Search Results - "Tobias, Silvia"

Soil sealing and unsealing: State of the art and examples by Tobias, Silvia, Conen, Franz, Duss, Adrian, Wenzel, Leonore M., Buser, Christine, Alewell, Christine

“…Soil sealing for urban and infrastructure development constitutes the most intense form of land degradation and affects all ecosystem services. Researchers and…”
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How Effective Is Spatial Planning for Cropland Protection? An Assessment Based on Land-Use Scenarios by Tobias, Silvia, Price, Bronwyn

“…Spatial planning plays an important role in cropland protection, but its effectiveness is often questioned in the face of ongoing urban and infrastructure…”
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How transdisciplinary projects influence participants’ ways of thinking: a case study on future landscape development by Tobias, Silvia, Ströbele, Maarit F., Buser, Tobias

“…Transdisciplinary (TD) approaches have increasingly been promoted in the field of land-use research. However, the theoretical discourse about…”
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High-resolution land use/cover forecasts for Switzerland in the 21st century by Bütikofer, Luca, Adde, Antoine, Urbach, Davnah, Tobias, Silvia, Huss, Matthias, Guisan, Antoine, Randin, Christophe

“…We present forecasts of land-use/land-cover (LULC) change for Switzerland for three time-steps in the 21 st century under the representative concentration…”
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Psychophysiological effects of walking in forests and urban built environments with disparate road traffic noise exposure: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial by Schaupp, Julia, Hediger, Karin, Wunderli, Jean-Marc, Schäffer, Beat, Tobias, Silvia, Kolecka, Natalia, Bauer, Nicole

“…Stress is a widespread phenomenon and reality of everyday life, entailing negative consequences for physical and psychological wellbeing. Previous studies have…”
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The positive benefits of the practical application of the simulation software by Machová, Renáta, Fehér, Lilla, Korcsmáros, Enikő, Gódány, Zsuzsanna, Kosár, Silvia Tóbiás, Huszárik, Erika Seres

“…The research, related to innovation has been in a focus of academics for a long time. In the current study, the authors present the positive benefits of…”
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Preserving ecosystem services in urban regions: Challenges for planning and best practice examples from Switzerland by Tobias, Silvia

“…This article presents a literature review that explores the challenges for planning in urban regions in connection with the preservation of ecosystem services…”
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Spatial planning instruments for cropland protection in Western European countries by Oliveira, Eduardo, Leuthard, Jasmin, Tobias, Silvia

“…•The loss of cropland due to urbanisation has become a prime issue worldwide. (77 char.).•Research on the contribution of planning to cropland protection is…”
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Investigating effect chains from cognitive and noise-induced short-term stress build-up to restoration in an urban or nature setting using 360° VR by Kawai, Claudia, Georgiou, Fotis, Pieren, Reto, Tobias, Silvia, Mavros, Panagiotis, Schäffer, Beat

“…Population growth and increasing urbanization leads to growing exposure to traffic noise and a decline in accessible green spaces that could promote…”
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Digitalization in land-use planning: effects of digital plan data on efficiency, transparency and innovation by Hersperger, Anna M., Thurnheer-Wittenwiler, Corina, Tobias, Silvia, Folvig, Sara, Fertner, Christian

“…Digital transformation is shaping our lives and altering planning. Digitalization is closely linked to smart governance, through which administrative units…”
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Nearby outdoor recreation modelling: An agent-based approach by Morelle, Kevin, Buchecker, Matthias, Kienast, Felix, Tobias, Silvia

“…•Our ABM explains the spatial behaviour of recreationists.•Both shortest-path and weighted-path strategies are used to access recreation areas.•The simulation…”
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Preserving Ecosystem Services in Urban Regions: Challenges for Planning and Best Practice Examples from Switzerland : Ecosystem Services: From Policy to Practice by TOBIAS, Silvia

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Comparison of critical limits for crop plant growth based on different indicators for the state of soil compaction by Kaufmann, Manfred, Tobias, Silvia, Schulin, Rainer

“…Soil compaction affects physical soil condition, in particular aeration, soil strength, and water availability and has adverse effects on plant growth. Bulk…”
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Effects of habitat and landscape fragmentation on humans and biodiversity in densely populated landscapes by Di Giulio, Manuela, Holderegger, Rolf, Tobias, Silvia

“…Landscape fragmentation has often been seen as an only ecological problem. However, fragmentation also has a societal perspective, namely, in how humans…”
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Airborne LiDAR Enables Measurements of “Greenness” Observed from the Human Perspective by Kolecka, Natalia, Ginzler, Christian, Martin, Maria Garcia, Tobias, Silvia

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Greening and browning of urban lawns in Geneva (Switzerland) as influenced by soil properties by Tobias, Silvia, Davies, Manon, Imhof, Carole S., Psomas, Achilleas, Boivin, Pascal

“…Urban green spaces with healthy vegetation play a key role in improving the quality of life in cities. However, urban soils, the basis of the urban greenery,…”
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How Do Road Traffic Noise and Residential Greenness Correlate with Noise Annoyance and Long-Term Stress? Protocol and Pilot Study for a Large Field Survey with a Cross-Sectional Design by Dopico, Javier, Schäffer, Beat, Brink, Mark, Röösli, Martin, Vienneau, Danielle, Binz, Tina Maria, Tobias, Silvia, Bauer, Nicole, Wunderli, Jean Marc

“…Urban areas are continuously growing, and densification is a frequent strategy to limit urban expansion. This generally entails a loss of green spaces (GSs)…”
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Quality evaluation of restored soils with a fuzzy logic expert system by Kaufmann, Manfred, Tobias, Silvia, Schulin, Rainer

“…Due to landscaping, mining and construction activities on previously cultivated land, more and more soils are excavated, translocated, deposited and restored…”
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Management and motivation of human resources in case of a Slovak multinational corporation by Machova, Renata, Kosar, Silvia Tobias, Hevesi, Andrej

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International outlook: The notes and business report in the frame of financial reporting by Fenyves, Veronika, Orbán, Ildikó, Bács, Zoltán, Cardoş, Ildikó Réka, Kosár, Silvia Tóbiás, Böcskei, Elvira

“…Are the accounting reports to be prepared on a yearly basis suitable for indicating problems, possibly for informing the stakeholders about the declining phase…”
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