Browsing by Subject "land cover"
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(2018-05-09)Urban lotic surface waters have been extensively studied due to reported increases in their alkalization and dissolved organic carbon (DOC). However, urban lentic surface waters, which are subject to the same United States ...
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(2012-12-03)Pneumonia is the main killer of under-five children worldwide. The developing nations suffer the most. But within such countries, the spatial and temporal distribution of pneumonia cases is not uniform; yet little is known ...
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(2016-06-01)Urban development can cause increased nutrient loads in nearby streams and rivers. Understanding how the pattern of urban development affects the level of nutrients, specifically phosphorus, within the Galveston Bay Estuary ...
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(2017-11-14)Floodplains are among the most biologically productive, but also threatened ecosystems in the world with global loss of natural systems exceeding 60%. Human development activities, including the construction of dams, mining ...
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(2016-04-08)This dissertation evaluated how spatial patterns of pervious land cover moderate flood impacts in urban areas during an extreme rainfall event. First, it presented criteria to characterize hydrologic functions of natural ...
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(2013-02-04)Understanding the hydrology of a watershed is essential for both water resource management and public safety, especially flood prevention and mitigation. Both climate change and urbanization have been shown to increase ...
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(2018-07-03)Changes to climate and land use/land cover (LULC) are expected to be a source of uncertainty to streamflows in the Gulf Coastal Plains of Texas. Additionally, the city of Houston, Texas, is expected to experience spreading ...
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(2009-06-02)In dryland regions, where water is a limited resource, land use/land cover has undergone and continues to undergo significant change mainly due to human activities. The nature of runoff from dryland regions and the influence ...