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   Monitoring prospective sites for rainwater harvesting and stormwater management in the United Kingdom using a GIS-based decision support system

   Articles et Livres

   décembre, 2015

   Royaume-Uni

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   couverture du sol

   changement climatique

   Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is a practice of growing importance in the United Kingdom, particularly in the southeast of England where the water availability per person is even less than in many Mediterranean countries. Although there is a huge amount of rainfall in the north and west of England and Wales, water resources in the southeast and east of England are under pressure due to the growing population and the changing climate. Therefore, RWH becomes particularly important to reduce the dependence on the mains water supply.

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   Functional land management for managing soil functions – the trade-off between primary productivity and carbon storage

   Documents et rapports de conférence

   décembre, 2015

   Irlande, Royaume-Uni, Lettonie

   gestion foncière

   This research provides a first example of a practical application of the concept relevant to policy stakeholders, wherein the trade-off between two soil functions – ‘primary productivity’ and ‘carbon cycling and storage’ is assessed. This is measured in response to the intervention of land drainage systems applied to poorly and imperfectly draining managed grasslands in Ireland. This trade-off is examined spatially using integrated mapping within ArcGIS. National level datasets on land use were combined with an indicative drainage map.

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   Corpus-based comparative analysis of English and Latvian terms of land administration

   Documents et rapports de conférence

   décembre, 2015

   Royaume-Uni, Lettonie

   politique foncière

   administration foncière

   économie foncière

   The article presents the analysis of the terms of land administration contained in the texts published in Latvia and the United Kingdom. The aim is to compare the terms used in Latvian texts, their translations in the English language with the terms used in authentic English texts, to identify the most controversial cases and to provide the explanation of the problem arising in working with the English terminology of land administration.