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Comparison of environmental indicator sets using a unified indicator classification framework
(Elsevier Science, 2017-12)
Environmental indicator sets (EIS) are tools to monitor and assess sustainability, and many environmental organizations have embraced their use. Due to the large number of EIS, it is a challenge to compare and reconcile ...
A rapid method for assessing the environmental performance of commercial farms in the pampas of Argentina
(Springer, 2006-10)
The generation of reliable updated information is critical to support the harmonization of socio-economic and environmental issues in a context of sustainable development. The agro-environmental assessment and management ...
Environmental analysis of university students’ mode of transportation and paper consumption
(Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Programa de Posgrado en Administración, 2020-07-01)
The activities undertaken in educational organizations have a certain environmental impact. Analyzing their effect on the environment makes it possible to determine and prioritize actions aimed at minimizing it. One way ...
Crop proximity index for monitoring of peri-urban land use in agro-industrial crop regions
(Elsevier, 2020-07-01)
The agro-industrial production of genetically modified organisms uses great amounts of pesticides, close to cities, which generates growing concern due to the numerous evidence of their negative effects on health and the ...
A municipal solid waste indicator for environmental impact: Assessment and identification of best management practices
(Elsevier, 2019-11)
The objective of this study was to develop an aggregate indicator to assess the environmental impact of municipal solid waste management in the small municipalities of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Additionally, the study ...
Analytical framework and data for a municipal solid waste environmental performance assessment
(Elsevier, 2020-02)
This article contains (i) a set of spreadsheets with data compiled from municipal sanitation or solid waste plans, and (ii) data of the individual and aggregate performance indicators. These indicators have been published ...
Testing temporal stability of the larval digenean community in Heleobia conexa (Mollusca: Cochliopidae) and its possible use as an indicator of environmental fluctuations
(Cambridge University Press, 2011-02)
Larval digeneans have been proposed as indicators of abundance and diversity of vertebrate and other hosts as well as environmental disturbances. To evaluate its response to environmental changes and its potential use as ...
Urban environmental impact matrices development: Assessment indices incorporation
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2005-07)
A methodology which can be applied to the environmental impact study (EIS) and which facilitates to analyse the urban variables as a whole is explained. The work can be done in different scales (urban sectors and areas) ...
Environmental heterogeneity, not distance, structures montane epigaeic spider assemblages in north-western Patagonia (Argentina)
(Springer, 2017-12)
There is considerable controversy around the patterns and processes that influence spatial variation in taxonomic composition in mountain environments. We analysed elevational variation in the taxonomic composition of ...
Ethnoindicators of Environmental Change: Local Knowledge used for Rangeland Management Among Smallholders of Patagonia
(Elsevier Science, 2020-09)
The current degradation crisis in arid and semiarid lands is creating severe economic and social difficulties, aggravating the food situation and greatly affecting the least developed countries and small farmers around the ...