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In: The political quarterly: PQ, Band 73, Heft 2, S. 244-246
ISSN: 0032-3179
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In: The political quarterly: PQ, Band 73, Heft 2, S. 244-246
ISSN: 0032-3179
Recent years have seen the progression of light detection and ranging (lidar) from the realm of research to operational use in natural resource management. Numerous government agencies, private industries, and public/private stakeholder consortiums are planning or have recently acquired large-scale acquisitions, and a national U.S. lidar acquisition is likely before 2020. Before it is feasible for land managers to integrate lidar into decision making, resource assessment, or monitoring across the gambit of natural resource applications, consistent standards in project planning, data processing, and user-driven products are required. This paper introduces principal lidar acquisition parameters, and makes recommendations for project planning, processing, and product standards to better serve natural resource managers across multiple disciplines.
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In: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Band 54, S. 414-427
In: Computers, environment and urban systems: CEUS ; an international journal
ISSN: 0198-9715
In: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Band 48, S. 49-63
In: Computers, environment and urban systems: CEUS ; an international journal, Band 48, S. 49-63
ISSN: 0198-9715
In: Risk analysis: an international journal, Band 17, Heft 2, S. 157-168
ISSN: 1539-6924
This paper is concerned with the intellectual framework in which judgments are made about the tolerability of so‐called societal risk. The current practical approach is based on the position of the FN‐curves representing the risks from hazardous systems in relation to criterion FN‐lines. The objections to FN‐criteria are that they can give unreasonable conclusions and that they are inconsistent. Statistical decision theory suggests an alternative and preferable rule of minimising the expected disutility, that is average harm, from accidents.
In: Journal of behavioral and experimental economics, Band 104, S. 102016
ISSN: 2214-8043
In: Reflective practice, Band 14, Heft 5, S. 672-679
ISSN: 1470-1103
In: Risk analysis: an international journal, Band 33, Heft 7
ISSN: 1539-6924
In: Risk analysis: an international journal, Band 33, Heft 7, S. 1367-1378
ISSN: 1539-6924
It has been shown that road safety laws, such as motorcycle helmet and safety belt laws, have a significant effect in reducing road fatalities. Although an expanding body of literature has documented the effects of these laws on road safety, it remains unclear which factors influence the likelihood that these laws are enacted. This study attempts to identify the factors that influence the decision to enact safety belt and motorcycle helmet laws. Using panel data from 31 countries between 1963 and 2002, our results reveal that increased democracy, education level, per capita income, political stability, and more equitable income distribution within a country are associated with the enactment of road safety laws.
In: Economic & Labour Market Review, Band 3, Heft 12, S. 51-55
In: International journal of the addictions, Band 15, Heft 2, S. 207-214
In: Reflective practice, Band 15, Heft 5, S. 672-685
ISSN: 1470-1103