Geomorphological hazards in a Mediterranean mountain environment - Example of Tétouan, Morocco

Climate forcing of geological and geomorphological hazards.

The 12 research papers and two summaries of conference discussion sessions contained in this Theme Issue build upon presentations and dialogue at the Third Johnston–Lavis Colloquium held at University College London in September 2009. The meeting brought together delegates from the UK, Europe and the USA to address the issue of climate forcing of geological and geomorphological hazards, with a ...

Identifying Landslide Hazards in a Tropical Mountain Environment, Using Geomorphologic and Probabilistic Approaches

Title of Document: IDENTIFYING LANDSLIDE HAZARDS IN A TROPICAL MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT, USING GEOMORPHOLOGIC AND PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES José Gregorio Roa-Lobo PhD, 2007 Directed By: Prof. Michael Kearney, Department of Geography The objective of this study is the performance, assessing, comparison and validation of a set of three landslide hazard maps: The geomorphological, the multicriteria eva...

Seed yield and oil quality of perennial castor bean in a Mediterranean environment

ewline"> Castor (Ricinus communis L.) is an oilseed species, which in southern Italy iscultivated as annual during the spring-summer period under irrigation, but in mosttemperate areas such as those of eastern coast of Sicily, it could be grown as semiperennial with no irrigation, by the adoption of autumnal sowings. A fieldexperiment was conducted in southeastern Sicily with the aim of assessi...

Pharmaceutical Pollution in the Environment and Health Hazards

Reproduction of an early-flowering Mediterranean mountain narrow endemic (Armeria caespitosa) in a contracting mountain island.

Reproduction at population lower edges is important for plant species persistence, especially in populations on contracting high-mountain islands. In this context, the ability of plants to reproduce in different microhabitats seems to be important to guarantee seed production in stressful environments, such as Mediterranean high mountains. We hypothesised that the warmer and drier conditions at...