Environmental research and management organizations are mutually dependent when it comes to produce use knowledge in favor of responsible action an increasingly uncertain world. Still, science practice interfacing remains a challenge implementing sustaining collaborative process. In this paper, we develop descriptive framework study the coevolution scientific planning activities embedded territ...

There is a strong mutuality between tourism and environment via the creation of feedback mechanisms, since tourism often places adverse effects upon the quality and quantity of natural and cultural resources of the destination, leading to its qualitative and quantitative degradation. Within theEnvironmental Impacts Assessment (EIA) studies, various methods have been proposed to assess and analy...

Highlights of GAO-09-36, a report to congressional requesters As highway congestion continues to be a problem in many areas, states are looking to construct or expand highway projects. When a state department of transportation (DOT) receives federal funding for highway projects from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the projects must comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (N...