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The MAP COMPARISON KIT: methods, software and applications

Comparing maps is an important issue in environmental research. This report addresses the problem of quantifying subsequent map similarities and dissimilarities.
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Vulnerability Concept and its Application to Food Security

This report describes an operationalisation of the term 'sustainable development', by introducing the vulnerability concept.
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ICT and housing choice in the Netherlands

In this chapter the impact of ICT on the way firms in the Netherlands allocate their production in relation to the housing choice is addressed. The housing choice is adaptive behaviour to combine the…
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New firms in former farms. A process with two faces

In the period 1979-1999, nearly one fifth of all agricultural buildings in the Netherlands lost its agricultural functions. Farmers quit because they become older ant the potential successors face…
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Side effects of categorized environmental measures and their implications for impact analysis

Environmental measures have sometimes unintended side effects. The paper focuses on side effects that are the result of relations and feedback mechanisms between economic activities and industries in…
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Fuzzy modeling of cyanobacterial surface waterblooms: validation with NOAA-AVHRR satellite images

Surface waterblooms of toxic cyanobacteria (scums) interfere with the use of lakes, for instance in the production of drinking water or for recreation. Routine monitoring data are not sufficient for…

Issues of replicability in Monte Carlo modeling: a case study with a pesticide leaching model

Sensitivity and uncertainty analyses based on Monte Carlo sampling were undertaken for various numbers of runs of the pesticide leaching model (PELMO). Analyses were repeated 10 times with different…
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Defining uncertainty. A conceptual basis for uncertainty management in model-based decision support

The aim of this paper is to provide a conceptual basis for the systematic treatment of uncertainty in model-based decision support activities such as policy analysis, integrated assessment and risk…
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Long-term measurements of gamma-HCH in precipitation in the Netherlands

The results of 20 years of measuring gamma-HCH in precipitation in the Netherlands are presented here. Analysis has revealed a systematic seasonal behaviour, with enhanced levels of gamma-HCH in…
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FAIR 2.0 - A decision-support tool to assess the environmental and economic consequences of future climate regimes

This report describes policy decision-support-tool FAIR 2.0 (Framework to Asses International Regimes for differentiation of commitments), developed with the aim of assisting policy makers in…
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