Browsing by Subject "Urbanization"
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(2010-01-16)Sales of Texas fishing licenses have declined since 1988. Several authors have suggested that this decline is related to changes in the demographic characteristics of the Texas population, including increasing urbanization. ...
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(2014-11-18)With the rapid population growth and economic development in the State of Texas, a fast urbanization process has occurred over the past several decades. The direct consequences of the increased impervious area are greater ...
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(2020-12-04)The response of river morphology to channel and watershed alteration is an important body of research in which Coastal Plains Rivers have historically been underrepresented. Coastal Plains Rivers in North America flow ...
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(2019-04-09)China has experienced fast development in the past decades. This dissertation studies several topics related to the recent development issues in rural and urban China. Section 2 studies China’s urbanization since the 2010s. ...
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EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF PAVER SYSTEMS ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT USING A DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL (2011-08-08)Cities are becoming increasingly more urbanized through the conversion of forest,pasture and croplands. By replacing the natural environment with impervious areas such as parking lots, roads, houses and other concrete ...
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(2018-11-02)Urbanization is an important driver of environmental problems. Severe urban flooding resulting from increased impervious area threatens resident security, household assets, and infrastructure integrity. However, the impacts ...
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(2012-02-14)Stormwater runoff has negative impacts on water resources, human health and environment. In this research the effectiveness of Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) systems is examined as a stormwater Best Management Practice (BMP). ...
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(2014-04-28)Urban growth contributes to increasing storm water runoff which in turn causes an increase in the frequency and severity of flooding. Moreover, increased storm water runoff contributes to changing the character and volume ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1981)Primacy, the concentration of population in a few large urban centers within a nation, is characteristic of developing countries and is related to a high rate of population growth and an uncontrolled migration to the largest ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Changes with land cover and land use are closely integrated with water and other ecological processes at the land surface. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the Edwards Aquifer region of southcentral Texas. The Edwards ...
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(2023-12-04)Urbanization and the global transport of animals are interconnected aspects of ecology that play significant roles in the conservation of species. Both scenarios are viewed in a mostly negative light – in part, urbanization ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)This dissertation proposes a synthesized theory for explaining population suburbanization in the United States. This synthesis contends that population suburbanization is more than simply an economic or an ecological ...
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(2012-10-19)Understanding the mechanisms of non-point source carbon and nutrients in urban watersheds will help to develop policies to maintain surface water quality and prevention of eutrophication. The purpose of this dissertation ...