Environmental Quality and Human Well-being. Outcomes of a workshop
In April 2002 an international workshop on environmental quality and human well-being was held at Utrecht, the Netherlands. The workshop was aimed at obtaining consensus on basic principles and…
Radiative forcing by anthropogenic surface albedo change from 1750 to 1990
A radiative transfer model was used within a GCM to simulate the global shortwave radiation budget with natural vegetation cover and with the vegetation estimated for 1750, 1850, 1900, 1950 and 1990
Exploration of the ranges of the global potential of biomass for energy
This study explores the range of future world potential of biomass for energy. The focus has been put on the factors that influence the potential biomass availability for energy purposes rather than…
Enviromental impacts of high-speed rail links in cost-benefit analyses: a case study of the Dutch Zuider Zee line
Since 2000 it has been formally required in the Netherlands to evaluate major infrastructure projects according to a standard manual. Here the focus is on its application to the Zuider Zee line, a…
The contribution of biomass in the future global energy supply: a review of 17 studies
This paper discusses the contribution of biomass in the future global energy supply. The discussion is based on a review of 17 earlier studies on the subject. These studies have arrived at widely…
Planning for future energy resources (Letter to the editor)
Existing technologies can contribute to global warming mitigation. However, projected levels of emission-free power needed later this century to stabilize climate change appear to be so unprecedented…
Environmental Balance 2003- Accounting for the Dutch environment
Environmental Balance 2003 describes trends in the environment in the Netherlands and the effectiveness of the policies pursued. It also evaluates the degree to which the goals of environmental…
The impact of land-cover modification on the june meteorology of China since 1700, simulated using a regional climate model
A series of simulations was conducted using a regional climate model with a domain covering mainland China. Simulations were conducted for a single June using estimated land cover for 1700, 1750, 1800…
Derivation of cation exchange constants for sand, loess, clay and peat soils on the basis of field measurements in the Netherlands
This report presents extensive Tables of cation exchange constants (selectivity coefficients) for sand, loess, clay and peat soils at different depths derived from simultaneous field measure-ments of…
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