The Australian Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) Summit in 2018 attracted much-needed national attention towards environmental goals and targets compared with other aspects of sustainability. Road infrastructure is the backbone modern society plays a crucial role accomplishing targeted balance between these sustainability achieving SDGs. This article presents an integrated performance ass...

Selecting indicators based on the characteristics and development trends of a given study area is essential for building a framework for assessing urban ecological security. However, few studies have focused on how to select the representative indicators systematically, and quantitative research is lacking. We developed an innovative quantitative modeling approach called the grey dynamic hierar...

Soil erosion forms a major threat to European soil resources. Although soil is a vital and largely non-renewable resource, it has not been the subject of comprehensive EU action so far. A thematic strategy for soil protection, which recognises soil erosion as one of the major threats, has currently been placed high on Europe’s political Agenda. Assessing and monitoring soil erosion is needed to...

Understanding how climate change will affect agro-ecosystems and the ecosystem services they provide is a significant global challenge. Investigating this topic requires holistic approach that can capture complexity of assess impacts on physical, biological, socio-economic aspects system. The Drivers-Pressures-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework problem structuring method commonly used in e...

The new European Water Framework Directive (WFD) aims at improving water quality using an integrated approach to implement necessary societal and technical measures. Successful implementation of the WFD requires appropriate mathematical models and other tools to manage different phases of the planning procedure and to support decision making in various steps of the implementation process. Desig...

In the framework of periodic update Sardinian River Basin Management and Water Protection Plans (Italian Law 152/2006, transposition 2000/60/EC Directive), we investigated AQUATOX model feasibility as a tool for assessing relationships between Driving forces, Pressures, States, Impacts Responses (DPSIR scheme). To do this, applied to forecast response (Italy) river quality status set different ...

This article describes a combination of the driver-pressure-state-impact-response (DPSIR) framework and logical approach (LFA) to develop water management strategies for lagoon floodplain in Thailand. The DPSIR identified cause-effect relationship between anthropogenic activities. LFA developed based on systematic approach. analysis issue shortages irrigated areas revealed need income from agri...