Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 18 Issue 3

A disaster information and monitoring system utilizing earth observation

Machiko Louhisuo, Teppo Veijonen, Jussi Ahola, Toshikazu Morohoshi

This paper aims to present disaster information and a monitoring system in order to utilize earth observation data in the operative process of early warning, mitigation and…

Regional hydroclimatic variability and Brazil's 2001 energy crisis

Silvio J. Simoes, Ana P. Barros

This paper seeks to address the issue of persistent and widespread drought conditions during 2000 and 2001, which were the apparent cause of the decline of water levels in the…

Social resilience to environmental risks: A mechanism of vulnerability transfer?

K. Sapountzaki

The present paper attempts to prove that social resilience to environmental risks should be considered as a potential mechanism of transfer of vulnerability from one social actor…

Application of the environmental protection expenditure account

Elzbieta Broniewicz

The paper aims to review the concept of the environmental protection expenditure account (EPEA). It recommends its application in the decision‐making process in the area of…

Towards a strategic environment assessment framework in Kenya: Highlighting areas for further scrutiny

Vincent Onyango, Michael Schmidt

This paper sets out to assess and analyses the key pillars of the SEA framework in Kenya, highlighting aspects that should be considered for further scrutiny and review, aiming at…

Natural hazards and climate change: stakeholder communication and decision‐making processes: An analysis of the outcomes of the 2006 Davos Conference on Disaster Reduction

Philipp Schmidt‐Thomé, Kaisa Schmidt‐Thomé

Headlines of increasing financial losses caused by natural hazards and the potential impact of climate change on these raise broad interest in risk management. This paper seeks to…

SEA on the 11th five‐year plan for national economic and social development of Wuhan City in China

Jing Wu, He Xu

This paper aims to address a pilot case study of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) on the 11th five‐year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of a city located…

Adoption of improved stoves and deforestation in Zanzibar

Makame Omar Makame

The study is specifically aimed at understanding the extent of fuel wood consumption for cooking and the adoption of improved charcoal stoves as a policy option toward reducing…