Objective: The aim of this study is to provide a management plan for the Sykan watershed of Darre shahr city located in Ilam province using GIS in land use planning. Methods: For land using of Sykan watershed of Ilam province with about 9 hectares area, map of classes, elevation, percent slope, geographical aspects, soil characteristics, vegetation density and the final map units were combined ...

This study focuses on the carrying capacity estimation for Darkesh forest in Northeast Iran. Four factors were used for estimating the carrying capacity including tourist flows, size of the area, optimum space available for each tourist, and visiting time. Results showed that the physical carrying capacity was 2727 ha or 165 visitors/day, while the real carrying capacity was 2719 ha or 132 visi...

This paper attempts to establish an evaluating index system of land comprehensive carrying capacity in Xi'an city involving three aspects, such as economic carrying capacity, social carrying capacity, and ecological carrying capacity, combined with the development goals and constraint factors of Xi'an city. Furthermore, we adopted the method of mean-squared deviation weight decision to evaluate...

There is rich biodiversity and biomass in wetlands and these areas are important in ecosystems. Assessment of the environment of wetlands is critical in the management of pivotal ecosystems. The energy ecological footprint (EEF) is an improved form of the ecological footprint method based on the theory of energy value. EEF can be a useful tool for comparing and monitoring environmental impacts....

Citation: Tiller R, De Kok J-L, Vermeiren K, Richards R, Ardelan MV and Bailey J (2016) Stakeholder Perceptions of Links between Environmental Changes to their Socio-Ecological System and their Adaptive Capacity in the Region of Troms, Norway. Front. Mar. Sci. 3:267. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00267 Stakeholder Perceptions of Links between Environmental Changes to their Socio-Ecological System and...

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