate critical aspects of the deforestation problem on the island. I conclude that reforestation initiatives …

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Remote Sensing Images to Detect Soy Plantations in the Amazon Biome—The Soy Moratorium Initiative

Rudorff, Bernardo F. T.; Adami, Marcos; Risso, Joel; … - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 5, pp. 1074-1088

The Soy Moratorium is an initiative to reduce deforestation rates in the Amazon biome based on the hypothesis that soy … is a deforestation driver. Soy planted in opened areas after July 24th, 2006 cannot be commercialized by the associated … deforestation driver. The quantitative geospatial information provided by an effective monitoring approach is paramount to the …

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Optimal Water Resources Allocation under the Constraint of Land Use in the Heihe River Basin of China

Wang, Zhanqi; Yang, Jun; Deng, Xiangzheng; Lan, Xi - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 2, pp. 1558-1575

In recent years, water scarcity and irrational utilization have become the pivotal issues for the sustainable development of river basins in China. This paper attempts to propose a new perspective for the optimization of water resources allocation in a typical river basin. In order to conduct an...

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Influence of Agricultural Practices on Biotic Production Potential and Climate Regulation Potential. A Case Study for Life Cycle Assessment of Soybean (<i>Glycine max</i>) in Argen...

Piastrellini, Roxana; Civit, Bárbara María; Arena, … - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 4, pp. 4386-4410

The aim of this study is to determine the impact potential of land use on biotic production and climate regulation in the agricultural phase of a product, taking into account the varied soil and crop management. Land occupation and transformation impacts of soybean production in Argentina for...

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Territorial Analysis of the Agricultural Terraced Landscapes of Tuscany (Italy): Preliminary Results

Agnoletti, Mauro; Conti, Leonardo; Frezza, Lorenza; … - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 4, pp. 4564-4581

Terraced areas have existed in Italy since ancient times, and they continue to be characteristic elements of the cultural identity of the country. The progressive abandonment of rural areas and farmland that began in the 1960s has led to the disintegration and disappearance of many terraces,...

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Evolution of Sustainability in American Forest Resource Management Planning in the Context of the American Forest Management Textbook

Straka, Thomas J. - In: Sustainability 1 (2009) 4, pp. 838-854

American forest resource management and planning goes back to the European roots of American Forestry. Timber management plans, documents based on forest regulation for timber production, were the foundation of American forestry. These types of management plans predominated until World War II....

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Monitoring Land Use: Capturing Change through an Information Fusion Approach

Altaweel, Mark R.; Alessa, Lilian N.; Kliskey, Andrew D.; … - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 5, pp. 1182-1203

Social and environmental factors affecting land use change are among the most significant drivers transforming the planet. Such change has been and continues to be monitored through the use of satellite imagery, aerial photography, and technical reports. While these monitoring tools are useful...

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Sustainability and Urban Dynamics: Assessing Future Impacts on Ecosystem Services

Deal, Brian; Pallathucheril, Varkki - In: Sustainability 1 (2009) 3, pp. 346-362

Sustainable management of a region’s critical and valued ecosystem resources requires an understanding about how these resource systems might function into the future. In urbanized areas, this requires the ability to frame the role of resources within the context of urban dynamics and the...

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