Search Results - "Bièvre, Bert De"
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User-driven design of decision support systems for polycentric environmental resources management
Published in Environmental Modelling & Software (01-02-2017)“…Open and decentralized technologies such as the Internet provide increasing opportunities to create knowledge and deliver computer-based decision support for…”
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Impacts of land use on the hydrological response of tropical Andean catchments
Published in Hydrological processes (30-10-2016)“…Changes in land use and land cover are major drivers of hydrological alteration in the tropical Andes. However, quantifying their impacts is fraught with…”
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Human impact on the hydrology of the Andean páramos
Published in Earth-science reviews (01-11-2006)“…This paper analyses the problems involved in the conservation and management of the hydrological system of the South American páramo. The páramo consists of a…”
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Glacial melt content of water use in the tropical Andes
Published in Environmental research letters (01-11-2017)“…Accelerated melting of glaciers is expected to have a negative effect on the water resources of mountain regions and their adjacent lowlands, with tropical…”
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The effects of afforestation and cultivation on water yield in the Andean páramo
Published in Forest ecology and management (30-10-2007)“…Over the last decades, the Andean highlands of Ecuador have been characterised by intense afforestation efforts, in order to increase the economic return of…”
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Potential contributions of pre-Inca infiltration infrastructure to Andean water security
Published in Nature sustainability (01-07-2019)“…Water resources worldwide are under severe stress from increasing climate variability and human pressures. In the tropical Andes, pre-Inca cultures developed…”
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A whole-ecosystem experiment reveals flow-induced shifts in a stream community
Published in Communications biology (05-05-2022)“…The growing threat of abrupt and irreversible changes to the functioning of freshwater ecosystems compels robust measures of tipping point thresholds. To…”
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Environmental factors controlling spatial variation in sediment yield in a central Andean mountain area
Published in Geomorphology (Amsterdam) (15-06-2008)“…A large spatial variability in sediment yield was observed from small streams in the Ecuadorian Andes. The objective of this study was to analyze the…”
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CONDESAN: Better Knowledge, Better Decisions—Supporting Sustainable Andean Mountains Development
Published in Mountain research and development (01-08-2013)“…The Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN) was established in February 1993 after a series of consultations among…”
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Regionalization of land‐use impacts on streamflow using a network of paired catchments
Published in Water resources research (01-09-2016)“…Quantifying the impact of land use and cover (LUC) change on catchment hydrological response is essential for land‐use planning and management. Yet…”
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Spatial and temporal rainfall variability in mountainous areas: A case study from the south Ecuadorian Andes
Published in Journal of hydrology (Amsterdam) (15-10-2006)“…Particularly in mountain environments, rainfall can be extremely variable in space and time. For many hydrological applications such as modelling,…”
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Citizen Science for Water Resources Management: Toward Polycentric Monitoring and Governance?
Published in Journal of water resources planning and management (01-04-2016)“…Novel and more affordable technologies are allowing new actors to engage increasingly in the monitoring of hydrological systems and the assessment of water…”
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Streamlined eco‐engineering approach helps define environmental flows for tropical Andean headwaters
Published in Freshwater biology (01-07-2019)“…Applying the environmental flows concept to human‐altered lotic ecosystems continues to face many practical challenges and barriers. Here, we modify a…”
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Citizen science in hydrology and water resources: opportunities for knowledge generation, ecosystem service management, and sustainable development
Published in Frontiers in earth science (Lausanne) (01-01-2014)“…The participation of the general public in the research design, data collection and interpretation process together with scientists is often referred to as…”
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Investing in nature-based solutions: Cost profiles of collective-action watershed investment programs
Published in Ecosystem services (01-02-2023)“…•We surveyed costs of municipal-scale collective-action watershed investment programs.•Administrative and transaction costs on average account for over…”
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Forest impact on floods due to extreme rainfall and snowmelt in four Latin American environments 1: Field data analysis
Published in Journal of hydrology (Amsterdam) (11-04-2011)“…► Flood peak data are analyzed for four focus catchments in Latin America. ► Forest cover is unlikely to reduce peak discharges generated by extreme rainfall…”
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High-resolution hydrometeorological data from a network of headwater catchments in the tropical Andes
Published in Scientific data (03-07-2018)“…This article presents a hydrometeorological dataset from a network of paired instrumented catchments, obtained by participatory monitoring through a…”
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Comment on “Human impacts on headwater fluvial systems in the northern and central Andes” (Carol P. Harden, Geomorphology 79, 249–263)
Published in Geomorphology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (01-04-2008)“…The high altitude grasslands of the tropical Andes, known as páramo, are a very fragile and unique ecosystem. Despite increasing human activities, many of its…”
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Linking hydrological, infinite slope stability and land-use change models through GIS for assessing the impact of deforestation on slope stability in high Andean watersheds
Published in Geomorphology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (16-06-2003)“…In the Ecuadorian Andes, episodic slope movements comprising shallow rotational and translational slides and rapid flows of debris and soil material are…”
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Night Irrigation Reduction for Water Saving in Medium-Sized Systems
Published in Journal of irrigation and drainage engineering (01-04-2003)“…In many medium-sized irrigation systems water is wasted during the night because demand is low and supply is not reduced accordingly. A hydrodynamic model was…”
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