Essays about: "Whole catchment"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 15 essays containing the words Whole catchment.

  1. 11. A Social Network Perspective on the Governance of Green and Blue Water Resources : A Case Study of the Mkindo Catchment, Tanzania

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Christian Stein; [2010]
    Keywords : social network analysis; water resource governance; Mkindo; Tanzania;

    Abstract : In this study social network analysis is used to empirically map out existing collaborative social networks influencing water governance in the Mkindo catchment, in Tanzania. I assess how existing social networks may affect the capacity to govern water and explore how knowledge about these networks can be used to facilitate more effective or adaptive water resources management. READ MORE

  3. 12. Impact of vegetation on soil and lake DOC and δ13C

    University essay from Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Stina Eriksson; [2009]
    Keywords : vegetation; soil; interactions;

    Abstract : The climate change is expected to affect especially alpine areas negatively, replacing the alpine flora with subalpine forest. The understanding of how vegetation influences total organic carbon (TOC) in soil, streams and lakes in alpine and subalpine areas will lead to a better understanding of the effects of climate change, and will also increase the knowledge of the ecotone as a whole. READ MORE

  4. 13. Improvement of the WATBAL model for till soil hydrology with application to heavy metal transport

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Environmental Assessment

    Author : Claudia Teutschbein; [2008]
    Keywords : WATBAL; soil water model; till soils; hydrological uxes; rooting zone; heavy metal transport; integrated monitoring;

    Abstract : In environmental research, the movement, accumulation and dissolving of pollutants are often of great interest. An important field of investigation is, for instance, the transport of heavy metals - such as cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and mercury (Hg) - through the soil. READ MORE

  5. 14. Is there a link between forestry and the decline of the freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera in central Sweden?

    University essay from Fakulteten för samhälls- och livsvetenskaper

    Author : Alice Jensen; [2007]
    Keywords : ecology; forestry; Sweden; mussel; freshwater pearl mussel; GIS; ekologi; skogsbruk; Sverige; mussla; flodpärlmussla; GIS;

    Abstract : The freshwater pearl mussel, Margaritifera margaritifera, is a species in decline throughout its entire range in Europe and North America. In Sweden, the species has disappeared from one third of the watercourses it was found in a century ago, and recruitment occurs in only one third of the approximately 400 populations of mussels remaining. READ MORE

  6. 15. Estimation of the soil moisture distribution in the Tamne River Basin, Upper East Region, Ghana

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Per Asserup; Martin Eklöf; [2000]
    Keywords : physical geography; soil Moisture; wetness index; topography; hydrological modelling; GIS; geographical information systems; geomorphology; pedology; cartography; climatology; naturgeografi; geomorfologi; marklära; kartografi; klimatologi; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Northern Ghana experiences one dry season per year, but severe droughts may occur more infrequently. This is of concern to the local farmers of the Tamne River Basin (northeast Ghana) who depend on adequate rainfall amounts during the rainy season. Unfavourable precipitation amounts may lead to catastrophic consequences. READ MORE